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Sony VGC-RB39CP Video Card
Dedicated video cards are typically a required piece of hardware for high-end games on the desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. Almost all newer desktops should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a dedicated video card to be added to the system. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. Integrated display adapters are not as good as a dedicated video card, in general. Both an integrated and dedicated video card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where it is displayed for you. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second.
Clues the video graphics card needs replacing
- Your display depicts nothing
- The desktop freezes when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to come on when starting up
- The driver fails to install like it should
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