Graphic Card

A graphics card is a type of display adapter or video card installed within most computing devices to display graphical data with high clarity, color, definition and overall appearance. A graphics card provides high-quality visual display by processing and executing graphical data using advanced graphical techniques, features and functions.

A graphics card is also known as a graphics adapter, graphics controller, graphics accelerator card or graphics board.

A graphics card is primarily designed to remove the graphical processing tasks from the processor or RAM. It includes a dedicated graphical processing unit (GPU) and a dedicated RAM that help it to process graphical data quickly. Like most processors, a graphics card also has a dedicated heat sink to keep the heat out of the GPU. A graphics card enables the display of 3-D images, image rasterization, higher pixel ration, a broader range of colors and more. Moreover, a graphics card includes various expansion ports such as AGP, HDMI, TV and multiple monitor connectivity. A graphics card can be integrated within the motherboard or be added on as an extension card.

Stream Processors/CUDA Cores

These terms refer to the same thing. Stream Processor is the nomenclature for AMD hardware and CUDA Cores for Nvidia. These cores can be thought of as the many individual computing units in the GPU that do the graphics computations and calculations. Having more cores will deliver more performance.

GPU clock speed

GPU clock speed indicates how fast the cores of a graphics processing unit (GPU) are. The function of these cores is to render graphics; therefore, the higher the GPU clock speed, the faster the processing.

Memory Type - GDDR

Memory in graphics cards works the same as regular RAM. It stores graphics data temporarily to be processed by the GPU. RAM in graphics cards is referred to as VRAM, and these days you are likely to see cards that use either GDDR5, GDDR5x, or GDDR6 VRAM. GDDR6 gives better power efficiency and performance than GDDR5X, which in turn does the same over GDDR5. In general graphics memory of higher GDDR version will perform better than lower version numbers

Memory Size

As with regular RAM, its size is measured in GB. More RAM is always better, as there is more space to store graphical information. It is important to note that performance might not be increased by increasing the RAM beyond a certain level, as it depends on having applications or games that can properly utilize it.

Commonly seen VRAM sizes are 4GB, 6GB, 8GB. It is worth knowing that VRAM on a graphics card cannot be changed or upgraded like regular RAM on motherboard. The VRAM is built into the hardware of the graphics card.

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	Graphic Card A graphics card is a type of display adapter or video card installed within most computing devices to display graphical data with high clarity, color, definition and overall appearance. A graphics card provides high-quality visual display by processing and executing graphical data using advanced graphical techniques, features and functions. A graphics card is also known as a graphics adapter, graphics controller, graphics accelerator card or graphics board. A graphics card is primarily designed to remove the graphical processing tasks from the processor or RAM. It includes a dedicated graphical processing unit (GPU) and a dedicated RAM that help it to process graphical data quickly. Like most processors, a graphics card also has a dedicated heat sink to keep the heat out of the GPU. A graphics card enables the display of 3-D images, image rasterization, higher pixel ration, a broader range of colors and more. Moreover, a graphics card includes various expansion ports such as AGP, HDMI, TV and multiple monitor connectivity. A graphics card can be integrated within the motherboard or be added on as an extension card. Stream Processors/CUDA Cores These terms refer to the same thing. Stream Processor is the nomenclature for AMD hardware and CUDA Cores for Nvidia. These cores can be thought of as the many individual computing units in the GPU that do the graphics computations and calculations. Having more cores will deliver more performance. GPU clock speed GPU clock speed indicates how fast the cores of a graphics processing unit (GPU) are. The function of these cores is to render graphics; therefore, the higher the GPU clock speed, the faster the processing. Memory Type - GDDR Memory in graphics cards works the same as regular RAM. It stores graphics data temporarily to be processed by the GPU. RAM in graphics cards is referred to as VRAM, and these days you are likely to see cards that use either GDDR5, GDDR5x, or GDDR6 VRAM. GDDR6 gives better power efficiency and performance than GDDR5X, which in turn does the same over GDDR5. In general graphics memory of higher GDDR version will perform better than lower version numbers Memory Size As with regular RAM, its size is measured in GB. More RAM is always better, as there is more space to store graphical information. It is important to note that performance might not be increased by increasing the RAM beyond a certain level, as it depends on having applications or games that can properly utilize it. Commonly seen VRAM sizes are 4GB, 6GB, 8GB. It is worth knowing that VRAM on a graphics card cannot be changed or upgraded like regular RAM on motherboard. The VRAM is built into the hardware of the graphics card.