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Dell Inspiron 3647 Video Card
There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. Dedicated video cards are required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Most new desktops will have at least one spot available for a dedicated video card to be added to the system. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you.
Clues of a bad desktop video card
- The graphics on your screen depicts vertical or striped lines
- The PC freezes when starting a game
- The screen does not always come on as you attempt to boot up
- The video card driver has problems installing correctly
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