Over the course of the 'evolution' of the graphics accelerator, what is both provided by and expected from it has changed somewhat. From the offset, there was of course the issue of frame rates, something which even now remains atop the list of things someone will look at when purchasing a graphics card. Games grow more demanding, graphics cards get more powerful to catch up. Or, is it the other way around? Graphics cards are without doubt a driving force in computing technology, introducing new features for upcoming games to exploit, and even to the point where the rest of a computer's hardware needs upgrading to keep up..



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