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Lenovo ThinkCentre 2697 Video Card
Integrated display adapters will never be better than a dedicated video card, in general. A graphics card computes and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. There are two types of graphic 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. Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be added to the system.
Symptoms of a faulty video card
- Your display produces colors that are all wrong
- The desktop reboots when beginning a game
- The screen does not always come on when starting up
- The driver fails to install correctly
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A Lenovo ThinkCentre 2697 video card is best purchased brand new due to the wear on any older used one. Please be sure to double-check the manufacturers part number before placing an order for a new video card. Be sure to always buy parts from a site you know when buying parts online. The Lenovo ThinkCentre 2697 will love you more if you purchase parts smartly!
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