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Lenovo ThinkCentre A51-8425 Video Card
Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as a dedicated video card, in general. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a graphics card to be added to the system. A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. There are two types 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. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second.
Symptoms the video graphics card has very little life left
- The monitor produces nothing
- The PC restarts when starting a game
- The display does not turn on when booting up
- The video card driver has issues installing properly
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