Should I use an old salvaged Geforce gtx550 Ti in place of my integrated graphics card?

QuentinB

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My integrated graphics card:
Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family

The old graphics card I found in a salvaged computer:
Geforce GTX550 Ti

My question is should I install the old graphics card I found in an old computer?

If so, how would I do that? Also, how would I set up my computer to use the graphics card instead of the integrated graphics card?

Thanks for the help!
 
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You could grab a new Tier 1 PSu and carry it over to the new build just an idea.
go in to the BIOS and make sure it is set to default to a dedicated card. then plug in the card and any power cables it needs, and boot up and install the drivers.
That will be a massive boost over integrated drivers. make sure your PSU has at least 400 watts to dispense.
 

Gamer For Life

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If that is all you have, go for it. But if have any money that your willing to spend, you might want to upgrade. As for using your graphics card instead of integrated graphics, go to your bios and set it to a dedicated card. just plug in your graphics card in a PCI slot and plug in the necessary power. (ex 6 pin power connector) and install the needed drivers. Just saying that NVIDIA recommends a minimum of a 400 Watt or greater power supply and with at least one 6-pin PCI power connector.

Hope this helped!
 
Yes, it will be a big increase in performance. You should be able to connect it and the computer automatically detect it and switch to it as the primary display. Just make sure you have a good enough power supply for it. nVidia recommends a minimum of 400w with 1-6pin connector.
 
When the GPU has a load on it, it will need the extra power. You have to consider all the components that need power as well. A 250w PSU will more than likely not have a 6 pin connector and for good reason, it is not powerful enough to run things that need it. That low a PSU will have low specs all the way around. If you could even get it to start, you would likely burn up the PSU as soon as you tried to run a program and it might take other components with it.
 

Nodyjoe

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You could grab a new Tier 1 PSu and carry it over to the new build just an idea.
 
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