Transformer for your computer Objective: to learn about the video card Warm-up: What is a computer power unit? Transformer for your computer
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What is a video card? An expansion card that takes data and makes pictures. 0001101001111
Video Card Components Pixels are dots of color Motherboard Connections : Bring in data from the hard drive and electricity from the power supply. Memory Chips : Hold the data during processing. Monitor Connections: Send pixels to the monitor. DVI VGA S-VIDEO Pixels are dots of color
Driver is software that lets your computer see and use new hardware.
Video Card Connections PCI-E AGP PCI Just write the 3 names
Video Card Monitor Connection Terminology Video Graphics Array: VGA connects to analog monitors. Digital Visual Interface : DVI connects to digital display devices, LCD monitors and digital projectors. S-Video : S-Video used to connect a PC video card to a television, only capable of 480i or 576i resolution. High Definition Multimedia Interface : HDMI connects a computer to your HDTV set.
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What's a GPU? A graphics card processor is called a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). It Processes the data ATI and NVIDIA produce a large amount of the GPUs on the market. http://nrhsonline.com/network%20presentations/2nd/Video%20Card%20Presentation.ppt.
Word Meaning Image AGP Accelerated Graphics Port PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI-E Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (The best type of connector) DVI Digital Visual Interface S-Video Separate Video
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