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Acer Aspire M3600 Video Card
There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Integrated video cards are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. A graphics card processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be installed. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place.
Indications the display adapter is failing
- The monitor depicts weird colors or images
- Your Acer freezes when starting a game
- The screen does not always show up when starting up
- A driver for the video card fails to install properly
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