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Lenovo ThinkCentre 4013 Video Card
There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. A graphics card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a graphics card to be installed on the motherboard. Dedicated video cards are necessary for high-end games on the desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Integrated video cards are almost never as good as a separate video card, in general. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second.
Clues the video graphics card is dying
- Your display displays bits and pieces of the desktop
- The PC freezes when starting a game
- Nothing seems to come on when starting up
- The driver has problems installing fully
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