Missing Lighting Effects filter in Photoshop CC

So ive recently got PHotoshop CC, been using it without a hitch for a week. Then the time came to use lighting effects, but turns out they were grayed out:
I dont know why this is happening. Im in RGB mode, with 8 bit/channel. One thing i did notice though is that my graphics card does not show up in photoshop:
I have a Intel Q35 Chipset with 256 MB memory. I have an Intel Core 2 vPro processor running at 2.33 GHz, with 512 MB RAM. My OS is WIndows 7 (32-bit). Please help, im trying to complete a project and I really need the Lighting Effects. I'm using Photoshop CC.

Well what graphics card should i get? I dont want to spend too much money, plus im not sure which cards will be compatible with my system. Heck, i dont even know if i can fit another one.
And can you also tell me the minimum requirements of a graphics card for the lighting effects to be used?

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