Graphics Card Selection in BIOS

[Maggot901]

Good morning,

I'm writing to understand if my M2A ACEMagic is working correctly or if there’s an issue with the drivers. Basically, I set the PEG slot as the primary display in the BIOS to force the use of the dedicated graphics card. I have an i7, an RTX 3060, and 32 GB of RAM. However, after making this change, I couldn't get any video output. Thanks to the help from some users on the forum, I followed their advice and reset the BIOS to default settings ( viewtopic.php?t=5518 ). At that point, the integrated graphics card was automatically set as the default. My question is: is it normal that I have to use the integrated card as the primary one instead of the dedicated one?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me understand this!

[dragonpoo]

It's normal, even for bigger name brands (like HP, Dell, and Apple). I usually just let the default graphics do their thing, like the embedded Intel drivers for most use, and I would look at a Game or application to use the GPU if necessary.

Especially for booting the system, I see no reason to use the higher end graphics to show me that the computer is booting up.

[Maggot901]

Thank you very much for the clarification!