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Sony PCV-RZ49G Video Card
Integrated video cards are not as good as a separate video card, in general. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Overwatch, Battlefield or Far Cry. A graphics card computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results.
How do you know if your desktop video card is dying?
- Your display displays nothing
- The computer reboots when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The display does not turn on when starting the computer
- A driver for the video card does not seem to install correctly
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