Display Adaptors, Video Card and Graphics Cards

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Heywogr

Hi,

I have been a wee bit confused for a while over these different terms, can
anyone explain/confirm to me if they are the same thing or are different
devices i.e. when people talk about graphics cards, are they talking about
display adaptors (the adaptor you attach your monitor to) or about something
else?

Would be grateful if someone could confirm/explain the differences.

thanks in advance...
 
Heywogr said:
Hi,

I have been a wee bit confused for a while over these different terms, can
anyone explain/confirm to me if they are the same thing or are different
devices i.e. when people talk about graphics cards, are they talking about
display adaptors (the adaptor you attach your monitor to) or about
something
else?

Would be grateful if someone could confirm/explain the differences.

thanks in advance...
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They are one and the same..


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Heywogr said:
I have been a wee bit confused for a while over these different
terms, can anyone explain/confirm to me if they are the same thing
or are different devices i.e. when people talk about graphics
cards, are they talking about display adaptors (the adaptor you
attach your monitor to) or about something else?

Would be grateful if someone could confirm/explain the differences.
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All the same - all of them take your computer stuff and translate it to a
language your monitor can display. heh

At some point, there might have been a difference in markets or something.

Video Card, Graphics card, Video device, graphics device, display adaptor,
video adaptor...
If said in reference to a computer and the chipset/physical card/hardware
device that allows pictures to be put on a screen of some sort (visually) -
they are all the same.

Of course the 'adaptor' one could also just be a VGA to DVI (or vice-versa)
changer. hah
 
Shenan Stanley said:
All the same - all of them take your computer stuff and translate it to a
language your monitor can display. heh

At some point, there might have been a difference in markets or something.

Video Card, Graphics card, Video device, graphics device, display adaptor,
video adaptor...
If said in reference to a computer and the chipset/physical card/hardware
device that allows pictures to be put on a screen of some sort (visually) -
they are all the same.

Of course the 'adaptor' one could also just be a VGA to DVI (or vice-versa)
changer. hah
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OK that's great, thanks for clearing that up...!
 
Hi,

I have been a wee bit confused for a while over these different terms, can
anyone explain/confirm to me if they are the same thing or are different
devices i.e. when people talk about graphics cards, are they talking about
display adaptors (the adaptor you attach your monitor to)
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Yes. Two names for the same thing

or about something
else?
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No.
 
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