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Apple MC561LL-A Video Card
Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Most new desktops will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be installed. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for high-end games on the desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Integrated display adapters are almost never as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. A video card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results.
Major symptoms your desktop graphics card is going to die
- The graphics on your screen depicts vertical or striped lines
- The computer restarts when beginning a game
- Nothing seems to turn on when booting up
- A driver for the video card fails to install fully
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