Crappy old GPU or integrated graphics?

[pangaea]

So it's my understanding that integrated graphics will consume some degree of system resources (RAM, CPU) in order to do its thing. So I put an Nvidia 8400GS rev 2 in my work PC just to free up those resources. My work PC is an old computer I did some inexpensive upgrades on (it's a Linux PC with a core 2 quad and 4GB ddr2) which gets used as a web design workstation as well as the usual office/web tasks and running data entry automation scripts. So as you can probably guess, I'm not too terribly concerned with graphics performance as I'm not doing any gaming, CAD, etc (at most I might occasionally play Old School RuneScape or watch a video but it's really more for work) on this computer but I would like to take the integrated graphics load off of the RAM and CPU for loading the Cinnamon desktop environment and such. So with freeing up other system resources being a higher priority than graphics performance, should I use my old 8400GS over integrated graphics?

[Jurrunio]

if you have the 8400gs then why not?

[ProjectBox153]

If you have it, use it. I have one of those that worked beautifully in my Hackintosh.