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显卡知识入门(国外英文资料) Introduction to graphics CARDS preface Now display new technology emerge in endlessly, the various parameters of the heavier, just contact hardware friends often want to know about a video card is good or bad and do not know how to start, in this particular introduce relevant properties parameters of graphics, hope to help beginners a bit. The main components of graphics CARDS (extreme parameters) Display chip (model, version level, development code, manufacturing process, core frequency) (type, width, capacity, type, speed, frequency) Technology (pixel rendering line, vertex shading engine number, 3D API, RAMDAC frequency and maximum resolution of support) PCB (PCB, graphics, output interface, heat sink, color) 1, display chip The display chip, also known as the schema processor (GPU), works in graphics CARDS, just as the CPU does in a computer. A more direct analogy is the brains role in the human body. A brief introduction to the common production display chipmakers: Intel, ATI, nVidia, VIA (S3), SIS, Matrox, 3D Labs. Intel, VIA (S3), and SIS mainly produce integrated chips; ATI and nVidia are dominated by independent chips. Matrox and 3D Labs are focused on professional graphics. As both ATI and nVidia dominate the mainstream video market, the following will focus on the products of the two companies. model ATi Radeon hd (laser) series of the companys main brand, the model of early Radeon Xpress to Radeon hd 200 (X300 X550 X600, X700, X800, X850) to the later Radeon hd (X1300, X1600, X1800 X1900 X1950) to recent (2400/2600/2900) and last (3870/4850/4870/3690/3850), in turn, from low to high performance. NVIDIA GeForce series of the companys main brand, its model by early GeForce 256, GeForce2 (100/200/400), GeForce3 (200/500), GeForce4 (420/440/460/4000/460/4000/460/4000) to the GeForce FX (5200/5500/5600/5700/5950/5200/5500), GeForce (6100/6150/6200/6400 / / 6800/6500/6600) to later GeForce (7800/7900/7950/7300/7600) to recent (8400/8600/8800), a