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Lenovo NetVista 6569 Video Card
Dedicated video cards are pretty much required for high-end games on the desktop 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. There are two types 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. 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 on the motherboard. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a dedicated video card, generally speaking.
Signals the video graphics card will eventually need to be replaced
- The graphics on your screen depicts lines
- The computer freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The screen does not always come on when starting the computer
- A driver for the video card has problems installing fully
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