Grade 9 computer

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Hi...Today I don't know what to talk about but here is some information about Graphic Cards.


Computers operate using binary number system. This binary data is translated into a picture that we see on a monitor picture consists of over a million dots. We call them pixels. To say it all in simple words, this translation job is performed by the graphics card. This job is very complex. In this article we will learn about the basic parts of a video card and how they all work together four main components of a graphics card are connections for the motherboard and monitor, a processor, and memory. Here are some information about these four main components of a graphics card.
A Motherboard connects the data and power.
A processor is to decide what to do with all those pixels on the monitor screen. The Memory is to hold all the information in each pixel and to temporarily store them in completed pictures
The monitor connection shows you the final result.

All graphic cards have a heat sink or a fan on them so it can cool them down when they are working in computer case.

Suggestions: I suggest you to buy a good graphic card like nViDia or ATI .

Hope that helps. I will add more information later on.

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