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Acer Aspire T650A Video Card
Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. A graphics card processes the input and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. Almost all newer desktops will have at least one spot available for a video card to be installed. Integrated video cards are not as good as a separate video card, in general. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield.
Major clues of a dying desktop video card
- The monitor displays stretched or elongated pictures
- The Acer Aspire T650A restarts when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to come on when starting the computer
- The video card driver does not seem to install properly
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