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Lenovo ThinkCentre 3143 Video Card
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. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be installed on the motherboard. Dedicated video cards are required for high-end games on the desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. Integrated video cards are not as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. A graphics card computes and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results.
Major indications the video card will not last the year
- The monitor shows vertical or striped lines
- Your Lenovo freezes when starting a graphic intensive program
- The screen does not always come on when booting up
- A driver for the video card has issues installing correctly
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