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Lenovo ThinkCentre M51E-9213 Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is usually necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a dedicated video card to be added to the system. A graphics card processes graphics and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a dedicated video card, in general. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second.
Major clues your display card will soon need to be replaced
- The monitor shows fragmented images
- The PC crashes when starting a game
- The display does not come on when starting up
- The driver does not seem to install all the way
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