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Lenovo IdeaCentre Q150 Video Card
There are really only two kinds 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. Dedicated video cards are usually necessary for high-end games on the desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. A graphics card processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a dedicated video card, in general.
Symptoms of a poorly working display adapter
- Your display depicts vertical or striped lines
- The Lenovo IdeaCentre Q150 crashes when beginning a game
- Nothing seems to come on when starting the computer
- A driver for the video card has problems installing fully
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