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Lenovo ThinkServer RD450 Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Integrated display adapters will never be better than a separate video card, in general. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be installed on the motherboard. A graphics card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you.
How do you know if your video graphics card needs to be replaced?
- Your display shows bits and pieces of the desktop
- The Lenovo ThinkServer RD450 crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to turn on as you boot the PC
- The video card driver fails to install correctly
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