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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8195 Video Card
Dedicated video cards are pretty much required for high-end games on the desktop like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry. Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be installed on the motherboard. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. A graphics card processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Integrated video cards are almost never as good as a dedicated video card, generally speaking.
Key clues of a failing video graphics card
- The monitor displays stretched or elongated pictures
- The desktop reboots when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to come on as you boot the PC
- The driver cannot install fully
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