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Apple Power Macintosh 8100-80 Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is usually necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results.
How can I tell if my video graphics card is almost going bad?
- Your display produces colors that are all wrong
- The PC restarts when starting a graphic intensive program
- The display does not come on when booting up
- The video card driver has issues installing all the way
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