I recently set up a new computer (specs below) which was whisper quiet and pretty low power in use, (26W, for internet browsing). However I do want to use the machine for gaming perhaps around 10% of the time, so put in a GTX 580 card for now.
However light browsing use has now jumped the power up to 60W and I can hear the fans of the graphics card. That's more than double the power required for no extra real use for 90% of the time from the machine.
- Is there a way to disable (without unplugging) the discrete graphics card to use the Intel IGP instead and revert back to low power and lower noise?
I have tested changing the primary display setting in the Bios and setting it to IGP, but that didn't help unfortunately. It just meant that output via the discrete graphics card was disabled for Post and Bios screens but still could be used in windows. Disabling the graphics card in device manager didn't help either, the power still remained the same.
Is there another way this could be achieved?
Thanks.
Specs:
OS: Windows 8.1
Motherboard: Asus H87M Pro
CPU: Intel i5 4570 Haswell.
GFX: Nvidia GTX 580
However light browsing use has now jumped the power up to 60W and I can hear the fans of the graphics card. That's more than double the power required for no extra real use for 90% of the time from the machine.
- Is there a way to disable (without unplugging) the discrete graphics card to use the Intel IGP instead and revert back to low power and lower noise?
I have tested changing the primary display setting in the Bios and setting it to IGP, but that didn't help unfortunately. It just meant that output via the discrete graphics card was disabled for Post and Bios screens but still could be used in windows. Disabling the graphics card in device manager didn't help either, the power still remained the same.
Is there another way this could be achieved?
Thanks.
Specs:
OS: Windows 8.1
Motherboard: Asus H87M Pro
CPU: Intel i5 4570 Haswell.
GFX: Nvidia GTX 580