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Tyan Transport GS12 B5103 Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is necessary for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. There are really only two kinds of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated is built into the motherboard, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Most newer computers will have at least one spot available for a dedicated video card to be installed. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. A video card processes the input and renders images to the monitor where you can see the results. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are almost never as good as dedicated graphic cards, in general.
Red flags of an inadequate display card
- The monitor shows bits and pieces of the desktop
- The desktop restarts when trying to start up a graphic intensive game
- Nothing seems to show up when starting the computer
- A driver for the video card fails to install properly
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