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I have been having problems recently where bars are changing colour on screen.
I believe it is my graphics card dying. However, after experiencing some lag on my computer I decided to wipe it, after reinstalling everything it should work fine, however, it seems like the RAM is doing 4 times as much as it is supposed to sometimes now. Yesterday i had no windows open, no other processes like Steam or Discord being used and i was using like 7.4GB out of 8GB of RAM.
Will the computer run faster if I upgrade my GPU, or should something else be prioritised?
System specs:
- Geforce Gtx 650
- Intel i5 3470 @3.2GHz
- 8GB DDR3 RAM
- Windows 7 64-bit Home premium (I am aware that this is no longer being supported by Microsoft now).
I don't know why you think Windows 7 is no longer supported. It still is. They dropped support for Vista. – LPChip – 2017-04-19T11:23:01.583
Nvidia has Windows 7 drivers for your card. As long as that is the case, it doesn't matter if Microsoft supports Windows 7 (they do), because Microsoft doesn't publish the device drivers for your card. The performance of your computer's CPU will not be effected by which GPU you have installed. – Ramhound – 2017-04-19T13:29:55.953