Windows 10: Graphics Cards - When are they ever good enough for the average user?

On the topic of graphics cards, someone please help me understand something? I am only a very casual gamer (at best) and haven't really been into recent games in quite some time now. Honestly, I just haven't had the time to take up the hobby on any kind of serious level whatsoever. Of course, that's just me and we all have our priorities in life, and the limitations of our time and money.

But when I look at other forums (not this one), I get the distinct impression that serious gamers are continuously upgrading their rigs, and especially graphics cards every year or two. And so (to them), the rest of us (on desktop computers) are using absolute dinosaur computers that have no value.

Could the argument or debate not be created that there is somewhat of a racket with high end modern games that continue to demand ever increasing more powerful GPUs year over year? So in other words, it just becomes a never ending cycle of serious gamers feeling like they continually feel the need to upgrade time and again in order to compete with one another? Now, I am not suggesting that the average PC user should not consider upgrading older parts on a desktop PC. In fact, one of the best upgrades I ever did to my older PC was the replacement of the HDD with a new SSD. What a difference that made in performance.

Certainly, the PC I am currently using is an older one; and I make no pretenses about it. The graphics card itself is a late 2012 era Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti and the computer itself is even older than that. But when a PC is still able to boot up from a cold start (super fast), load web pages fast, play utubes and movies when occasionally desired, run ms office apps quickly, and perform other basic daily tasks, is it not still good enough?

:)

 

graphics card problems

Hi,

Your computer makes a noise or beeps from your internal speaker because it failed to detect the graphics card. What we can suggest is for you to try cleaning your graphics card with a pencil eraser. Here are the steps below:

• Turn your computer off.
• Pull out your video/graphics card.
• Rubbed the cold contacts with soft pencil eraser.
• Connect your video/graphics card back to the computer.

Kindly note that this is just a temporary fix. If the case still continues, I suggest that you contact your graphics card's manufacturer.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Graphics card information.

Hi David,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

The error might occur if the Graphic card is cannot update the driver automatically.

I suggest you to update the graphic card manually by following the steps below:

• Press Windows key + X and click on
  Device manager.
• Expand Display Driver from the list.
• Right click on the Graphic driver and select
  update driver software.

Also, can download the latest version of the graphic card from the manufacturer website.

Hope the information is helpful. Please revert back with the necessary information and we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Nvidia Graphics Card

Hello Brian,

I request you to try the following steps:

Uninstall and Reinstall the Graphics Card Drivers.

Step 1: Uninstall the Graphics Card
Drivers

• 
  Right click on the Start menu.
  
• 
  Click on “Device Manager” from that list.
  
• 
  Search for the Graphics Card
  from the device list, right click on it and then select “Uninstall”. On the un-installation window, if you have an option: “Delete the driver software for this device” you may select that and then remove the corrupted drivers
  from the computer.
  
• 
  Follow the on-screen instructions to complete it and then restart the computer if prompted.
  

After the restart, please go ahead with the next steps to install the latest drivers and check if that resolves the issue.

Step 2: Go to the Computer or Graphics Card
manufacturer’s website and search for the latest Windows 10 drivers available for the
Graphics Card model and then install it by following the instructions given in the website.

I hope this helps you. If you have any further query in future, feel free to contact us. We will be happy to help you.

Thank you.