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Sony PCV-RS421V Video Card
At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a graphics card to be installed. A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. A graphics card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately.
Main clues your display card will have to be replaced
- The monitor shows weird colors or images
- The desktop crashes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to come on when booting up
- The driver fails to install all the way
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