Graphic cards

Selection rules:

Simple and transparent because currently for ordinary office work the Internet it is enough to integrate the card on the motherboard.

For more demanding applications such as games or graphics, you need to look very carefully at the specifications of mid- and high-end equipment.

In 1981, IBM introduced the first graphics card. Displayed colors in CGA standard, resolution 320x200 and 640x200. Three years later, the EGA was introduced.

• memory size

• speed of work

• image refresh

• resolution

EGA:

Introduced in 1984 by IBM, 16 colors, resolution 640x350.

SVGA:

VESA resolution 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, colors in depth 24 bits = 16 777 216 million colors.

XGA:

1990, IBM company, 24 bits of color.

RBG:

Color display system.

Red 0-255

Green 0-255

Blue 0-255

RBG 256x256x256= 16,777,216 million colors

Printers use dyeing:

• CMK

• CMYK

• HSB

• RBG

3D Accelerator:

• relieves the processor

• supports 3D colors (three-dimensional)

Formerly external VooDoo 1 and 2 (currently built-in).

The idea of AGP quickly fell apart.

PCI 2. 0 and Express were introduced, which eventually supplanted AGP.