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Acer iDea 510 Video Card
At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. 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 will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be added to the system. Integrated video cards are not as good as a dedicated video card, generally speaking. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes graphics and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. Dedicated video cards are required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry.
Major indications the video graphics card is going out
- The monitor displays vertical or striped lines
- Your Acer restarts when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to show up when starting up
- A driver for the video card has problems installing all the way
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