Hey guys. I'm back again.
Please understand that I know about as much about computers as your grandparents so you gotta cut me some slack.
Ever since I purchased a new monitor (LG 27MP33), I have noticed strange happenings with my computer. When using a VGA cable, pixels appear "smeared" and colors are blurred. When using an HDMI, now, it simply does not connect the monitor to the computer.
Now, there are other problems. Games no longer detect my graphics card (AMD HD 7800), and instead run off of the piss-poor integrated card. When attempting to switch or even just see if it detects the graphics card, it only shows that it is connected but does not allow me to fiddle with its settings.
Here are my specs:
Processor: i5-3570k @ 3.40GHz
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7800
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3
When I mean games wont detect, I mean, games that I used to get clean 60fps (CS:GO, for example), are now struggling to get past 30 on the lowest settings possible. I'm basically unable to do anything with this desktop at this point.
Basically, I need to know what could possibly be causing the problem. If there isn't an obvious one, instead, what could I use to upgrade?
The VGA cable thing is pretty normal (within bounds).
It could be that you have faulty graphics card drivers (use [URL="http://www.guru3d.com/files-get/display-driver-uninstaller-download,20.html"]DDU [/URL]and reinstall), or your BIOS is set to use the integrated graphics for some reason (reset BIOS, reinstall chipset drivers).
By the way, you do have the HDMI cable plugged into the card itself and not the motherboard HDMI port, right?
How do I use DDU, exactly, I've downloaded it and all it did was extract itself to some file in my appdata and it didn't have anything else that came with it.
And how do I reset BIOS and reinstall chipset drivers, exactly
[editline]22nd November 2015[/editline]
And I have already uninstalled and reinstalled my drivers, it didn't do anything from what I can tell.
Should I just look to getting newer stuff and give up on the old ones, or.
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Did you plug in the cables to the grahics card or motherboard?
The pixels being smeared is caused by the resolution your computer is sending out being lower then the monitors resolution. So the pixels have to stretch to fill the whole screen.
Going to try and uninstall all AMD drivers and freshly install them to see if that works.
Also, to answer your question Taipan, I haven't checked just yet.
[editline]23rd November 2015[/editline]
again I'm like...stupid when it comes to computer.
[editline]23rd November 2015[/editline]
Oh boy! Now none of my connections to my monitor work! Niether of them will connect!
Yippidee FUCKIN' doo.
[editline]23rd November 2015[/editline]
And it's not from the AMD drivers, clearly, because I have the intel shit overpwoering everything else
[editline]23rd November 2015[/editline]
Now that I think about it is probably related to the AMD drivers and would probably answer your question, Taipan.
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It is still not clear (to me at least) whether you are plugging it correctly. You should be connecting it to the graphics card (port should be in the green rectangle in this picture) and not the motherboard (red area port).
Although if your graphics card isn't being detected, that will not solve the problem. I would try looking in the BIOS to see whether your computer is detecting it at all on there to start with.
[editline]24th November 2015[/editline]
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Once you access the BIOS, this is the setting you're looking for.
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Now that I think about it is probably related to the AMD drivers and would probably answer your question, Taipan.[/QUOTE]
No it doesnt. You should know that your Processor (3570K) also has a Intel® HD Graphics 4000 Video card in it, this is for general consumers that are not gaming but still want to play HD Video/Youtube/Light games.
-If you plug your screen into the motherboard (red area on the image above) it will use intels weak onboard HD 4000.
-If you plug your screen into the Dedicated Video card (HD7800 GPU) it will use that, it can do everything the HD4000 can do and much much more. Including heavy gaming.
Sometimes you also need to switch which card to use in your motherboards bios. SOmething like Use dedicated card(7800) or Not using onboard graphics.
Installing AMD drivers while you are plugged into the INTEL HD4000 does nothing. The same counts vice versa.
Just look at the back of your pc to see where the cable is coming from FFS.
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