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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8129 Video Card
Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be installed on the motherboard. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. Dedicated video cards are required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes graphics and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results.
Symptoms of a deteriorating video graphics card
- Your display depicts vertical or striped lines
- The PC reboots when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The screen does not always come on when starting up
- The driver does not seem to install like it should
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