Using Gpu power with motherboard vga input

marrsari · April 28, 2023

Hello guys,i want help with something i'm trying to do,it's a very strange problem but i wanted to ask,i have an old cpu a10-7890k with integrated graphics and now my display works with the vga plugged in the motherboard...i got a 1650 graphics card for upgrade,i have used 2 adapters one from dvi to vga and one from hdmi to vga they both work but im getting like different colors that the one i had for years with vga cable and my eyes hurt...is there any way i can use my graphics card just in games,but my monitor will be conected to motherboard and not graphics card?

Thanks in advance for your time and help.

JenjerBread · April 28, 2023

1 hour ago, marrsari said:

Hello guys,i want help with something i'm trying to do,it's a very strange problem but i wanted to ask,i have an old cpu a10-7890k with integrated graphics and now my display works with the vga plugged in the motherboard...i got a 1650 graphics card for upgrade,i have used 2 adapters one from dvi to vga and one from hdmi to vga they both work but im getting like different colors that the one i had for years with vga cable and my eyes hurt...is there any way i can use my graphics card just in games,but my monitor will be conected to motherboard and not graphics card?

Thanks in advance for your time and help.

By different colours, can you explain a bit more? is it like when you have a loose connection on the VGA cable where it all goes one colour? If its all one colour, you can try different adapters or different cables.

Or are the colours slightly different to what was displayed using your previous output?

I am assuming that you have installed the Nvidia drivers for the GTX 1650.

You can alter the colour settings in the Nvidia control panel. See if that helps at all.

Also VGA is fairly old nowadays, I would recommend upgrading your monitor at some point in the future if it doesn't support any other inputs.

A picture of what you had before vs what you see now colour wise would help a lot.

thekingofmonks · April 28, 2023

You might be able to get Nvidia Optimus to work on your desktop but it's not worth it IMO. You'd lose plenty of performance from what is already quite a weak card. I say just stick to direct output from the 1650 and change the colors as @JenjerBread said above.