Question Running without dedicated GPU.

[DasBootDevice]

Hello,

I have an old machine (~14 years). The GPU has started breaking down: according to HWMonitor, temp is read at -128*C (overflow, I imagine), thus the fan spins at max speed (~6000 RPM). Is it ok to remove the GPU and run without one?

Motherboard: Asus P8P67
CPU: i5-2500k
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6950

The CPU has an integrated GPU, and I'm not using this machine for graphics-heavy tasks, nor running CUDA applications.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Sadly you own the P67 chipset which meant that the chipset allowed for overclocking the platform(processor and ram) but lacked the ability to take advantage of your iGPU(that's on the CPU's die). In order to take advantage of the iGPu you'd need either an H67 chipset board or a Z68 chipset. The latter allowed for overclocking the CPU and ram as well as being able to use the iGPU. The H67 chipset prevented you from overclocking the CPU and ram but allowed you to use the iGPU.

For your instance, you should look into a very entry level GPU. I'm also curious to know what your PSU's make and model is...? Have you tried disassembling the card and replacing the thermal paste with something higher in quality? Perhaps clean out the vents to improve temps.

 

[DasBootDevice]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Sadly you own the P67 chipset which meant that the chipset allowed for overclocking the platform(processor and ram) but lacked the ability to take advantage of your iGPU(that's on the CPU's die). In order to take advantage of the iGPu you'd need either an H67 chipset board or a Z68 chipset. The latter allowed for overclocking the CPU and ram as well as being able to use the iGPU. The H67 chipset prevented you from overclocking the CPU and ram but allowed you to use the iGPU.

For your instance, you should look into a very entry level GPU. I'm also curious to know what your PSU's make and model is...? Have you tried disassembling the card and replacing the thermal paste with something higher in quality? Perhaps clean out the vents to improve temps.

Hey. Thanks for the answer. PSU's a Corsair TX850.
I have not tried disassembling the card.

 

[DasBootDevice]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Sadly you own the P67 chipset which meant that the chipset allowed for overclocking the platform(processor and ram) but lacked the ability to take advantage of your iGPU(that's on the CPU's die). In order to take advantage of the iGPu you'd need either an H67 chipset board or a Z68 chipset. The latter allowed for overclocking the CPU and ram as well as being able to use the iGPU. The H67 chipset prevented you from overclocking the CPU and ram but allowed you to use the iGPU.

For your instance, you should look into a very entry level GPU. I'm also curious to know what your PSU's make and model is...? Have you tried disassembling the card and replacing the thermal paste with something higher in quality? Perhaps clean out the vents to improve temps.

Hello again,

I've replaced the GPU with a secondhand HD 7790 (and installed the related drivers for my OS - there were still available on the AMD site).
2 (probably related) issues arise:

1. when I connect 2 screens (one screen via DVI, one TV via HDMI), they both work... but they seem to be detected as a single screen, with duplicated displays.

2. There is no sound through the HDMI. There used to be with the old GPU.

 

[Eximo]

Mirrored displays is a windows setting. Just need to go to display properties and change it to extend if you want separate desktops.

Similarly, you likely need to select or configure HDMI Audio to be the output device.

 

[DasBootDevice]

Mirrored displays is a windows setting. Just need to go to display properties and change it to extend if you want separate desktops.

Similarly, you likely need to select or configure HDMI Audio to be the output device.

No, no, what I mean is that in display properties, it only shows one screen. Not 2 that can be moved around, no option to select "extend", clicking on "identify" shows a "1" on both the screen and the TV, ... just seems to think they're both the same thing. Despite one being connected in DVI and the other HDMI.
It's probably the drivers not working correctly, I got the following errormess after my previous comment:

 

[Eximo]

Run this and try installing the drivers from scratch again:

Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) download version 18.0.9.2

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