graphics card
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of graphics card
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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Nvidia has not yet explained why the price of a certain graphics card has jumped up 87%, but memory is the likeliest driver.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The intelligence customer wanted a faster chip, supplied by Motorola, and a special graphics card, from Intel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Then, Mutanga’s father, Theodore, a medical physicist, built his son a new computer and bought him a professional-grade graphics card.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Jonathan, based in Sweden, one of the people who shared pictures of his graphics card on social media, told BBC News he had been "really surprised and mad" when he discovered the issue.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
Your PC must have a special graphics card to play games like GO and Shogi, a Japanese game of chess.
From The Online World by Odd De Presno
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