video cards

Display rendering hardware

Video cards are computer components that process and output visual information to a display.

Also called graphics cards or GPUs (graphics processing units), they handle everything from basic desktop rendering to demanding 3D games and professional visualization work.

Modern video cards contain their own processors and memory, functioning as specialized computers within computers: I need to upgrade my video card to run this game.

computing

hardware

Metal goods and fittings

bandwidth · thermal · cores · API · DirectX · Vulkan · drivers · firmware · heatsink · fan

rendering

raytracing

Simulated light propagation method

  • 3DThree-axis spatial representation
  • modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
  • CADTechnical drawing technology

simulation · Blender · animation · viewport · shaders · textures · rasterization · upscaling · antialiasing · real-time

gaming

GPU

Visual processing hardware

benchmark · performance · Radeon · VRAM · settings · resolution · 1080p · 4K · ultra · high

Opposites
computer component type

video cardsCPU

Main computing chip

central processing unit · processor · sound cards · motherboard · RAM

output vs input hardware

video cardscapture cards

Hardware for grabbing video signals

webcams · input devices

discrete vs integrated graphics

video cardsiGPU

On-die visual processor

APU

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G