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Dell Inspiron 518 Video Card
A video card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results. There are two types of video 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 will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be added to the system. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. Dedicated video cards are pretty much required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield.
Important hints the video graphics card needs replacing
- The monitor depicts lines
- Your Dell reboots when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to come on when starting up
- The video card driver cannot install fully
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