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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8132 Video Card
There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry. Integrated video cards are almost never as good as a dedicated video card, in general. Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be installed. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results.
Major indications the video graphics card will need to be replaced
- The graphics on your screen shows colors that are all wrong
- The computer crashes when beginning a game
- The display does not turn on when booting up
- A driver for the video card has issues installing fully
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