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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8714 Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes the input and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. Dedicated video cards are required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be installed. Today, nVidia rules 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 graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately.
Major warnings the display adapter is going out
- The graphics on your screen shows fragmented images
- The PC freezes when starting a game
- The display does not show up when starting the computer
- A driver for the video card cannot install all the way
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