Upgrading a system with integrated video? How?

[Scott78945]

My new system has the Intel integrated video card. I am not happy with this and I do have an open PCI-Express X16 slot for a REAL video card. How do I install the new one? I was looking to get the 7800GT soon so I wanted to know. Do I have to disable the integrated video somehow or when I put in the new vid card will it just override it automatically? Any help would be nice. Thanks guys.

 

[Rage187]

yep, disable the onboard graphics in the bios, insert your new card, bootup and install the drivers.

might need driver cleaner but I'm unsure since this is IGP.

 

[Hikari]

It depends on the board. I have a 945G system, and if you plug in a PCIe card, it automatically disables the onboard anyway, out of the box. (MSI Neo-F)

 

[Scott78945]

This would be a new Intel P4 3.0ghz system. I am hoping that by putting it in it will automatically disable it. I have no idea about the BIOS thingy...

 

[bdoople]

It will override it automatically in AGP or PCI-E slots. If not, and you don't know what the "BIOS thingy" is, I'm sure you could find out how to do so by searching these forums.

 

[Scott78945]

Great thanks. Now I am not so worried. Do you know if this will also work with sound cards also? I would think so but I could be wrong.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Before you buy that video card..you say that your mobo has onboard video which leads me to believe this maybe a proprietary system, as in Dell, HP, etc? If so, is your power supply capable of handling a high end video card?

 

[Scott78945]

You would be correct. The system is from Gateway. It arrives tomorrow. I will have to open it up to find out how many watts the PSU is. I will let you know. I was hoping to be able to put in a 7800GT in a couple of months but I know they are demanding.

 

[Rage187]

the 7800gt is no where near as demanding as last generation. You might be ok as long as your 350w or above.

 

[Scott78945]

The box arrived today and it states that its the Intel 915G chipset. No idea what that means but I am going over to the Intel site right now to look it up. Thanks guys.

 

[Nextman916]

A p4 3.0ghz processor would bottleneck your 7800gt. What resolution would you be running games at AA/AF?