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Lenovo ThinkCentre 3264 Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is usually necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Almost all newer desktops will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be added to the system. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed.
What to see if the graphics card is failing?
- The graphics on your screen depicts colors that are all wrong
- The desktop restarts when starting a game
- Nothing seems to turn on as you attempt to boot up
- The video card driver fails to install like it should
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