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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8214 Video Card
Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. Dedicated video cards are usually necessary for high-end games on the desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated display adapters are almost never as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be installed.
Signals the display adapter should be replaced
- The monitor displays bits and pieces of the desktop
- Your Lenovo reboots when starting a game
- Nothing seems to turn on as you attempt to boot up
- The video card driver does not seem to install correctly
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