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Figure 17-36 PCIe video card connected in PCIe slot

Graphics Processor

The graphics processor handles the heavy lifting of taking commands from

the CPU and translating them into coordinates and color information that the

monitor understands and displays. Most techs today refer to the device that

processes video as a graphics processing unit (GPU).

Video card discussion, at least among techs, almost always revolves

around the graphics processor the video card uses and the amount of RAM

onboard. A typical video card might be called an MSI GeForce GTX 1080ti

11-GB 384-bit GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0, so let’s break that down. MSI is

the manufacturer of the video card; GeForce GTX 1080ti is the graphics

processor; 11-GB 384-bit GDDR5X describes the dedicated video RAM and

the connection between the video RAM and the graphics processor; and PCI

Express 3.0 describes the motherboard expansion slot the card requires.

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