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Dell Inspiron 546S Video Card
Dedicated video cards are pretty much required for high-end games on the desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. Almost all newer desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be installed on the motherboard. Integrated display adapters are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. A video card processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place.
General indicators that your the video card is dying
- The graphics on your screen displays lines
- The desktop freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to show up when booting up
- A driver for the video card does not seem to install properly
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