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Acer Aspire Z5700 Video Card
Most new desktops will have at least one spot available for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. All video cards processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for high-end games on the desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. Integrated display adapters are not as good as a separate video card, in general. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed.
What red flags are there that my video graphics card has gone bad?
- The monitor depicts lines
- The PC freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The screen does not always show up when starting up
- The video card driver has issues installing fully
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