Nvidia Geforce FX 5500

[Barrock2]

I bought the Nvidia Geforce FX 5500.

I disabled Intel before Installing the new drivers, but I have this sick feeling
that my onboard Intel Extreme Graphics is still lurking somewhere using up system resources.

How can I tell if my graphics card is running as fast as it should be?

 

[zephead]

did you turn off the integrated graphics controller at the BIOS level? you can check task manager to see if any Intel app is running for your graphics card.

use the latest graphics drivers...it's the easiest way to get the most out of your system.

 

[chuck4456]

Are you having problems? Disabling the onboard graphix in the DEVICE MANAGER is all that you need to do. Go to your nVidia Control Panel and check for updated drivers also.

 

[tifc8lraz]

As Zephead said, it's a good idea to see that the BIOS is set on your current card and the Onboard Card is disabled.

 

[tifc8lraz]

Are you having problems? Disabling the onboard graphix in the DEVICE MANAGER is all that you need to do. Go to your nVidia Control Panel and check for updated drivers also.

Sometimes the BIOS can also recognize the old graphics card and cause problems too.

 

[greatman05]

You know, even if you disable it in BIOS, it is still using up memory.....well in my case anyway. What chipset are you using? My BIOS has it set to PCI, but it still uses 1MB of memory...WHY?!

 

[Barrock2]

did you turn off the integrated graphics controller at the BIOS level? you can check task manager to see if any Intel app is running for your graphics card.

use the latest graphics drivers...it's the easiest way to get the most out of your system.

My BIOS is terrible, very little options. It only allows it to be set to Manual or Auto. It has to be left at Auto for the graphic card to do anything at all.

Are you having problems? Disabling the onboard graphix in the DEVICE MANAGER is all that you need to do. Go to your nVidia Control Panel and check for updated drivers also.

Done and Done, but I'm get a very low frame rate. I read a review that said they got 25 fps playing halo with the graphics card.

I have my resolution to the lowest, 640 by something, and all settings to lowest detail and I'm usually at 15-20 fps.

did you turn off the integrated graphics controller at the BIOS level? you can check task manager to see if any Intel app is running for your graphics card.

use the latest graphics drivers...it's the easiest way to get the most out of your system.

Like I said, my BIOS sucks! And I have the latest drivers... from what I can tell.

What Processes do I look for that Intel Integrated would be runinng?

 

[F1N3ST]

Try setting the sound quality to low, and what is your procesor, read cfitzarls guide and tell us what you have for processor and amount of RAM.

 

[Barrock2]

Try setting the sound quality to low, and what is your procesor, read cfitzarls guide and tell us what you have for processor and amount of RAM.

Sound Quality is low.

Processor is Celeron D - 2.7Gh
Ram: 512Mb

 

[F1N3ST]

Celerons are bad, but I managed to play halo on my 2.8Ghz celeron, I would try overclocking the card first, overclock the memory first, then the core, use rivatuner.

 

[zephead]

do you have any other running applications or services that are taking up RAM and system resources? what kind of motherboard do you have? is your computer a standard PC, or is it an OEM build (mass produced, branded)?

 

[greatman05]

It is an OEM build, all startup apps (except for NVIDIA and AVG ) disabled