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Lenovo ThinkCentre 8819 Video Card
Almost all newer desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be installed. Integrated display adapters will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. A graphics card processes the input and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. Dedicated video cards are pretty much required 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. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately.
Major warnings the display adapter will need to be replaced
- Your display shows colors that are all wrong
- The desktop restarts when beginning a game
- Nothing seems to turn on as you attempt to boot up
- A driver for the video card cannot install fully
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