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Lenovo ThinkCentre 9140 Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. A video card processes graphics and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second.
Clues your display card is failing
- The graphics on your screen depicts stretched or elongated pictures
- The desktop crashes when beginning a game
- The screen does not always turn on when starting the computer
- The driver has problems installing like it should
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