iGPU dying, what would you do?

[WedgeTalon]

I've never relied on an iGPU before, so I'm not sure what to recommend to my mother-in-law. She has an old AM2 nForce motherboard (for the curious, this one) that is showing symptoms of the iGPU dying. Now, obvisouly I could just have her buy a cheap graphics card (it does support PCI-E). But my worry would be... is that just slightly delaying the inevitable? If the iGPU is dying, does that foreshadow the whole mobo dying? I doubt it would even be worth trying to swap mobos for such an old chipset. I mean, you can get an entire new system for less than $300 these days and it's not like you need much power to check your email.

 

So, what would you recommend she do?

 

Cheap graphics card or cheap new computer?

[JAKEBAB]

cheap new computer.

[Maslofski]

cheap new computer and a vikings funeral are required in this case

[Faa]

Just get a cheap gt620 orwhatever you got for 30$ and disable the IGP in the bios.

[austin541]

you should make a new computer with the new am1 platform, because it sounds perfect for her. and make a build log out of it.