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Acer Veriton 3600GT Video Card
Integrated display adapters will never be better than a separate video card, in general. A dedicated graphics card is necessary 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 video card to be installed. All video cards processes the input and sends the rendered images to a monitor where you can see the results. There are two types of graphic cards, integrated and dedicated. Integrated cards are built-in to the computer itself, while a dedicated graphics card is an individual piece of hardware that is bought and installed separately. Today, graphics card maker nVidia is the most popular in the dedicated card market, while AMD is sitting in second place.
Easy warnings to watch for in a bad video graphics card
- Your display produces weird colors or images
- The computer crashes when starting a graphic intensive program
- The screen does not always turn on when booting up
- A driver for the video card fails to install correctly
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