Would a 200$ video card be a significant improvement over Intel HD Graphics 4000 chip?

Hi I've been using the build-in graphics processor on my motherboard since building my desktop computer 2 years ago. I never felt a need to upgrade. The only thing I notice is that sometimes when I play high-res video in Windows Media Player, it takes a while for the image to appear clearly and non -pixelated. Could this be because I don't have a video card installed? I wouldn't pay 200$ to solve this issue but I am curious to know if a video card in that price range would significantly speed up performance in the Adobe applications? Or do I need to spend much more money on a video card to make it worth the upgrade?
Lookin forward to your answers...

>video in Windows Media Player
Since that has nothing to do with Adobe, I don't know how to answer your question
But, two links that should help
Read about a balanced system at Tweakers Page (as well as the other articles)
Read to find out what a card will/won't do for you http://blogs.adobe.com/premiereprotraining/2011/02/cuda-mercury-playback-engine-and-adobe- premiere-pro.html

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Any good solutions out there?

You should check out the Silverstone T004. It can supply up to 450 watts to a graphics card and will cost between $200 and $300. Of, course I'm hoping for the $200 price.
I emailed a Silverstone representative and he said that they're hoping to be able to release it in the first quarter of 2014.
http://www.computershopper.com/computex-2013/diy-external-laptop-graphics!-compu tex-2013-preview-of-the-silverstone-t004-thunderbolt/silverstone-t004-external-t hunderbolt-graphics?thisSpeed=30000#slm

Did I fry my video card on my G5 dual 2.7ghz????

I recently bought a new Macpro and a Gefen 2x2 DVI DL KVM switch and I planned to hook up my two 23" Cinema displays to the KVM so I could use my old G5 dual 2.7 machine and the new Macpro with both displays (extended desktop).
I connected the G5 and the two displays to the KVM switch and waited to connect the Macpro until I saw the KVM worked correctly. But the G5 would not get past the grey startup screen, it goes to black and hangs there. Sometimes the screen flashes blue for a second but usually just goes black. It will startup fine with the OSX install CD or if I hold the shift key for safe mode. It will also startup in firewire target mode so I was able to copy everything I needed off of the system drive.
I later found out that I was supposed to buy single link DVI cables since I have 23" displays and not 30" ones that use the dual link cables. So I am convinced that hooking up the KVM with dual link cables caused this problem. I just don't know exactly what the problem is. Since I can start in safe mode or with the OSX CD and the display works (not connected to the KVM anymore) I would think the video card is fine. But maybe it's messed up somehow and that's why it won't start up normally?
Things I have tried is resetting PRAM, reset the Cuda/PMU, formatted and reinstalled tiger with the install CD. And I can still only boot up with the CD or in safe mode. I also ran the hardware test from the CD and everything passed.
Anyone experience anything like this? Should I try a new video card (Radion 9600) for $185 or maybe the card in my G4 dual 1.25 and see if it starts up? Does the G4 use an AGP type card also?

Hi jdfilms-
For future reference, pulling the card and plugging it back in again is a troubleshooting technique
Your symptom also sounds like what happens when the cable is not firmly attached, so perhaps when you reconnected the cable you corrected that.
Who knows-it works for now and that is what matters.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

Would a 200$ video card be a significant improvement over Intel HD Graphics 4000 chip?

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