Part by Part: Get to Know Your Graphics Card @ InsideHW

Posted on Saturday, May 29 2010 @ 21:53 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
When we take a look at the situation a few years back, a large number of educational texts concerning the basics of motherboard functioning meant that even irregular followers of the IT industry eventually bumped into one of them. On the other hand, graphics cards are somehow always left out, reviewed, but without much explanation for various expressions, acronyms and terms that make most “newbs” startled. Having understood this, we’ve decided to deal with graphics card in the theoretical sense a little. This is, after all, one of the vital (THE vital, if you’re asking the author of this article) system components, the elements of which should be known at least roughly. Since it would be an incredibly arduous task to take pictures of each element on every type of card, we’ve chosen a single referent model - Zotac GeForce GTS250. This card has a rather typical design, therefore ideal for our intentions…

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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