Disable graphics card?

The Nvidia graphics card on my old laptop is defective (creating artifacts), so I wanted to run everything on the integrated graphics unit of the Intel processor. However, games, for example, still run on the Nvidia graphics card, and there's nothing I can do in the BIOS… Is it safe to disable the card via the device manager, or is that even possible?

Artifacts:

Device Manager:

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hans39
1 year ago

Yes, in principle you can disable the graphics card by right-clicking on the entry. (Deactivate device)
The entry is then marked with a small downward arrow.

By clicking on it again, the card can be activated again (Enable device)

pcdenker
1 year ago
Reply to  dragonx7

The opinions are divided here – once the statement that this is controlled by Windows, the other by Nvidia control.
Maybe my second read article.

pcdenker
1 year ago
Reply to  dragonx7

Think shutdown will not be the problem, more likely the disadvantages, for example, in RAM. The graphics card has its own memory, the iGPU uses your memory, i.e. less power.