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Lenovo ThinkCentre 6079 Video Card
Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. All video cards processes the input and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for high-end games on the desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield.
Signs of a faulty graphics card
- The graphics on your screen produces weird colors or images
- The PC freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not show up when starting up
- A driver for the video card fails to install correctly
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