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Acer AT350 F1 Video Card
A graphics card computes and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Integrated display adapters will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. Dedicated video cards are usually necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be added to the system. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place.
What red flags are there that my desktop video card is not working properly?
- Your display displays lines
- The computer restarts when starting a game
- The display does not show up as you attempt to boot up
- The video card driver cannot install correctly
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