graphics card

noun

plural graphics cards

Examples of graphics card in a Sentence

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Rave Racer never got a home conversion, although one was once announced—not for PlayStation, but surprisingly, PCs that used NEC and VideoLogic’s PowerVR graphics card that competed with 3dfx’s Voodoo and Nvidia’s Riva 128 in the mid-to-late ’90s. Adam Ismail, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026 The exception is graphics performance, where high-end graphics cards made by Nvidia and AMD tend to be extremely punchy, based on a combination of our internal data as well as public benchmarks. Keumars Afifi-Sabet, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026

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First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of graphics card was in 1981

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“Graphics card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graphics%20card. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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