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NEC Express5800 140HE Video Card
A graphics card processes the input and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results. Most newer computers will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be added to the system. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than a separate video card, generally speaking. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Dedicated video cards are usually necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield.
Do you know if your desktop video card is in need of replacing?
- The graphics on your screen depicts vertical or striped lines
- The PC crashes when beginning a game
- The display does not turn on as you attempt to boot up
- A driver for the video card does not seem to install all the way
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