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Lenovo ThinkCentre 3306 Video Card
Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be installed on the motherboard. A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. A video card computes and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a separate video card, generally speaking. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board.
Signals of a dying graphics card
- Your display displays lines
- The PC reboots when starting a graphic intensive program
- The display does not come on when starting the computer
- The video card driver fails to install correctly
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