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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8710 Video Card
Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto 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 a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. A graphics card processes the input and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a graphics card to be installed. Integrated display adapters are almost never as good as a separate video card, in general.
Major indications your desktop graphics card is dying
- The monitor shows nothing
- The computer restarts when starting a game
- Nothing seems to turn on when starting up
- A driver for the video card has issues installing all the way
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