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Dell Inspiron 535S Video Card
Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be installed. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for high-end games on the desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you.
Indications the video card will need replacing
- The monitor shows bits and pieces of the desktop
- Your Dell freezes when starting a game
- Nothing seems to show up as you attempt to boot up
- A driver for the video card does not seem to install correctly
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