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Lenovo IdeaCentre B305 Video Card
A video card processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. Most new desktops will have at least one spot available for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. Integrated display adapters will never be better than a separate video card, in general. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield.
Chief elements of a faulty video graphics card
- Your display produces fragmented images
- The desktop crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to turn on when booting up
- A driver for the video card does not seem to install like it should
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