P67 and using i5 IGP?

beerbox

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Mar 24, 2011
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Hi,
I am a newbie here. And I am not a native English speaker :) Just couldn't find a proper answer to my question in my own language and I had to ask. Here it is:

That might be ridiculous, but all true. I got my old graphic card burned, and was on the market for a new one. But someone said if the graphic card was broken, then maybe the PCI-e of my motherboard was broken too! Or tends to be broken any time.

So there I was, on the market for a new motherboard and processor. I want to overclock, so I'd go with a P67. I know you can't use IGP with that.
But, someone said if you had a discrete graphic card, you get the option to turn it off and use IGP even with a P67. Is that true?
Because I found a very old graphic card (ATI Radeon X550, people say thay could pay $5 for that, lol). And I though if I have this plugged in and turn it off, I can use the IGP.

Is that crazy idea possible? I am about to buy, so please tell me ASAP.
 

paperwastage

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May 25, 2010
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nope... the P67 board itself doesn't have any display-out ports on the mobo itself

the IGP is always disabled. you need your discrete card to be working, and your monitor connected to the discrete card

wait for the Z68 chipset, but it might be more expensive than just getting a new lowend 5550/5570/5670 graphics card
 

dpodblood

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May 20, 2010
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No you can't use the IGP if you're using a p67 board. If you want you can use an H67 and lose the ability to overclock, or wait for the z68 chipset to come out.
 

beerbox

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Mar 24, 2011
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When I heard about that, I though there might be some way of using it. But taking your comments into account, I say there is no way to use it with P67 literally.
And no, I don't want to lose overclocking chance.
Thank you all for your kind answers to a lame question ;)