Windows 7: what is my next improvement???

Hi there,

My WEI is below, i want to try and improve my computer, what is my next step??? I have two HDD bays and so i was contemplating an ssd, do you guys think that may be a good idea??? I thought about overclocking ram or cpu, however I don't know how to do this!!! Also, how come my base score is a lot lower than the rest? is there anyway in which i could improve it???



Anyway, here is my WEI:

what GFX card do you have..?

- that's what's holding down your WEI scores..

Please update your computer specs. Lower left of your post.

Yeah we need to know what cpu , graphics card and memory you have before we can even comment on upgrades.

If you need help sorting the computer specs, have a look at the tutorial linked below.

How to See Your System Specs with "System Info"

I'm guessing you are using integrated graphics. A new graphics card should boost your score up to somewhere in the fives, as would an SSD. The thing is, you won't boost your score without upgrading all of the different components as the WEI takes your lowest score.

I am sorry this is late, have been out all day. I don't really want better graphics, however, when watching hd movies on my TV through HDMI cable, the video is stilted. Is this the cpu, graphics card, HDD or a mixture??? Also, I have updated my scores with no effect. Anyway, here is my hardware:

CPU:
AMD Turion II M500, 2200 MHz (11x200)

Graphics Card (I think this is it!!!):
ATI Mobility Radeon HD (RS880M)
It is clocked at 494 MHz and it is integrated (if that makes sense!!!)

Memory:
Unganged Dual DDR2 SDRAM
(2 x 2GB DDR2 in English!!!)

I think that is all that is needed, tell me if I need more!!!

Thank you very much for the help - much appreciated.

It's your graphics card. Or rather, your lack of one.

An integrated Graphics chip, isn't really a graphics card per se. It utilizes your CPU to render the graphics, wheras a dedicated GPU does it all by itself. This is what is known as "hardware accelleration" or "using the graphics card to do the grunt work" in laymans terms. Even a very basic graphics card is capable of running HD video. Nvidia claim (although I haven't tested this) that their GPU's can run HD even on a 1.8Ghz Atom processor.

As your graphics chip has "M" at the end, I'm going to go ahead and assume that you have a laptop, I'm not sure whether it would be possible to get a GPU for your Laptop, I don't really know alot about that to be honest, although I am aware that there are Laptop Graphic cards.

Yeah, it is a laptop, I am not sure that I will be able to put a graphics card in though

If you're considering upgrading your laptop's graphics card, you might want to look through this article from PCWorld. To quote from them:

Source: Upgrading Your Laptop's Graphics Card | PCWorld