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Apple Power Macintosh 7100-66AV Video Card
There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. All video cards processes graphics and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. Dedicated video cards are pretty much required for high-end games on the desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a graphics card to be added to the system. Integrated display adapters will never be better than a dedicated video card, generally speaking. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second.
Signals of a deteriorating desktop video card
- Your display depicts weird colors or images
- The PC crashes when beginning a game
- The screen does not always turn on as you boot the PC
- The video card driver does not seem to install like it should
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