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Sony VGC-LS31N Video Card
Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. A dedicated graphics card is usually necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Most new desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a graphics card to be installed. Integrated display adapters are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general.
What symptoms are present when the video graphics card has to be replaced?
- The graphics on your screen displays vertical or striped lines
- The PC restarts when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to come on when starting the computer
- The driver cannot install properly
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