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Gateway ALR 7300 Video Card
A graphics card computes and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. Most new desktops will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be added to the system. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. A dedicated graphics card is usually necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Integrated display adapters will never be better than a separate video card, in general.
Signals the video card has very little life left
- The monitor displays fragmented images
- The desktop freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not show up when booting up
- A driver for the video card cannot install all the way
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