Does an additional graphics card boost onboard graphics?
I have onboard graphics that i use. I also have an ati radeon 9600 pro card. Is there any way to keep my monitor connected to my onboard plug. While using the ati card to enhance total graphical power. Or will it not function.
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One more thing i ran it of the ati card and updating the drivers with new ones the screen crashes on me right as it about to be finished installing new drivers. Then when trying to play games(low requirement mmorpg) it plays for a while then screen crashes again. Cant figure out what could be wrong bad hardware,install bad drivers? Now when i plug in the ati card the pc starts for a moment then turns off?? Please help thank you
2007-04-30 15:57:54 · 4 answers · asked by mjmadskillz 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
No if you install a video card you have to disable your onboard graphics. It's one or the other.
It's possible that your power supply is insufficient for your graphics card.
2007-04-30 16:02:08 · answer #1 · answered by Tom D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unless your onboard is SLI you cant augment it with a pci graphics card. Your card will almost always be a better choic for your graphical use because the onboard will leach resources from your motherboard for graphical use. You may try reinstalling drivers for your radeon, or you might try going to their site and downloading the driver set one release prior to the set you're running now. It could be a hardware problem too, play that game with your case open and check to make sure your fan works and feel the gpu chip (it should have a heatsink or fan over it) on your graphics card when (if) it crashes and see if it feels hot. If you dont know already, dont go poking around in there and touching things, static is your computers arch nemesis and people tend to be full of it from clothes and whatnot. touch the case or a static bag or wear a grounding wrist band.
2007-04-30 16:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by c4kemaster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most motherboards, once you plug in a graphics card into the AGP or PCIe slot, integrated graphics is DISABLED and no RAM is shared with it. So, there is NO way you could enhance that slow integrated graphics.
Your 9600 Pro is a decent AGP card and is also a good overclocker. 20% performance gain is possible when overclocked.
If driver reinstallation does not work, your power supply could be having difficulty supplying the power needs of the card. You can verify this by disconnecting some of the load of the power supply such as the CD drive and/or the case fan.If the graphics card now work normally, it means you need to upgrade power supply.
2007-04-30 20:25:40 · answer #3 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can either use the onboard graphics or the video card. You can't use both at the same time.
As for your computer crashing.. You need to uninstall your drivers..then boot into (press f8 usually) safe mode and run driver cleaner pro. Then reboot, and install the drivers. My guess is that will fix your problem.
Also disable onboard graphics in the bios if you are using your video card.
2007-04-30 16:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by mshal15blueballs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋