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Graphics card
A graphics card is a special expansion card that controls the monitor. It calculates image data that is later displayed on the monitor. The graphics card is a primary part of the computer. The processor used to do a lot of the computing work when it came to graphics to calculate and output. Today, the graphics card for multimedia and games calculates complete virtual 3D worlds.
The more a graphics card has to do, the more data the associated bus has to be able to process. Today that`s enough Bandwidth of an ISA slot is no longer enough. The successor PCI is also outdated today. Lately will every current graphics card is designed for the AGP slot, because only this can meet the requirements, huge amounts of data with the to process calculations of newer 3D games.
