The GPU is onboard in this case. It is in an old VISTA computer. it doesn't seem to be affecting anything, I just never noticed it before. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > the intel GPU's are pretty fair nowadays, with the HD 4200+ graphics > systems. but if you have a discrete GPU from nvidia or AMD as well as one > on the motherboard you may want to disable the onboard one. this can cause > issues unless your drivers can integrate it well. Laptops are a bit > different because of the nvidia optimus functionality to use the intel gpu > unless a workload of sufficient complexity comes along to require the > additional horsepower. > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Michael Butash > wrote: > >> Correct, even anything since the Core line of intel's have come with >> (crappy) gpu's on them in the cpu die, for better or usually worse. >> >> Intel's usually cause more harm than good sadly, thus disabling them >> occasionally helps if your browser is trying to offload gpu function to a >> chronically dysfunctional gpu (or driver). >> >> -mb >> >> >> On 03/16/2015 12:19 PM, Rusty Ramser wrote: >> >> What kind of system are you using, Mike? Even if you don’t have a >> desktop PC with a high-powered Nvidia or Radeon GPU card plugged into the >> motherboard, your system will have some type of GPU. If you don’t have an >> add-on card, it will probably be provided by a (usually weak) on-board >> Intel HD type of GPU. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [ >> mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org >> ] *On Behalf Of *Michael Havens >> *Sent:* Monday, March 16, 2015 12:14 >> *To:* Mike Butash; Main PLUG discussion list >> *Subject:* Re: nacl_helper >> >> >> >> but I have no gpu (I don't think). >> >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >