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Lenovo ThinkCentre 7626 Video Card
Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be installed. Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. All video cards processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as a dedicated video card, generally speaking. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. There are really only two kinds of graphic 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.
Important clues of a faulty display adapter
- The monitor produces nothing
- The desktop freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to show up as you attempt to boot up
- The video card driver fails to install all the way
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