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A graphics card, or video card, is an expansion card inserted into a computer motherboard used to render graphics and designed to provide enhanced graphics performance over integrated graphics solutions such as Intel HD Graphics. This enhanced performance is enabled through a high-performance graphics processing unit (GPU) and dedicated, high-speed video memory which avoids bottlenecks associated with shared main memory. More powerful graphics cards can also drive several monitors at once.

Modern graphics cards connect to motherboards using the PCI Express (PCIe) interface. These cards have replaced those that use the older Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) inteface.

A graphics card, or video card, is an expansion card inserted into a computer motherboard used to render graphics and designed to provide enhanced graphics performance over integrated graphics solutions such as Intel HD Graphics. This enhanced performance is enabled through a high-performance graphics processing unit (GPU) and dedicated, high-speed video memory which avoids bottlenecks associated with shared main memory. More powerful graphics cards can also drive several monitors at once.

Modern graphics cards connect to motherboards using the PCI Express (PCIe) interface. These cards have replaced those that use the older Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) interface.

The modern graphics card provides better graphics through a combination of a better GPU (Graphics Processor Unit) and more memory than the on-board graphics chip which has to share main memory.

A more powerful graphics card will also be able to drive two, three or more monitors.

Modern graphics cards use the PCIe (PCI Express) slot on the motherboard. These have replaced cards that used the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot.

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A graphics card, or video card, is an expansion card inserted into a computer motherboard used to render graphics and designed to provide enhanced graphics performance over integrated graphics solutions such as Intel HD Graphics. This enhanced performance is enabled through a high-performance graphics processing unit (GPU) and dedicated, high-speed video memory which avoids bottlenecks associated with shared main memory. More powerful graphics cards can also drive several monitors at once.

Modern graphics cards connect to motherboards using the PCI Express (PCIe) interface. These cards have replaced those that use the older Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) inteface.

The modern graphics card provides better graphics through a combination of a better GPU (Graphics Processor Unit) and more memory than the on-board graphics chip which has to share main memory.

A more powerful graphics card will also be able to drive two, three or more monitors.

Modern graphics cards use the PCIe (PCI Express) slot on the motherboard. These have replaced cards that used the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot.

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