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GRAPHIC CARD - sometimes also referred to as a graphics accelerator) a computer component whose task is to visualize digital data in the form of computer graphics visible on a monitor or other multimedia device.

 

The graphics card usually takes the form of an expansion card mounted on the I/O bus on the motherboard. Optionally, the graphics chip can be integrated with the motherboard chipset.

 

Building a graphics card

Despite the wide variety in the graphics card market, the basic elements are the same in each card:

• GPU graphics processor
• RAM
• RAMDAC digital-to-analog converter
• bus connector
• Card BIOS
• set of outputs (connectors)
• built-in 3D accelerator

 

APIs:

-libraries constituting a bridge between multimedia software and hardware such as graphics card, sound card. DirectX is a Microsoft product available for Windows and XBox. OpenGL is an open graphics library - it is a set of functions that allow you to build complex three-dimensional scenes from basic geometric figures. OpenGL is available on many operating systems.