What is a standalone video card

Independent video card, referred to as the single display, refers to the existence of a separate board, need to plug in the corresponding interface on the motherboard card. Independent graphics card has a separate video memory, does not occupy the system memory, but also technologically advanced integrated graphics, to provide better display and operational performance. The standalone video card is divided into built-in stand-alone graphics and external graphics. As an important part of computer mainframe, graphics card is very important for people who like to play games and do professional graphic design. At present, civil graphics chip suppliers mainly include AMD (original ATI) and Nvidia two.

Main composition

Display chip (model, version level, development code, manufacturing process, core frequency)

Memory (type, bit width, capacity, package type, speed, frequency)

Technology (pixel rendering pipeline, vertex shader engine number, 3D API, RAMDAC frequency, and support max resolution)

PCB Board (PCB layer number, graphics interface, output interface, heat dissipation device)

Brand

Graphics card Category

The independent video card is divided into the built-in independent video card and the external video card. We usually see the independent graphics are built-in independent graphics card, is a real graphics card plugged into the motherboard, such as plug in the AGP or PCIe slot, take apart the chassis look, and the monitor signal line is connected. Built-in independent graphics card and a pure independent graphics card and a mix of two kinds of video graphics cards, the former needless to say, is a common graphics card, the latter is the graphics card has its own video memory and at the same time can be called through the system bus system memory to increase video memory capacity, typically with Nvidia developed turbo Cache technology and ATI Hyper Memeroy technology can do this. Unlike the integrated graphics that follow, the integrated graphics partition system memory reveals less system memory, which, while consuming system memory, does not show less system memory and works as if the software were calling system memory.

Contrast set display

Video card into a separate board exists, need to plug in the corresponding interface of the motherboard, independent graphics card with a separate video memory, does not occupy the system memory, but also technologically advanced integrated graphics, to provide better display effect and running performance. Integrated video card refers to the chipset integrated display chip, the use of such a chip board can not require independent graphics to achieve the normal display function, in terms of price advantages to meet the general family entertainment and commercial applications, save the user to buy video card expenses. Chipsets with integrated graphics cards are often called integrated chips, and motherboards are often referred to as integrated motherboards. Integrated graphics card does not have video memory, the use of a part of the main memory of the system as graphics memory, the specific number is generally based on the need for automatic dynamic adjustment. Obviously, if the use of integrated graphics to run a large number of memory-intensive programs, the impact on the entire system will be more obvious, in addition to the frequency of system memory is usually much lower than the video memory of the independent graphics, so the integrated graphics performance than the independent video card poor.