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Apple Power Macintosh 9500-132 Video Card
At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. All video cards computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. Dedicated video cards are pretty much required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry.
Clues the display adapter needs a replacement ASAP
- Your display shows stretched or elongated pictures
- The PC freezes when beginning a game
- The screen does not always come on as you boot the PC
- The video card driver cannot install fully
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