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Asus RS100-E5-PI2 Video Card
At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. A video card processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. 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. Integrated display adapters are not as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be added to the system. Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for high-end games on the desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield.
Subtle hints your display card is going out
- The monitor depicts colors that are all wrong
- The computer freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not turn on as you attempt to boot up
- A driver for the video card has problems installing like it should
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