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Lenovo ThinkCentre 5030 Video Card
Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be added to the system. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a separate video card, in general. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Dedicated video cards are pretty much required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. A video card processes graphics and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately.
Major clues of an ailing desktop video card
- The graphics on your screen depicts fragmented images
- The PC crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to turn on as you boot the PC
- The video card driver fails to install like it should
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