A video card, also known as a graphics accelerator card, display adapter, or graphics card, is an expansion card whose function is to generate and output images to a display. Some video cards offer added functions, such as video capture, TV tuner adapter, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoding, FireWire, light pen, TV output, or the ability to connect multiple monitors.
A common misconception regarding video cards is that they are strictly used for video games. Video cards instead have a much broader range of capability, for example, they play a very important role for graphic designers and 3D animators, who tend to require optimum displays for their work as well as faster rendering in order to efficiently tone up their work.
I got a dell dimension 4600 desktop. Ya it's pretty old but it is an amazing computer still runs ridiculously fast and well. The graphics card is pret...
I just bought sims 3 and the game is lagging, I have more than what the system specs wants except i need to upgrade my graphics card. I have a Windows...
I have a toshiba satellite laptop and just bought a game that required a better graphics card than I have, is there anyway I can upgrade or change my ...
I have only PCI slots in my motherboard. The graphics setup currently up is a Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics with upto 64MB dynamic video memory. I...
I need to upgrade my graphics card to be able to play the sims 3 (the rest of my pc meets the minimum spec). I'm unsure as to what graphics card would...
I have a Compaq Presario CQ40-108TU laptop and I want to play hardcore games but my friends say that a graphics card upgrade can fix my problem but I ...
I need to upgrade my graphics card to be able to play the sims 3 (the rest of my pc meets the minimum spec). I'm unsure as to what graphics card would...
I have a Compaq Presario CQ40-108TU laptop and I want to play hardcore games but my friends say that a graphics card upgrade can fix my problem but I ...
where can i get my graphics card upgraded? how much does it cost?
I would like to upgrade my graphics card on my desktop PC. The only problem is that it is a slimline PC so I am guessing it is not a normal upgrade. A...
My current graphics card is the MSI Radion 9600 Pro 128mb ddr agp 4x/8x. I would like to upgrade to something with 512 mb but not sure if this boar...
I just bought sims 3 and the game is lagging, I have more than what the system specs wants except i need to upgrade my graphics card. I have a Windows...
I have seen a few games that will only run with an Nvidia graphics card and I have seen a few games that will only run with an ATI graphics card. Abou...
How do I determine whether my ATI graphics card is 32 or 64 Bits? I am already in my systems menu, and running through the properties of the Device t...
I'm looking to get 2 ATI cards to run CrossFireX. Is there are card that has similar specifications and price as the 9600 GT?
...or do you have to upgrade to another ATI Graphics card?
What Does the red light next to the 6 pin pci power connector on an Ati X1950 xt Graphics Card Mean, as i have been getting it recently, but disappear...
I have been looking into getting a serious graphics card update, i currently have an integrated Nvidia 7050/610i, and was looking into getting and ATI...
I have the Intel graphics controller, and the requirement for software I want to use requires at least a 16mb AGP card. I can use the software (adobe...
I am looking to buy a new graphics card that is more suited for gaming than the ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro. It must be AGP because I am not upgrading to a...
I want to verify whether a lower MB AGP card is still better than a higher MB PCI card. By "better" I mean faster image processing, and bett...
I am trying to upgrade my BFG NVIDEA 5500 FX to something a bit more powerful on my old ass AGP motherboard. What is an affordable (Cheap) AGP card th...
I never had Vista but I tried it out on a older computer. It is a 2.5ghz P4, so that part should be fine, but it rated the graphics card pretty bad. I...
I've got a nice dual core system but still only have an AGP slot. I'd really rather not upgrade my motherboard right now but I'd like to replace my A...
I had just bought The Sims Three. I downloaded it, but when i went to play,this box pops up... it reads 'unable to start game device 0 cannot run ...
if any? the only sepcs I got from del customer service is that my card is integrated, I dont know how many MB it is and I am wanting to upgrade it ins...
I have a Dell Dimension E520. Current card is nVIdia 7300 LE. What video card would best suited for the upgrade without changing the power sup...
I'm not a big gamer at all but I would like to be able to play Diablo 3 when its finally released and I doubt the stock video card, an ATI Radeon 3650...
I have a Toshiba laptop. I installed the Sims 3 and the installation worked fine. When trying to play the game my computer wouldn't allow me because...
Have the Sims 3 i need a new video card to play the game. Can my system handle the upgrade? Or how do u find out if it can handle it? I have a Compaq ...
I am looking for a powerful PC graphics card though an inexpensive one. Like above 512MB of memory size, PCI Express, high resolution.
I have a NVIDIA geforce 6100 nforce 405 graphic card(it says it has a aproximate memory of 512mb) but when i play on games that i exede the graphic li...
Say for example you had two 512mb SLI graphics cards, would that be faster, better than just having a single 1gb graphics card? Assuming they're the s...
My 8800GT xfx advertised 512mb graphics card. detects only 256mb through sisoftware. NV says dedicated 256mb. am i missing something here? if its 512 ...
I can't find anything anywhere telling me if I can upgrade my card to 512mb and if I can which one do you recommend?
I was looking at the NVidia 8800GT, but then realized that it cost far to much. I saw the 8500GT was only 100 bucks, but then I heard some pretty crap...
can you combine a pci graphics card and a pci express graphics card? I already have a PCIe on my system... i want to add another one, but i only have...
i bought a graphics card that was PCI Express. i didn't really understand what that meant so i just went ahead and bought it. now i understand that i ...
I was wondering if there is any way to fit a PCI express graphics card into a motherboard designed for AGP cards. Is there a convertor or something? I...
I have a Gateway 831Gm computer and i want to install an eVGA e-GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 PCI-Express Graphics Card. and how do i tell whether my slo...
Can a laptop be installed with a pci express graphics card if it has a slot?
I have a pci express motherboard and want a new graphics card with pci express 2.0. Would it be worth it to get a new motherboard with pci express 2.0...
Is the graphics card faster on the new MacBook than the previous MacBook pro?
I'm looking for a new graphics card. I'm trying to find a website that will et me compare graphics cards to clearly see which one is better. I have be...
What graphics card is better and works well? I have a Dell XPS 410 with a Nvidia 8600 GT. My graphics card broken, I am looking to buy a better graphi...
Hi I have an older PC, but I wanted to know would an XFX - NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE 512MB DDR2 AGP 8X Graphics Card or an EVGA - GeForce 6200 512MB DDR2...
Graphics card 1: Gefore 7300 GT (current card) # Model: EN7300GT SILENT/HTD/256M # Chipset: nVIDIA GeForce 7300GT # Bus: PCI Express # Mem...
I was looking into the newer 5870 card that ATI put out recently and wanted to know how it stacks up to the 4870 x2 (my current graphics card) as far ...
Hello kids, welcome to the internet. I downloaded a free trial of Spore the other day, and upon first run, i found that my graphics card is below min...
If it does, what kind of external graphics card and how much would that be?
Dell inspiron 1300 has an intergrated graphics card, Meaning i can not change or upgrade it. I was wondering if there is such thing as an external...
If yes, what would be your best advice on what external graphics card would I use for my vista 32 bit, nvidia geforce go 6150? (64mb - very low for gr...
I heard of a external graphics card on this website that you can hook up to your usb port and I was wondering if you can tell me what is good for 108...
My kickass 1005WTMi's Achilles heel is the ATI Radeon Xpress 1150. Can I boost it to Quake 4 playing ability with an external graphics card? Which, wh...
the question speaks for itself
If so, any suggestions? Also, can you install them yourself?
does anyone know any stores i can go to (not online stores but stores such as Radioshack) so i can buy graphics cards and processors and so on for my ...
I live in Sydney and I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 530MT desktop PC. Now i wanna buy a nVidia 8600GT or equivalent graphics card for my pc. Can...
Do you know any store or website where I can buy high performance graphics card for less money?
I have 512MB RAM,AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+1.60GHz. Will Nvidia 9600 gt work on my computer?