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Lenovo ThinkCentre 9139 Video Card
Integrated display adapters are not as good as a separate video card, in general. A dedicated graphics card is required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. A graphics card processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. There are really only two kinds of graphic 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. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a graphics card to be added to the system.
Major signs of a failing desktop video card
- The monitor depicts vertical or striped lines
- The PC crashes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The screen does not always come on as you attempt to boot up
- A driver for the video card fails to install properly
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