What is Onboard video?

[Sithex]

What does this mean?
Mine says Depends on CPU

is this something i need to worry about?

GPU: Gtx 750 ti
CPU: i5 4460

 

[alexoiu]

Your CPU has integrated graphics, therefore you can use the video ports on your motherboard, without a graphics card.

 

[Sithex]

Your CPU has integrated graphics, therefore you can use the video ports on your motherboard, without a graphics card.

So if it said NO
then i couldnt use my integrated graphics that are in my cpu?

 

[alexoiu]

If it said No, the board wouldn't have video ports (like VGA, DVI or HDMI).

 

[cilliers]

Sithex,

High to medium end Intel and AMD CPU's have an integrated graphics processor (IGP) on the CPU die these days. This means that there is a tiny graphics card on your CPU, apart from the 750 ti graphics card that you already have. When you play games, your computer automatically decides which graphics card to use, based on (1) where you plugged the screen into (750 ti or rear motherboard HDMI port next to audio jacks), and (2) if the primary video adapter in BIOS was selected as onboard graphics (IGP) or the add-in card (750 Ti).

Given the CPU that you've specified (i5 4460), it is safe to say that you have an Intel® HD Graphics 4600 IGP on your CPU. Ref: http://ark.intel.com/products/80817/Intel-Core-i5-4460-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_40-GHz

It is noteworthy to mention that onboard graphics chips do not have performance that is comparable to add-in graphics cards, therefore the need to disable the IGP in bios and enable the add-in 750 Ti for best performance.