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Lenovo ThinkCentre M57P Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be installed. A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. A video card computes and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results.
Warnings of an inadequate video card
- The monitor produces stretched or elongated pictures
- Your Lenovo restarts when beginning a game
- The screen does not always show up when starting the computer
- The driver does not seem to install fully
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