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Lenovo xSeries 206m 8485 Video Card
Integrated video cards are almost never as good as a separate video card, generally speaking. Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be installed. Dedicated video cards are necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes the input and renders images to the monitor where it is displayed for you. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second.
Major symptoms to watch for in a bad desktop video card
- The graphics on your screen produces nothing
- The desktop restarts when starting a graphic intensive program
- The screen does not always turn on when booting up
- The driver fails to install all the way
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