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Sony PCV-J100 Video Card
Almost all newer desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a video card to be installed. Integrated display adapters will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. A graphics card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed.
Some clues your display card is dying
- Your display depicts lines
- The desktop restarts when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to come on as you attempt to boot up
- The driver fails to install correctly
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