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Lenovo ThinkCentre 6069 Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry. All video cards processes graphics and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. There are two types of video 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. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a graphics card to be installed.
Major symptoms of a dying video graphics card
- The graphics on your screen shows vertical or striped lines
- The computer crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to show up as you boot the PC
- A driver for the video card has problems installing fully
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