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Lenovo ThinkCentre 6081 Video Card
Integrated display adapters are not as good as a separate video card, in general. A graphics card processes graphics and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. 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 graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be added to the system.
Some warnings of an inadequate graphics card
- The monitor produces fragmented images
- The PC restarts when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to come on as you attempt to boot up
- The driver does not seem to install properly
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