Installing new graphics card, what do I do with the onboard chip

Bjorn-Cool · Feb 21, 2015

I have just bought a nice relatively cheap setup for some mild gaming, it has onboard graphics and I'm looking to replace it. So my current set up is: Mobo: Gigabyte H81M-S2H, I5 4460 3.2ghz, 8GB RAM, Corsair 600w fan. I'm looking to get the AMD r9 270x card.

So after some research it seems I can install the card to the machine, but I've never installed a graphics card before, do I have to uninstall the previous onboard graphics drivers before installing the new card? The onboard appears to be just a chip on the motherboard with an accompanying HDMI port. So this means I'll have two HDMI ports once I'm done? Will the onboard still be active?

Some help would be appreciated.

PizzaTheHutt · Feb 21, 2015

You can use both or disable the integrated one in the BIOS and then just use the outputs on the new card.

davidarad02 · Feb 21, 2015

you cant uninstall integrated GPUs, as its already on the CPU itself, and you can remove it. also, old driver aren't really a big deal, so you can take that off your "things to worry about" list.
the onboard graphics will still work, but you wont be using them, and you should not worry about them.
if the GPU has a HDMI port, and also the Motherboard has a HDMI port, the one on the GPU will get video from the GPU, and the port on the motherboard will get video from the integrated GPU, so when connecting your display to the computer, make sure you connect it to the GPU.
after you installed the GPU in the system, go to AMD's website and download all of the newest drivers.
after that, you will be set to play whatever game you'd like.

herrwizo · Feb 21, 2015

Onboard graphics these days is within the CPU - nothing is on the motherboard except the connectors.

You can simply put your new card in PC and then you can go to BIOS and disable onboard graphics. No need to uninstall anything.

The only thing you will need is install drivers for you new card.

In fact, you can even keep both cards active all the time, but this is usually not advised because your onboard version takes up some RAM. You will free it up by disabling it.

BIOS also has the option to select which card is your primary - you should select PCI-E card as a primary one.

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