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A computer needs some sort of video display device in order to show output on a screen. Traditionally, this was a "video card", and add-in card with a video processor (and some dedicated RAM to construct and store the image to be displayed).
However, it is also common to embed this video chip (and supporting chips) directly on the motherboard, as a cost-savings method. This is referred to as "embedded video".
The next logical step is to take the video chip, and integrate its function directly into the CPU itself, allowing it to use main memory to perform all the normal video operations. This is a cost-savings measure, as it is significantly cheaper to put everything into a single package (the CPU) and do away with the auxilliary chips and specialized RAM.
Ultimately, cost savings drive the use of integrated video/CPU chips. However, there are performance limitations inherent in this design, so that is why there still exist a significant market for add-in video cards. The integrated video/CPU design has effectively killed the embedded video market, however.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoSimply because of the way businesses, research and development work. Intel has gotten so good at engineering processors, they can also make decent video cards, and they can combine them in ways that are very efficient. Not to mention in ways that are profitable to them.
For example, Nvidia and ATI are now making less money on low range graphics cards because Intels are simply better. Intel has taken some of the market away from Nvidia and ATI.
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What is the advantages of video card?
A dedicated video card takes the processing away from the CPU, freeing up processor time for other activities.
What is Advantage of video card?
A dedicated video card takes the processing away from the CPU, freeing up processor time for other activities.
What is the function of video card?
A dedicated video card takes the processing away from the CPU, freeing up processor time for other activities.
What components commonly use fans to cool them?
VGA ( Video Card ) CPU
Do cpus affect how games are played on a computer?
Yes. A fast CPU is important to how games are played on a computer. More important than the CPU are the amount of RAM in a computer and the video card. You could make do with a less powerful CPU with more RAM and a great video card.
Is the CPU the same as a microprocessor?
No. While a CPU is an example of a microprocessor, many microprocessors are not CPUs, but perform other tasks to aid the CPU. An example would be the GPU of a video card, or the DSP (Digital signal processor) of a modem or sound card.
What are 9 examples of processing devices?
CPU GPU MOTHERBOARD VIDEO CARD SOUND CARD BUSES MEMORY NETWORK CARD CD DRIVE
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Yes, Buy it will require a high end video card or multiple video cards.
What is the hottest part of the computer?
Probably either the CPU or the video card, depending on what sort of application you are running.
How do you put in a video card in a computer?
Open your CPU, Then you'll find a blue colored slot. That's where it goes....:) :)
How do you change the video card in emachine?
You open the cabinet of CPU and you will find a single card in a mounted slot of motherboard.Press the side buttons and the card will pop out and then place new one.
Do micro controllers have central processing units?
Most do not, but some do. For example a Northbridge has processor functions but is not a CPU, whereas a video card's GPU is a CPU- for the video card. Hence the name GPU: Graphical processing Unit Typically only the CPU itself, videocards, and in some cases Storage Controllers, network cards, and some soundcards have a CPU. This is not always the case. Videocards almost always have their own GPU
