Similarly, the monitor should be capable of displaying the full potential of the video board or you have wasted your money on the video board. When matching a video board to a monitor you need to consider that windows is a graphics user interface or a GUI, and therefore requires a graphics adapter. Better graphics performance in the video card speeds up windows applications and also Internet access. One of the areas of increased performance is the speed that screens redraw eliminating the wait time for a new screen to display in its entirety and be ready to receive input. Less time delays speeds up your work and allows you to get more done in a shorter period of time.
Video cards are actually a small computer designed specifically to perform the video function.
Video cards have a processing chip designed specifically for the video display function similar to the central processing unit or CPU found on the motherboard. The better video boards have 128-bit processing function. Video boards also have read only memory or RAM just like the CPU that speeds the process of the video board and saves the video board relying on system RAM that can be saved to speed up the processing of the computer itself. Video boards come in various types. Currently the best video boards are Accelerated Graphics Port or AGP compatible.