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Lenovo ThinkCentre 7358 Video Card
Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for high-end games on the desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a graphics card to be installed. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place.
Clues your desktop graphics card needs a replacement ASAP
- The monitor produces lines
- The PC crashes when starting a game
- The screen does not always come on as you boot the PC
- The video card driver does not seem to install all the way
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