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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8336 Video Card
Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. Integrated video cards are not as good as a separate video card, in general. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. A graphics card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Dedicated video cards are required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield.
Some warnings the video graphics card is on its last leg
- The monitor produces bits and pieces of the desktop
- The desktop restarts when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not come on when starting up
- A driver for the video card does not seem to install all the way
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