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Lenovo ThinkCentre M91P Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is usually necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Currently, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. A video card processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. Integrated video cards will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, in general. Almost all newer desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be installed. There are two types of video 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.
Major indications to watch for in a bad video card
- The graphics on your screen produces vertical or striped lines
- The computer freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to come on when starting the computer
- A driver for the video card cannot install all the way
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