Can you disable a graphics card without removing ?

[Domi]

So I like many peeps run an HTPC the differance is mines a full blooded silent tower behind the TV.

I would like to replace the current setup with a slient I5 config but wanting best of both worlds I would still like to put in a decent gaming card.
The problem is of course any half decent gaming card puts noise and heat levels right up.

Now the case i use is an Antec 900 and when it gets to hot I can simply enable a couple of the fans and while gaming fan noise is not an issue.

The problem is when not gaming (99% of the time) I want the graphics card silent and ideally not even drawing power and no fans enabled.

Any way i can use onboard and software enable/disable a discrete card ?

 

[ALXAndy]

No. I wish you could tbh.

 

[P3N9U1N]

can you not disable it in device manager?, mine shows the option to disable...

 

[ALXAndy]

can you not disable it in device manager?, mine shows the option to disable...

Yes but it still consumes energy still spins its fan and still gets hot.

So that's a waste of power. And you can't wire a switch to the PCIE power plugs (tried it) because as soon as you turn off the power to the card it squeals like a piggy bwoy.

 

[anjs]

virtu on z68 boards

 

[gareth170]

u can with Lucid Virtu

just connect your monitor to the MB then use Lucid Virtu to enable/disable the discrete GPU

 

[Domi]

And doing this via Lucid will completely shut down the discrete GPU power and all ?

If that is the case it is exactley the solution I am looking for.

 

[gareth170]

And doing this via Lucid will completely shut down the discrete GPU power and all ?

If that is the case it is exactley the solution I am looking for.

it does near enough

but one thing, you won't get the full performance from the discrete GPU , maybe 85-90%