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Tyan Transport GS14 B5121 Video Card
Integrated display adapters are almost never as good as a separate video card, in general. At the moment, nVidia rules the dedicated card market, while AMD is in second. A dedicated graphics card is necessary for any high-end games you play on a desktop like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. An integrated graphic card is built-in to the main board, while dedicated is a separarate piece of hardware that gets installed. All video cards computes and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where you can see the results. Most new desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a graphics card to be installed on the motherboard.
What warnings should I watch out for to know if my graphics card will soon go out?
- The monitor depicts stretched or elongated pictures
- Your Tyan crashes when starting a game
- The screen does not always turn on as you boot the PC
- A driver for the video card has issues installing properly
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