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Lenovo ThinkCentre 6306 Video Card
Dedicated video cards are required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. A video card processes graphics and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Integrated display adapters are not as good as a separate video card, in general. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Almost all newer desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be added to the system.
Some warnings of a dying display adapter
- Your display produces lines
- The desktop freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to come on as you boot the PC
- The video card driver does not seem to install properly
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