Disabling onboard graphics

[shireknight]

Iv'e got a 4850 and I have ordered a new PC for it to fit into. Because I already have a card waiting I have just brought a PC that has onboard graphics.

Should I install the card before I disable the onboard graphics or disable the onboard graphics first or does it not matter either way?

 

[J.D]

Put the card in the machine. Boot it up and go directly to BIOS. Chage to the 4850 and then get the drivers on. I hoe you enjoy your new monster .

 

[shireknight]

Ah yes pretty obvious now that you pointed it out -cheers mate

 

[Ice Rich]

What kind of PC are you putting it into? You mentioned "just bought a pc", was it a shop bought one? whats the specs?

 

[shireknight]

Yes it is a storebuilt one but I found a store that lets you pick all the componants from scratch and they check everything is compatible and put it together for you.

The stats are :-

500 GB SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
350W PSU
Floppy Disk Drive 1.44 MB - Black
4 X USB 2.0 Ports
Samsung 16x DVD-ROM Black (IDE)
Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Fast 10/100 Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
Generic 2.0 SPEAKER OG-S692B BLACK RET
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT
ThermalTake Blue ORB II
ASUS SKT-775 P5K S/L 1333FSB
X-Blade Silver (case)
Motherboard Integrated 3D Video
ASUS DVD±RW 20x DRW-2014L1T Black - LIGHTSCRIBE (SATA)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (2 x 3.16 GHZ) 1333FSB - 6 MB
Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2 PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB 800) - Lifetime Warranty
E-MAIL/MSN/FORUMS SUPPORT
12 MONTHS RETURN TO BASE

Total cost £553.43 delivered

I already have a OCZ Stealth Xstream 600w psu and a Sapphire HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E to fit into it myself.

 

[Ice Rich]

Yes it is a storebuilt one but I found a store that lets you pick all the componants from scratch and they check everything is compatible and put it together for you.

The stats are :-

500 GB SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
350W PSU
Floppy Disk Drive 1.44 MB - Black
4 X USB 2.0 Ports
Samsung 16x DVD-ROM Black (IDE)
Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Fast 10/100 Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
Generic 2.0 SPEAKER OG-S692B BLACK RET
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT
ThermalTake Blue ORB II
ASUS SKT-775 P5K S/L 1333FSB
X-Blade Silver (case)
Motherboard Integrated 3D Video
ASUS DVD±RW 20x DRW-2014L1T Black - LIGHTSCRIBE (SATA)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (2 x 3.16 GHZ) 1333FSB - 6 MB
Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2 PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB 800) - Lifetime Warranty
E-MAIL/MSN/FORUMS SUPPORT
12 MONTHS RETURN TO BASE

Total cost £553.43 delivered

I already have a OCZ Stealth Xstream 600w psu and a Sapphire HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E to fit into it myself.

Ahh thats what I was going to say. Shop built PC's normally only use low power PSUs. That 350w would not be enough to power the system + card. But I see you have purchased the 600w so you should be good to go

 

[shireknight]

Hey, cheers anyway for looking out for me mate