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Acer Veriton 3500G Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated display adapters will never be better than a dedicated video card, in general. A video card processes graphics and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you.
How do you know when your display adapter needs replacing?
- The graphics on your screen shows bits and pieces of the desktop
- The computer reboots when starting a game
- Nothing seems to come on as you attempt to boot up
- A driver for the video card fails to install all the way
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