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Sony PCV-RX480DS Video Card
Integrated display adapters will never be better than a dedicated video card, generally speaking. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Battlefield, Fortnite or Far Cry. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be installed. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately.
Key symptoms of an inadequate graphics card
- Your display shows lines
- The desktop restarts when starting a game
- Nothing seems to come on when starting the computer
- A driver for the video card fails to install properly
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