Video card???? IS IT IMPORTANT?

i took my computer to get repair since my computer turn into saving power moder and wouldn't turn on back.....they said that my video card broke.....





DO I "NEED" (no want) IT?

I watch movies, play download games from reflexive, download movies.....youtube ..the classic stuff..im not a computer girl....so i have not idea|||All computers have videocards, most people assume that if a videocard is integrated, it doesn't exist. But really, the videocard is still there, it has been "integrated" onto the motherboard, kinda like an all in one printer sort of speak.



Most common integrated graphics cards are those by Intel (the GMA 900, 950, X3100), you would need to check if your motherboard has an onboard graphics port (if you have a VGA/DVI (monitor jack) on your motherboard (where your keyboard mouse and everything plug in) then you can use the onboard graphics card, if you play movies, and simple flash games, then you would be fine with the onboard, however if you require high end pixel shaders and "fancier stuff" then you will need a graphics card



Judging by what you have written, it appears you don't have a onboard video card, and may have to get your videocard replaced, or checked more thorougly, and IT service man should say more then, "its broken"



btw. the power save has nothing to do with the computer itself, it is towards the computer monitor, When the monitor cannot recieve a single from the computer (ie in your case with the "broken" video card) it knows that its not going to be able to display anything so it goes into power save mode until it can get a signal.



Anyways, i hope that helps and best of luck!|||....without your video card ... you can't watch videos... itz obvious...|||Yes youll need a graphics card unless you already had one, and an onboard one. You can if you have an onboard one if you have a monitor hook up port on the back of your computer that isnt on a card installed on you motherboard. But if you dont have anything to display graphics, yes you will need one. Since your not doing anything too demanding (that site your downloading games from I presume is a casual, not graphics intensive site) I would reccomend getting an older graphics card, nothing too expensive. If you get a new one you may run into problems with your power supply not being powerful enough to handle the new cards power need. If that happens your computer could get fried.



For you question about which ones better.

For you since you dont sound to be doing things that are heavy on graphics, go with one in the price range your willing to pay, dont go overboard. Also first make sure you have a PCI-E slot on your motherboard, if not it wont fit and you can t use it.|||The video card puts the image on your monitor, and you need it. One caveat: if it is an add-on, you may have another built in graphics source. Do you have another monitor connection on the back of the pc?|||If you play games you do need (want) a decent graphics card - the most powerful one you an afford.|||yes|||This is the main thing gamers look for when they purchase a computer as it drives all your graphics, you wont even be able to see anything on the computer without it. You dont do any hardcore gaming so you could get a good one for far under 50bucks, heck.. 20 even.|||Go for the HD 2400Pro - for your needs it will suffice and won't cost you a bomb ^^|||You said you watch movies and play games, so yes, you do need a video card.|||Yes, your system needs a video card. That's where your monitor is connected. It does a lot more than play videos. Everything you see on the screen is displayed by the video card.|||well obviously you need a video card, to send the signal to your monitor. You might not need an expensive one if you don't do a lot of high power video card things, like the newest games and such. Instead of a $500 video card, you will be OK with a $50 one.|||8500 GT; its pretty decent. if u want something better, get 8800 GTX.|||Well to answer your question correctly i would need to know which computer you have.

I have a computer which has integrated video "the video hardware is built into the motherboard".That is the case for any kind of computer unless its a very specific series of MoBo. So i dont need a video card even if i have to watch movies.



I do have another computer which does have a video card but that is a addon, as i play games on it.



It all depends on which type of comp you have.If you had a seperate video card and it is broke you could still use your onboard graphics .|||eh it all depends if you play a lot of video games such as World of warcraft or any game on the pc it would help. it helps with graphics and load time, less lag that sortah thing. it helps with videos also.|||Yes, you need a video card or else your computer will not function.