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Lenovo ThinkCentre 6396 Video Card
There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. A graphics card computes and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. A dedicated graphics card is required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a dedicated video card, generally speaking. Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be installed. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second.
Simple signals your desktop graphics card will not live much longer
- Your display displays colors that are all wrong
- The PC freezes when starting a graphic intensive program
- The display does not turn on when starting up
- The driver has issues installing like it should
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