https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Tuning-Performance/Disable-onboard-graphics-to-save-power/m-p/1073010#M5359 <P>(originally posted at&nbsp;https://communities.intel.com/message/464486)</P> <P><SPAN style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: intel-clear, arial, helvetica, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I've got an i7-6700 running on an ASRock z170 board with an nvidia graphics card. When I run the intel power gadget 3 software, it says the CPU is using 12 watts and the IA is using 1.5 watts. I can only conclude that the integrated GPU is using around 10 watts even though I'm using the nvidia card exclusively. The intel GPU doesn't even show in the device manager.</SPAN></P> <P style="margin-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: intel-clear, arial, helvetica, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); min-height: 8pt;">I've poked around the UEFI and I don't see anything that will let me totally disable the integrated GPU, just an option to change the default graphics, which is currently set to PCIE.</P> <P style="margin-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: intel-clear, arial, helvetica, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); min-height: 8pt;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: intel-clear, arial, helvetica, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">Am I reading these power gadget logs correctly? Is there any way to disable the graphics part of the CPU?</P> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:12:03 GMT CHaye1 2017-04-03T20:12:03Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Tuning-Performance/Disable-onboard-graphics-to-save-power/m-p/1073010#M5359 <P>(originally posted at&nbsp;https://communities.intel.com/message/464486)</P> <P><SPAN style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: intel-clear, arial, helvetica, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I've got an i7-6700 running on an ASRock z170 board with an nvidia graphics card. When I run the intel power gadget 3 software, it says the CPU is using 12 watts and the IA is using 1.5 watts. I can only conclude that the integrated GPU is using around 10 watts even though I'm using the nvidia card exclusively. The intel GPU doesn't even show in the device manager.</SPAN></P> <P style="margin-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: intel-clear, arial, helvetica, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); min-height: 8pt;">I've poked around the UEFI and I don't see anything that will let me totally disable the integrated GPU, just an option to change the default graphics, which is currently set to PCIE.</P> <P style="margin-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: intel-clear, arial, helvetica, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); min-height: 8pt;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: intel-clear, arial, helvetica, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">Am I reading these power gadget logs correctly? Is there any way to disable the graphics part of the CPU?</P> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:12:03 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Tuning-Performance/Disable-onboard-graphics-to-save-power/m-p/1073010#M5359 CHaye1 2017-04-03T20:12:03Z