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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8427 Video Card
There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a dedicated video card to be installed. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated video cards will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, in general. All video cards processes graphics and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. Dedicated video cards are usually necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry.
General warnings of a weakening display adapter
- The monitor depicts vertical or striped lines
- The desktop reboots when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The screen does not always show up as you boot the PC
- A driver for the video card has issues installing all the way
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