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Lenovo IdeaCentre K210 Video Card
Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated display adapters are not as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. Most new desktops will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be added to the system. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. A graphics card processes graphics and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results.
General warnings of an ineffective video graphics card
- The monitor produces nothing
- The PC crashes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The screen does not always turn on as you attempt to boot up
- The video card driver has problems installing fully
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