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Lenovo IdeaCentre K315 Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a separate video card, in general. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. A video card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. Dedicated video cards are necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry.
What warnings are present when my display adapter is on its last leg?
- The graphics on your screen depicts vertical or striped lines
- The Lenovo IdeaCentre K315 reboots when beginning a game
- The display does not show up when booting up
- The video card driver has problems installing correctly
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