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Lenovo IdeaCentre K410 Video Card
Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes the input and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. Integrated display adapters are not as good as a dedicated video card, in general. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed.
Simple indications of a weak video card
- The graphics on your screen shows bits and pieces of the desktop
- The computer crashes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to show up when starting up
- The driver fails to install correctly
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