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Lenovo ThinkCentre 9647 Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be added to the system. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. There are two types 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.
Clues to watch for to know the video card needs a replacement ASAP
- The graphics on your screen shows weird colors or images
- Your Lenovo restarts when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not come on as you boot the PC
- The driver cannot install like it should
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