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Lenovo ThinkCentre 5110 Video Card
Dedicated video cards are usually necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, 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 it is displayed for you. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be installed on the motherboard.
What to see if the desktop video card is failing?
- The graphics on your screen produces weird colors or images
- The PC restarts when beginning a game
- Nothing seems to turn on as you boot the PC
- A driver for the video card has problems installing fully
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