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Lenovo ThinkCentre 7628 Video Card
Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. Dedicated video cards are required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Integrated video cards are almost never as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. A video card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you.
Important signs your display card is going to die
- The monitor shows bits and pieces of the desktop
- Your Lenovo crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- The display does not come on as you attempt to boot up
- The driver does not seem to install all the way
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