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Dell Inspiron 660S Video Card
Integrated video cards are not as good as a separate video card, in general. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for high-end games on the desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. There are really only two kinds of video 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. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be installed on the motherboard. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you.
Important hints the video graphics card is failing
- The graphics on your screen produces colors that are all wrong
- The Dell Inspiron 660S restarts when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not show up when starting the computer
- A driver for the video card does not seem to install correctly
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