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Dell PowerEdge C4130 Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. A graphics card processes the input and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you.
How do you know when your display card is about to stop working?
- Your display shows bits and pieces of the desktop
- Your Dell freezes when starting a game
- Nothing seems to turn on as you attempt to boot up
- A driver for the video card cannot install fully
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