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Sony VGC-LT20E Video Card
Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, in general. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. A dedicated graphics card is usually necessary for high-end games on the desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Almost all newer desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be added to the system. All video cards computes and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second.
Important clues of a deteriorating graphics card
- The graphics on your screen produces nothing
- Your Sony crashes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- The screen does not always turn on when starting up
- A driver for the video card does not seem to install all the way
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