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Lenovo ThinkCentre 3650 Video Card
Integrated video cards are not as good as a dedicated video card, in general. A dedicated graphics card is usually necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Almost all newer desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be added to the system. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second.
Signs of a laboring video graphics card
- The monitor produces stretched or elongated pictures
- The computer freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not turn on when starting the computer
- The driver has issues installing like it should
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