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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8813 Video Card
Integrated display adapters are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. At the moment, 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 is built into the motherboard, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. A video card processes the input and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield.
Indications the video card needs replacing ASAP
- The monitor produces stretched or elongated pictures
- Your Lenovo freezes when starting a game
- The screen does not always show up as you attempt to boot up
- The video card driver fails to install properly
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