Acer Veriton 5200 Video Card

Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. A graphics card processes the input and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results. Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be installed on the motherboard. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as a separate video card, in general.