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Graphics Card

Graphics hardware is computer hardware that generates computer graphics and allows them to be shown on a display, usually using a graphics card (video card) in combination with a device driver to create the images on the screen.

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Graphics hardware

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Graphics hardware is computer hardware that generates computer graphics and allows them to be shown on a display, usually using a graphics card (video...

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Graphics processing unit

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used specialized graphics hardware that supported RGB color, multi-colored sprites, and tilemap backgrounds. The Galaxian hardware was widely used during...

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Computer hardware

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or could upgrade the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for cleaner, more advanced graphics, or more monitors. Performing such hardware upgrades may be necessary...

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Graphics card

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to the use of a graphics card, video hardware can be integrated into the motherboard, CPU, or a system-on-chip as integrated graphics. Motherboard-based...

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Computer graphics

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of specialized hardware and software has been developed, with the displays of most devices being driven by computer graphics hardware. It is a vast and...

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Graphics pipeline

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graphics pipeline converts the model into a visually perceivable format on the computer display. Due to the dependence on specific software, hardware...

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Video Graphics Array

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virtually all post-1990 PC graphics hardware can be expected to implement. IBM intended to supersede VGA with the Extended Graphics Array (XGA) standard, but...

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Silicon Graphics

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producing computer hardware and software. Founded in Mountain View, California in November 1981 by James Clark, its initial market was 3D graphics computer workstations...

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Hardware acceleration

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Hardware acceleration is the use of computer hardware designed to perform specific functions more efficiently when compared to software running on a general-purpose...

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Workstation

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form refers to the class of hardware offered by several current and defunct companies such as Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, Apollo Computer, DEC, HP...

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S3 Graphics

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Chrome series of graphics processors. Struggling against competition from 3dfx Interactive, ATI and Nvidia, it merged with hardware manufacturer Diamond...

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Graphics Device Interface

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the initial release of Windows. MS-DOS programs had manipulated the graphics hardware using software interrupts (sometimes via the Video BIOS) and by manipulating...

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List of 3D graphics libraries

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processes in all stages of computer graphics generation. These APIs have also proved vital to computer graphics hardware manufacturers, as they provide a...

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AMD

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powering the Graphics Xpression and Graphics Pro Turbo, offering hardware support for YUV-to-RGB colour space conversion in addition to hardware zoom; early...

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Color Graphics Adapter

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The Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), originally also called the Color/Graphics Adapter or IBM Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter, introduced in 1981, was IBM's...

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Nvidia

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the success of its products, Nvidia won the contract to develop the graphics hardware for Microsoft's Xbox game console, which earned Nvidia a $200 million...

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Intel Graphics Technology

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Intel Graphics Technology (GT) is the collective name for a series of integrated graphics processors (IGPs) produced by Intel that are manufactured on...

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3dfx

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American computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1994, that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units...

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OpenGL

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typically used to interact with a graphics processing unit (GPU), to achieve hardware-accelerated rendering. Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) began developing...

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System requirements

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To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer. These prerequisites...

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Graphics software

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is one of the most used and best-known graphics programs in the Americas, having created more custom hardware solutions in the early 1990s, but was initially...

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Silicon Graphics International

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Silicon Graphics International Corp. (SGI; formerly Rackable Systems, Inc.) was an American manufacturer of computer hardware and software, including...

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Direct Rendering Manager

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the framebuffer of a graphics adapter, but it couldn't be used to handle the needs of modern 3D-accelerated GPU-based video hardware. These devices usually...

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