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Acer Aspire 3300S Video Card
A dedicated graphics card is typically a required piece of hardware for most games you would play on a desktop computer like Far Cry, World of Warcraft or Battlefield. Almost all newer desktops will have at least one PCIe slot open for a dedicated video card to be installed on the motherboard. Today, nVidia rules the dedicated video card market, while AMD is sitting in second place. All video cards processes graphics and sends the resulting images to an external monitor where it is displayed for you. There are really only two kinds of video cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, whilst a dedicated card is purchased and installed onto the main board. Integrated display adapters are not as good as a separate video card, generally speaking.
Major indications the video graphics card is failing
- Your display shows weird colors or images
- Your Acer freezes when starting a graphic intensive program
- Nothing seems to come on when booting up
- The driver does not seem to install all the way
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