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Acer Aspire X5300 Video Card
A video card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a dedicated video card, generally speaking.
Some clues of a bad display adapter
- Your display shows stretched or elongated pictures
- The PC crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- The display does not come on as you attempt to boot up
- A driver for the video card cannot install properly
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