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Radeon HD5450 graphics performance questions
Hi,
I normally lurk around a forum for awhile before posting, but I can see this is a good community and I'm in need.
My old computer died at about the worst time so I've had to put together a system on a very low budget. Below are rough specs relevant to video performance for both.
Old
WinXP
Sempron overclocked to 2.1GHz, 10.5x200
1GB DDR
ATI Radeon 9600SE, 128MB RAM
New
Win7
P4 E5400, dual core @2.7GHz
2GB DRR2
Radeon HD5450
I know I can't expect a whole lot from this but it barely outperforms the old system and I thought it would be at least a moderate step up. Was I wrong to think this should at least allow me to play games from 2007/08?
In terms of Windows Experience scores,
Processor 6.2
Memory 5.5
Graphics 3.7
Gaming Graphics 5.7
Primary Hard Disk 5.9
I'm open to the idea that I may just have to skip a few meals and get something better, but I'm really hoping you can tell me it's a software issue.
TIA
PS. I haven't begun to look at overclocking yet but I will. I believe I need to optimize at the software level to whatever degree is conceivalby possible first. However, I am glad to see there is a forum for that because I intend to be very careful and I can use all the help I can get.