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Tyan Transport VX50 B4985 Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is pretty much required for high-end games on the desktop like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Integrated, or onboard, graphics are not as good as dedicated graphic cards, generally speaking. Most newer computers should have at least one PCI Express slot available for a video card to be added to the system. At the moment, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated video card market, while AMD is in second. A graphics card computes and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. There are two types of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated graphics are integrated into the motherboard itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately.
What happens when my graphics card is on its last leg?
- The graphics on your screen depicts lines
- The desktop reboots when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to show up as you boot the PC
- The video card driver has problems installing fully
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