2007-11-27 14:27:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
No but they do have a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). GPU is also known as VPU (Video Processing Unit). Integrated graphics cards (built-in graphics cards in motherboards) do not.
2007-11-27 14:43:29 · answer #1 · answered by Crysis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Graphics cards do have a chip that performs calculations, but it would be wrong to call it a CPU. It is called a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).
GPU is optimized for floating point calculations, matrix calculations and other calculations that are required in rendering game graphics. In this area, a GPU is much more powerful than a desktop CPU.
However, it lacks support for other tasks that are necessary for running an OS or an application. So, you can't use GPU instead of a CPU. CPU is for managing your OS whereas GPU is to speed up your 3D graphics (usually games).
GPU is usually called collectively with the graphics card itself. You can't remove a GPU and plug-in a better one in a card. It is integrated with the rest of the components on the card pretty tight.
2007-11-27 22:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by hw 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A CPU (central processing unit) can be used as a general name for whatever processor is at the 'middle' of a particular system.
In the case of the graphics card, it's called GPU/VPU
Your sound card is an APU/SPU (audio or sound processing unit)
2007-11-28 00:12:14 · answer #3 · answered by Agent24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not a computer, it is a dedicated video card with extra memory to take the load off of your cpu during graphically demanding applications such as video games etc.
2007-11-27 22:48:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Graphics cards presently do not have their own cpu's. There are some made now that do come with their own chipsets on board.
2007-11-27 22:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by aswkingfish 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GPU not called a CPU, and I am not quite sure how it compares in hardware to a CPU.
2007-11-28 00:01:43 · answer #6 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they dont........
heres a good read on how video cards work if your interested...........
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/graphics-card.htm
scott
2007-11-27 22:37:37 · answer #7 · answered by Scott 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.
2007-11-27 22:29:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-11-27 22:30:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋