17 Facts About Video cards

Graphics Video cards are sometimes called discrete or dedicated graphics Video cards to emphasize their distinction to integrated graphics.

Applications of general-purpose computing on graphics Video cards include AI training, cryptocurrency mining, and molecular simulation.

Graphics Video cards are often preferred over integrated graphics for increased performance.

Graphics Video cards historically supported different computer display standards as they evolved.

Nowadays, the majority of modern graphics Video cards are built with either AMD-sourced or Nvidia-sourced graphics chips.

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Graphics cards have sound card capabilities to output sound along with video output for connected TVs or monitors with integrated speakers.

Ampere Video cards are the first Video cards to feature a pass through cooler design to dissipate as much heat as possible, especially with large power consumptions.

Some graphics Video cards are not of the usual size, and are named as "low profile".

Graphics card profiles are based on height only, with low-profile Video cards taking up less than the height of a PCIe slot, some can be as low as "half-height".

Some graphics Video cards can be linked together to allow scaling graphics processing across multiple Video cards.

Generally, the Video cards must be of the same model to be linked, and most low end Video cards are not able to be linked in this way.

The use of four Video cards requires a large motherboard with a proper configuration.

AMD and Nvidia build and sell graphics Video cards, which are termed graphics add-in-boards in the industry.

The sales of graphics Video cards have trended downward due to improvements in integrated graphics technologies; high-end, CPU-integrated graphics can provide competitive performance with low-end graphics Video cards.

Beyond the gaming and multimedia segments, graphics Video cards have been increasingly used for general-purpose computing, such as big data processing.

In January 2018, mid-to-high-end graphics Video cards experienced a major surge in price, with many retailers having stock shortages due to the significant demand among this market.

Graphics card companies released mining-specific cards designed to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and without video output ports.