help installing a video card

[djandy]

I am going to install a video card to a computer that has onboard video do I need to go in the bios and disable it

 

[cmdrdredd]

You should go into the BIOS and disable the onboard video if possible. With Windows 7 and 8 you can have both on and it won't hurt anything but if you're not using it, may as well disable it.

 

[OCGuy]

Onboard or APU?

 

[FalseChristian]

Most good mobos will give you the option of what to use for graphics like "PCI_E". Choosing this will bypass the onboard 'GPU' and use your discreet GPU/GPUs.