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Gateway ALR 7200 Video Card
All video cards processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be installed. Integrated display adapters are almost never as good as a dedicated video card, generally speaking. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second.
Signals the video card is failing
- Your display shows stretched or elongated pictures
- Your Gateway reboots when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The screen does not always show up when starting up
- A driver for the video card cannot install all the way
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