显示适配器（国外英文资料）.doc

显示适配器（国外英文资料） Video card, also known as the Video adapter, is one of the most basic components of a persons computer. Will be needed by a computer system is the purpose of the graphics display information conversion drive display, and to supply line scan display signal, control the correct display, is an important component of connects the monitor and the PC motherboard, is one of the important equipment of man-machine dialogue. Graphics as an important part of the computer mainframe, undertake the task of the graphics output, for love to play games and people who engaged in the professional graphic design graphics card is very important. The main composition of the graphics card (and its 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 MAX resolution) PCB board (PCB number, graphics card interface, output interface, radiator) 5, brand 1, display chip The display chip, also known as the schema processor-gpu, works in the graphics card, 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 (AMD), nVidia, VIA (S3), SIS, Matrox, 3D Labs. Intel, VIA (S3), and SIS mainly produce integrated chips; ATI (AMD) and nVidia are dominant in the market, but because ATI has been acquired by AMD, it continues to develop independent display chips. Matrox and 3D Labs are focused on professional graphics. Since ATI and nVidia have largely dominated the mainstream video market, the following will mainly focus on the products of the two companies. model ATi Radeon HD (laser) series of the companys main brand, its model by its early Radeon Xpress to Radeon HD 200 (X300 X550 X600, X700, X800, X850) to the Radeon HD (X1300, X1600, X1800 X1900 X1950), in the latest HD series (HD36