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Acer Aspire X5400 Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be installed on the motherboard. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results.
Major symptoms the video card is not going to last much longer
- Your display shows weird colors or images
- The PC reboots when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not show up when starting up
- The video card driver has issues installing correctly
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