Temperature of onboard vid card

[MohawkAngel]

I am curious to know if the temperature of the motherboard will rise or go down if I stop using the onboard HD Radeon 4200 512megs 400mhz memory and 500mhz core clock?

Instead I would use a BFG Tech 9400GT Pci-E 16X 2.0 512megs DDR2

If it can help me to reduce the heat of the chipset and extend their life and mobo at same time ill just install it and disable the onboard vid card and HDMI port.

 

[vaiopup]

Should certainly extend the board's life.....but most folk would update to a newer platform long before the board expires anyway.

 

[MohawkAngel]

Ok. Then it could be a good ideasince I like to keep my boards long time. I moded the bfg with a thermaltake chipset fan and rad that wind up at 5800 rpm. Should be cool enough.

 

[vaiopup]

Those chipsets get very hot under extended use so I would imagine the rig would not only last longer but also run cooler with a dedicated gpu.

I crunch 24/7 with my onboard graphics overclocked and they do get pretty toasty after a while

 

[MohawkAngel]

Processor at 45 and mobo at 42 ....sometimes

 

[vaiopup]

Throw the card in and compare?

 

[MohawkAngel]

Finally more noise for only 2 degrees less.