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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8432 Video Card
Integrated video cards are not as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. 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. Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a dedicated video card to be installed. A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for high-end games on the desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. A video card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you.
What are the clues to watch out for to know my graphics card is dying?
- Your display depicts stretched or elongated pictures
- The PC crashes when beginning a game
- The display does not show up when starting the computer
- The video card driver has issues installing correctly
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