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Lenovo IdeaCentre K320 Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a separate video card, in general. 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. A video card processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. There are two types of graphic 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. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be installed.
Major signs your desktop graphics card should be replaced
- Your display produces lines
- The PC crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- The display does not turn on when booting up
- The driver cannot install properly
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