2. WHAT IS VIDEO CARD?
• Video card, also called graphics card, integrated circuit that generates the video signal sent to a
computer display. The card is usually located on the computer motherboard or is a separate circuit
board but is sometimes built into the computer display unit.
5. PCI GRAPHICS CARD
PCI video cards use PCI slots on your motherboard to connect with them. Although, PCI graphics
card are being used by user but they are losing popularity day by day.
Pci graphics card, pci video card
Many older motherboards are still using PCI graphics card. Many older motherboards have only
PCI slots to connect them.
For this there is still a reason to buy PCI video card.
7. AGP GRAPHICS CARD
AGP stands for Accelerated Graphics Port. AGP graphics card are named because they are also
connected with the PC via AGP slots.
Agp graphics card, agp video card
AGP gives more speed and they are more compatible than most cutting-edge video cards.
They were more popular in the early to mid 2000s, but now they are also losing their market.
AGP cards are not more used today because they are replaced by PCI Express. Most hardware builders
are not including AGP with their systems because of its losing of popularity.
9. PCI EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD
PCI express is the most advanced video card which is a standard of 2009. It has to connect with motherboard’s PCI-E slot.
Pci express graphcs card, pci express video card
They can be accelerated to 16x as well as a motherboard can connect with more than one PCI Express graphics card if it has extra
slot.
Then the speed will be same as the combine speed of all the graphics card.
PCI Express graphics cards have also compatibility problems. Some motherboards work better with a specific brand where some
shows problems if not planned properly.
Two largest manufacturer of PCI Express video cards are NVIDIA and ATI. Among three architecture of PCI Express, 3.0 is the
latest.
11. INTEGRATED GRAPHICS CARD
Integrated video cards are also called build in video cards. If your computer did not assemble by yourself
then certainly it uses an integrated graphics card to display images.
Integrated graphics card, integrated video card
They are also known as onboard graphics card. By default, they come with the standard motherboards.
Integrated graphics gives the lest powerful among all other technology we use today.
For this you need to upgrade your video card if you want to play some latest video games in your PC. We
can’t remove them physically but we can disable it in computer BIOS.