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Lenovo ThinkCentre 5536 Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. There are really only two kinds 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. Integrated display adapters are not as good as a dedicated video card, generally speaking. All video cards processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be installed. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second.
Elements of a weak video card
- The graphics on your screen displays fragmented images
- The desktop crashes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not turn on as you attempt to boot up
- The video card driver has issues installing correctly
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