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Acer Veriton M265 Video Card
There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. Integrated display adapters will never be better than a dedicated video card, generally speaking. A graphics card computes and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place.
Hints of an ineffective desktop video card
- The graphics on your screen shows fragmented images
- The desktop restarts when starting a game
- Nothing seems to come on when starting up
- The driver fails to install like it should
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