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Dell PowerEdge E12S Video Card
Dedicated video cards are required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Integrated display adapters are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. 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. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Almost all newer desktops will have at least one spot available for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. A video card processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results.
Major indications your desktop graphics card will need replacing
- The monitor produces colors that are all wrong
- The Dell PowerEdge E12S freezes when beginning a game
- Nothing seems to show up as you attempt to boot up
- The video card driver has issues installing properly
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