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Dell Inspiron 620S 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. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. Integrated display adapters are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be installed. A dedicated graphics card is required for high-end games on the desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. A graphics card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results.
Major signs the video card needs a replacement ASAP
- The graphics on your screen produces vertical or striped lines
- The computer freezes when beginning a game
- The screen does not always turn on when starting the computer
- The driver fails to install like it should
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