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Sony VGC-LV110N Video Card
Both an integrated and dedicated video card processes graphics and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. Integrated, or onboard, graphics will never be better than dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a graphics card to be installed. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place.
Key symptoms of a weakening video graphics card
- The monitor shows nothing
- The desktop crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- The screen does not always turn on when starting the computer
- The video card driver fails to install properly
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