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Lenovo ThinkStation 3695 Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. Most new desktops will have at least one spot available for a video card to be added to the system. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. A dedicated graphics card is required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes graphics and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second.
Easy warnings the video graphics card is going to die
- Your display shows stretched or elongated pictures
- The desktop crashes when beginning a game
- The screen does not always come on when starting the computer
- The driver does not seem to install properly
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