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Lenovo ThinkCentre 3237 Video Card
Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. There are really only two kinds 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 usually necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results.
Symptoms of a failing display adapter
- Your display produces fragmented images
- The PC reboots when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to come on as you boot the PC
- The driver has issues installing like it should
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