Can I use my graphics card later?

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Tserenlhagva

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Hi all my of is almost comlete and I forgot the Gpu and I don't have money for it
My salary will be dropped next week
Is it possible to use my pc. Now
And plant the Gpu next week
Will that make difference?
 
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hang-the-9


You bought it, you did not look at what it was first?

Scroll down to Details here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113370

Although you made a mistake buying the A6 CPU if you were planning on buying a video card, the X4 or FX series of AMD chips is what you want with an add-on video card. A6 is more expensive because of the integrated video. But you got lucky in your bad planning since you now have the onboard video to use LOL

Keep an eye out for what you pick to buy in the future, you can just end up spending extra money for nothing or too much for too little speed.
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Shantanu Ghose

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Of course its possible to use your PC now. You have to connect your Monitor to your Motherboard now.
Once you get the graphics card,you can set it in, connect your monitor to the Graphics Card and you would be good to go.
You wont be able to play games now though.
 
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You do have integrated graphics. You can't play new AAA games, but you can play older or retro style games.
I'd recommend FTL
 
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One cannot assume the presence of an Onboard GPU... there are lots of reasons for manufacturers to skip adding it.

One being that it saves room on the board for other things.
Two it can cut the price of the motherboard for those that will never use an onboard GPU.
Three is kind of the same as one, but with the idea that some motherboards on the high-end you would assume that a video card is going to be used, so you could add another PCIe slot or add something else.

MOST boards come with an embedded GPU at least a cheap one, which can really help in system failure troubleshooting but usually can't deliver intense graphics at a performance rate a consumer might want. Really, it all comes down to whether or not this particular model was about more bang for the buck AND/OR performance. Every inch counts.

The easiest way to know whether or not your board has a GPU embedded, is do you visually see a VGA, DVI, or HDMI port? The sure fire way IS to check the manufacturer specifications of your motherboard.
 
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Since you have an apu, you do have integrated graphics which is actually quite good.

You buy a APU for the excellent integrated graphics.
But, there are no real good upgrades, particularly for a gamer.
If you install a superior discrete graphics card, you will have thrown away the big advantage of the APU.
Then, you are left with a relatively weak cpu. Most games depend on only a few fast cores.
The possible upgrades are to more cores, but few games will use more than 2-3 cores so 6+ cores are not very helpful.
Bottom line.....
What you get with a APU is what you will live with forever.
 
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Yes, you can always swap, but when doing so just to avoid problems use the manufacturers clean uninstall software usually provided at their website when uninstalling the previous drivers.

AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Clean-Uninstall-Utility.aspx
nVidia: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_13955.html (This doesn't link anything utilities, but a die hard AMD fan so.. not really sure on nVidia.)

I have heard mention of a lot of users using Display Driver Uninstaller, I have never used it personally... just giving you options.
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
 
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You bought it, you did not look at what it was first?

Scroll down to Details here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113370

Although you made a mistake buying the A6 CPU if you were planning on buying a video card, the X4 or FX series of AMD chips is what you want with an add-on video card. A6 is more expensive because of the integrated video. But you got lucky in your bad planning since you now have the onboard video to use LOL

Keep an eye out for what you pick to buy in the future, you can just end up spending extra money for nothing or too much for too little speed.
 
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That usually doesn't happen automagically, have to go to BIOS and pick which one to use.
 
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I have never used an APU, but I do remember when they came out been out of the tweak/build mode for a couple years. I don't know how you would know that there is a GPU on it... unless of course you read the box. ;) Not to poke fun at the creator of the thread, but it's surprising you matched the socket type and didn't Google what "GPU" means.

I research every product before I buy it, I know what I need and what is necessary for what, and/or I have a relatively common knowledge of a product. Always educate yourself on what you are getting... as said above you got lucky. You also got lucky you didn't completely waste your money; however, you could have gotten a MUCH faster CPU for that price.
 
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The GPU that is built in to your CPU (AMD calls those APU's) is a half decent GPU. You wont be playing any high end games on it, but it will at least get your computer up and running until you get a proper video card later next week. When you install it, load the latest AMD drivers from here
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
When you get to step 3, it'll ask what product you have. Select "A-Series APUs w/Radeon R5 Graphics"
Download the driver, install and you're good to go till you get your next video card.

When you get your next video card. Before you install it, download the appropriate drivers for it (don't install it, just download it).

If its an AMD driven card, then go back to that same driver page I linked above.

If its an Nvidia product go here http://www.nvidia.com/content/global/global.php
Click on your country, click on drivers, and then download the appropriate driver for your card.

Next, uninstall the current AMD video driver. You can do this via Control Panel - Programs - Uninstall Programs

Turn off the computer, and install the video card. Plug it in and turn it on. You're motherboard "should" auto switch to the new video card. If it doesn't, go in to the BIO and switch your video display to the PCIe option.

Once you're in Windows, run the driver installer you downloaded and make sure you select the option of doing a "clean install". This will (should) wipe out any existing video drivers and install the current ones cleanly.

If you run in to driver mishaps because your computer didn't uninstall the last driver set correctly, then I'd look at links that peptobismal gave you. Those clean install utilities are really only needed if things go wrong.
 
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