A card which fits into the graphics slot inside box-type computers, which has the capability of providing enhanced graphics facilities. For Amigas this may be Harlequin, EGS 110/24, EGS-28/24 Spectrum, Piccolo, Rainbow, Retina and others, while on MS-DOS machines, this may be one of the many VGA or S-VGA cards. Graphics cards typically provide enhanced colour and expanded screen display modes, often requiring special monitors in order to obtain the available resolutions. See also Video Card.
A part of a computer that produces images and animations to be displayed on the display. Graphics cards are usually measured by how quickly and how well they can render (draw) 3D models. Graphics cards have a D-Sub connector (old analog standard) or a DVI (Digital Video Interface) connector, or both. Some main boards have a built-in (integrated) graphics card, so that a seperate graphics card is only required when high fidelity animations of 3D models are desired (such as in the latest video games).
A piece of hardware that is linked to the monitor & enables the screen based output of a program to be visible to the user.
a card which enables a computer to output onto a
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Dedicated card or section of the motherboard dedicated to processing images. Also called a video card.
A video card that can display graphics as well as text. (7/96)
An add-on card attached to the computer's motherboard to accelerate the display of computer graphics.
The part of a PC that controls the screen's image.
This controls the pictures you see on your screen. The graphics card determines which screen resolutions can be displayed on the PC's monitor. Choosing a suitable graphics card is particularly important when playing the latest computer games, where a powerful graphics card will give smooth, fluid animation. The performance of graphics cards is influenced both by the speed of the card's processor and on-board memory.
A graphics card changes picture signals in computer files and allows them to be displayed on a monitor. Modern graphics cards support the processor in rendering complicated graphics very quickly, a requirement for most modern computer games.
The equipment inside a computer that creates the image on the screen.
This is a card or board inside the computer which interprets graphical commands and allows images to be displayed on a monitor.
The graphics card is an add-in board that plugs into the motherboard and sends signals out to the monitor to represent what should be shown on the screen....
The card that allows your computer to communicate with your monitor, the video card has its own dedicated memory and is directly responsible for calculating the colour, position and size of all objects on the screen. 3D cards are often a pre-requisite for many of today's best-selling games. Some computers come with a video card already incorporated into the mother card.
An expansion card that interprets drawing instructions sent by the CPU, processes them via a dedicated graphics processor and writes the resulting frame data to the frame buffer. Also called video adapter (the term "graphics accelerator" is no longer in use).
(Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets
An expansion card which the PC uses to control the monitor's graphics. Modern PCs have a dedicated slot for graphics cards called AGP, but you can also still get PCI format cards.
The part of a PC that displays the image you see on your computers monitor. Some are more advanced than others, featuring connections for video recorders or other similar devices.
A peripheral device that attaches to the PCI or AGP slot in your computer to enable the computer to process and deliver video. Once installed in the computer, a cable is used to attach the graphics card to a computer monitor.
A printed circuit board that plugs into a computer to give it display capabilities and to allow graphics output
A card or board containing the graphics circuitry needed in order to see 2D or 3D graphics on a computer. The graphics card is usually connected to a computer's motherboard via an AGP slot or PCI slot. Some graphics cards enable 2D graphics, others 3D graphics, and some enable both 2D and 3D.
Component of a computer that is necessary to display an image on the monitor screen.
This sends signals out to the monitor to represent what should be shown on the screen. A graphics card can send only simple text, or it can be designed to represent intense 3D graphics.
circuit board inside the computer that produces the monitor output. In some systems this may be built into the motherboard.
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