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Lenovo ThinkCentre 3244 Video Card
Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as a dedicated video card, in general. A video card processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be added to the system.
Major warnings of a deteriorating display card
- The graphics on your screen displays stretched or elongated pictures
- The computer restarts when starting a game
- The screen does not always show up as you attempt to boot up
- A driver for the video card does not seem to install properly
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