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Can I use my motherboard's video output ports if I have no iGPU?

Stupid question, just wanted to double check as I'm looking at getting a video card that won't have all of the video outputs I need. Motherboard is a Gigbyte B450M DS3H v2, cpu is an r5 3600, gpu is a Radeon Pro WX2100

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2 minutes ago, lexusgamer05 said:

No you can't use them if you don't have an iGPU

Ah rip, guess I'll have to grab a different one then. Thanks!

Current PC (Second Build) : CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 (OC @3.8GHz, sometimes pushed to 4GHz) RAM: 16gb Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4-2666 (OC @2733Mhz, sometimes pushed to 2800 for testing purposes)   GPU: PowerColor Radeon RX570 8gb MOBO: ASRock B450m Pro4 SSD: Inland 120gb HDD: 1tb Seagate Barracuda PSU: Cooler Master Masterwatt 500w Lite Case: NZXT H500 OS: Arch Linux+ KDE Plasma [Desktop Environment] & Windows 10 Pro [Broken due to grub 50% of the time]

 

Accessories: Mouse: Alienware AW958 Elite Keyboard: Corsair K63 Wireless  Headphones: Samsung Level On Pro

 

Phone (waiting on arrival): Samsung Galaxy Note 9

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28 minutes ago, ImAyaanKhan said:

Stupid question, just wanted to double check as I'm looking at getting a video card that won't have all of the video outputs I need. Motherboard is a Gigbyte B450M DS3H v2, cpu is an r5 3600, gpu is a Radeon Pro WX2100

You can technically use them (occupy) but it won't do anything. 

I am NOT a professional and a lot of the time what I'm saying is based on limited knowledge and experience. I'm going to be incorrect at times. 

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