video card
Display rendering hardware
A video card is a circuit board that generates the visual output for a computer display.
Also called a graphics card.
Modern video cards contain specialized processors optimized for rendering images, video, and 3D graphics—essential for gaming and video editing: I upgraded my video card to run the new game at higher settings.
Visual processing hardware
- motherboardComputer's primary circuit platform
- VRAMGPU-attached storage for images
- heatsinkPassive heat dispersal device
- fanAdmirer or air mover
cooling · thermal paste · power supply · chipset · HDMI · DisplayPort · connector · driver
Rendering via light physics
- rasterizationConverting to pixel grid
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- tessellationGapless plane coverage
- shaderGPU rendering microprogram
vertex · polygon · mesh · texture mapping · antialiasing
Formal decision or determination
- 1080pVideo resolution standard
- 4KHigh-resolution video standard
- UHDUltra-high resolution standard
- refresh rateScreen update speed measurement
V-sync · aspect ratio · pixel density · HDR · color depth · monitor · screen · output
GPU
Visual processing hardware
- motherboardComputer's primary circuit platform
- VRAMGPU-attached storage for images
- heatsinkPassive heat dispersal device
fan · cooling · thermal paste · power supply · chipset · HDMI · DisplayPort · connector · driver · BIOS
ray tracing
Rendering via light physics
- rasterizationConverting to pixel grid
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- tessellationGapless plane coverage
shader · vertex · polygon · mesh · texture mapping · antialiasing
resolution
Formal decision or determination
refresh rate · V-sync · aspect ratio · pixel density · HDR · color depth · monitor · screen · output · HDCP
framerate
Images displayed per second
- FPSVideo smoothness metric
- lagPeriod of falling behind
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
esports · streaming · multiplayer · Twitch · benchmark · settings · ultra · high · medium · low
AMD
Processor and GPU manufacturer
- GPU computingGPU, parallel processing, VRAM, shader, shaders
- Tech SpecsRAM, bandwidth, CPU, storage, GPU
- TV partspower button, volume control, tuner, speaker system, circuit board
- expansion cardsNIC, GPU
- graphics cardsGPU, VRAM, clock speed, shader, framebuffer
- video hardwareGPU, VRAM, upscaler, downscaler, scaler
video cardCPU
Main computing chip
central processing unit · processor · sound card · network card · RAM
video cardcapture card
Device recording video signals
input device · webcam · scanner · microphone · sound card
card, video, vision, visual, postcard, greeting card, graphics card