Acer Aspire 5800 Video Card

All video cards processes the input and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, in general. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board.