A graphics card, also known as a video card, display card, graphics accelerator, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, or display adapter GPU, is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor. Graphics cards are sometimes called discrete or dedicated graphics cards to emphasize their distinction to an integrated graphi. HistoryGraphics cards, also known as video cards or graphics processing units (GPUs), have historically evolved alongside to accommodate advancing technologies and user demands. In the real. As an alternative to the use of a graphics card, video hardware can be integrated into the,, or a as integrated graphics. Motherboard-based implementations are sometimes called "on-board vide. As the processing power of graphics cards increased, so did their demand for electrical power. Current high-performance graphics cards tend to consume large amounts of power. For example, the thermal design power (TD.
