04-14-2021 11:54 PM - last edited on 03-05-2024 07:01 PM by ROGBot
04-15-2021 12:02 AM
05-04-2021 02:19 PM
Silent Scone@ROG wrote:
Are you using the IGPU? If not, it can be disabled. Having it enabled whilst dormant will likely not have an adverse impact on performance, though.
05-04-2021 08:31 PM
05-05-2021 08:27 AM
BigJohnny wrote:
Id leave it enabled.
05-05-2021 09:15 PM
BigR2021 wrote:
Its also one more piece that can be broken.
After 26 Years of computer experience, I have never needed the onboard graphics.
I would disable it, it will always ask for additional drivers.
05-06-2021 06:34 PM
BigR2021 wrote:
Its also one more piece that can be broken.
After 26 Years of computer experience, I have never needed the onboard graphics.
I would disable it, it will always ask for additional drivers.
BigJohnny wrote:
Just FYI onboard graphics haven't been around for 26 years. There was limited use in the 90s in corporate dumb terminals like the SPARC enhancement chipset from Weitek that wasnt on the CPU die. It didn't hit the mainstream on die until 2010 with the Intel Sandybridge with AMD following a year later when they bought ATI. Unless my math is horrendously bad that was 11 years ago.
If it breaks, then the CPU or MOBO is fried and you have bigger fish to fry than the IGPU. In my machines that have onboard graphics I leave it enabled and it never asks for updates, EVER. You can choose to leave driver updates out of windows update which I've always done. Every few months I check driver versions and download from manufactures sites if necessary but as a general rule if is isn't broke don't mess with it. If your PCIE GPU craps there isn't a thing you can do but pull the PCIE GPU, clear CMOS and lose all your settings and hope that by default its enabled. If its not then you are dead in the water until you get a replacement PCIE GPU. If you have it enabled its as simple as moving a cable or if you have a monitor with dual input run HDMI to the IGPU and just switch inputs on the monitor.
The vast majority of laptops use IGPU, Phones, Ipads etc as well. They all seem to work just fine.
The iGPU is the dominant GPU used in PCs, and it is in 100% of all game consoles, 100% of all tablets and smartphones, and around 60% of all cars (with displays), So yeah, everything using IGPU is broken. pffffft
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21135920/jon-peddie-resear...
If you have it enabled and not using it it does nothing and will not cause additional power draw or heat. If you have driver updates enabled in windows the worst thing it will do is update the drivers for it with the windows updates.
05-06-2021 08:41 PM
DjRavix wrote:
Onboard Graphics have infact been around for a long time
what you are referring to is the iGPU that has been around since Sandy Bridge (not sure if the first gen iCore had them)
Actual onboard Graphics are incorporated on the Main board and were usually not that good (Most of the time these were Budget main boards)
I recall that it was one of the parts on a Main board that usually Failed
it could also be turned off in the Bios and good luck getting it on again if your GPU failed
I have personally seen these on boards with Socket 7 / Socket 423 / Socket 478 / Socket AM2 / Socket AM3 just to name a few
However since the iGPU there is no need for the existence of Onboard Graphics (Since the GPU is now baked into the CPU)
The iGPU is also a lot more reliable ... (If it breaks your CPU is also dead)
The only other issue I found would be if the Display output connection is broken on the main board (But than the iGPU still works)
05-07-2021 03:31 AM
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