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Lenovo ThinkCentre 7705 Video Card
Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Dedicated video cards are required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. All video cards processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system.
What to see if the graphics card is on its last leg?
- Your display shows lines
- The PC freezes when starting a graphic intensive program
- The screen does not always turn on when starting up
- The video card driver fails to install like it should
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