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Lenovo ThinkCentre 4220 Video Card
There are two types 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. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. Dedicated video cards are necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as a dedicated video card, generally speaking. Most new desktops will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be installed.
Major signs of a laboring video graphics card
- The monitor shows weird colors or images
- The computer crashes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not come on as you boot the PC
- The video card driver cannot install like it should
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