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Dell Vostro 470 Video Card
A video card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated video cards are almost never as good as a separate video card, in general. Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a dedicated video card to be installed. A dedicated graphics card is usually necessary for high-end games on the desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft 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.
Major signs your desktop graphics card needs replacing ASAP
- The graphics on your screen depicts stretched or elongated pictures
- The PC freezes when starting a game
- Nothing seems to turn on when booting up
- A driver for the video card has problems installing all the way
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