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Lenovo ThinkCentre M73Z Video Card
Integrated video cards are almost never as good as a separate video card, in general. Dedicated video cards are pretty much required for high-end games on the desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be added to the system. Currently, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. All video cards processes graphics and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results.
Red flags the display adapter needs a replacement ASAP
- Your display displays bits and pieces of the desktop
- The desktop crashes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to show up when starting the computer
- The driver cannot install all the way
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