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Acer Veriton 7200 Video Card
There are two types of graphic 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. Integrated display adapters will never be better than a dedicated video card, generally speaking. A dedicated graphics card is required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be installed on the motherboard.
Simple indications of a laboring video card
- The graphics on your screen shows weird colors or images
- Your Acer crashes when beginning a game
- Nothing seems to show up when starting the computer
- A driver for the video card has problems installing properly
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