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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8141 Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. A video card computes and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be added to the system. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place.
Indications your display card will eventually need to be replaced
- Your display shows vertical or striped lines
- Your Lenovo restarts when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to turn on when booting up
- The video card driver has problems installing properly
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