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Lenovo ThinkCentre 3311 Video Card
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. All video cards processes the input and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated video cards are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for high-end games on the desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be installed.
Major symptoms the video graphics card will die soon
- The monitor produces weird colors or images
- The PC crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to turn on as you boot the PC
- A driver for the video card has problems installing properly
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