VPU = Visual Processing Unit CPu = Central Processing Unit Here is a link to discussion of VPU Recovery. http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/VPU_OVERVIEW.pdf
The difference between a CPU and a GPU is that a CPU stands for central processing unit: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory from the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached". GPU stands for a graphics processing unit (also occasionally called visual processing unit or VPU) is a specialized processor that offloads #D graphics rendering from the microprocessor. It is used in embedded systems, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.
The VPU is a part of the GPU (graphics processing unit) in a computer. The VPU is the lower powered component in your graphics card, normally used in low graphic hungry things such as booting or surfing the web etc. Hope this helps!
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Drivers for Intel cards are already bundled into the X server. Drivers for NVIDIA or ATI cards can be downloaded from the company's respective websites.
Yes, i have a Crossfire 4870x2 who uses 2 6pin power connectors EACH!, 3 1 terabyte hdd, an Intel C2Q processor, 2 silverstone fm121 120mm fan and 1 antec with led fan all on a 650w power supply.All you have to do is to make sure you have all of the connections you need, and if sli is used and you have the option of the extra 8 pin motherboard connector on your psu it would be great.make sure you have:2x 6 pin pciex connectors1x 8pin or 2x 4pin motherboard power connectoralso make sure you use the 512mb as your primary video in your sli array to pci ex slot 1 (probably your old one) because the 1gb version has some extras that your old one doesint and before buying the card make sure the memory bandwith is the same as well as the vpu.