A graphics card is also called a video card, display card, graphics adapter, GPU, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, or display adapter. The video card is a Hardware Part of a computer, it is used for what you see on the monitor screen means it is used for showing content, video, and picture on a computer screen in high-quality resolution. The graphics card makes the computer more powerful and gives it more capacity to do more high-level work.
There are two types of graphic cards
1. Integrated
2. Discrete
Integrated: -
The integrated graphics card is already built into the motherboard, integrated graphics cards are generally used in most laptops. We cannot easily upgrade the integrated graphics card.
Discrete: -
Discrete Graphics cards are external graphics cards. Discrete graphics have their own dedicated memory that is not shared with the CPU. We can easily upgrade discrete graphics cards.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTEGRATED GRAPHICS AND DISCRETE GRAPHICS
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Integrated graphics |
Discrete graphics |
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Integrated graphics are less expensive than a dedicated graphics card. |
Discrete graphics are more expensive than an integrated graphics card |
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An integrated graphics give you less performance than a Discrete graphics card |
A Discrete graphics card gives you more performance than an integrated graphics card |
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Integrated graphics are not upgradeable |
Discrete graphics cards are easily upgradeable |
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Integrated graphics chips are built directly into the CPU |
Discrete graphics have their own dedicated memory that is not shared with the CPU. |