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Dell Dimension 4600 Video Card
There are really only two kinds of video 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 required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be installed on the motherboard. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. A graphics card processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you.
Red flags your display card will not last the year
- Your display displays colors that are all wrong
- The Dell Dimension 4600 crashes when starting a game
- Nothing seems to show up when starting up
- The driver fails to install like it should
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