Hello guys, in this article let’s take a look at all the advantages and disadvantages of using a graphic card.
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But before we look at the advantages and disadvantages, I think it is very important to understand what is the basic job of a graphic card in the computer.
So what is the job of a graphic card in the first place?
So the basic job of a graphic card in simple words is to accelerate the processing required for both creating and rending the images videos animations and all types of text you see on your screen and display like monitor so all the images that you see on your monitor are shown by the graphic card and without a graphic card you cannot actually use a computer in the first place because you cannot see anything on the monitor so graphic card is very important for the computer to run.
Now let’s take a look at all the advantages and disadvantages of using the dedicated graphic card.
Advantages and disadvantages of using a graphic card.
Advantages of using a graphic card
- Performance upgrade
One of the main advantages of using a dedicated graphic card is obviously the performance aspect because if you only rely on your integrated graphic card that comes with your most Intel processors then you not see a lot of performance in productivity task like editing a video or using high and video rating software like filmora and Adobe premiere Pro and using lots of VFX and effects and especially in rendering of the video and if you instead consider a dedicated graphic card then you can definitely see a better performance of Hindi serious because the dedicated graphic card only focuses on graphics part of the process so you will have more performance compared to igpu.
- Better gaming experience
Another advantage of using dedicated graphic card or a graphic card in Central is that you can have better gaming experience because as i mentioned earlier that graphic card will help you give better performance because it only has to handle the graphics part of the thing so you can have more higher frame rates and better playing experience in a game as compared to normal graphic card that comes along with the CPU in Intel processors and AMD processors.
- Video and viewing experience
The basic job of a graphic card is to render and process the images and display them on the screen of the computer and by having a dedicated graphic card, you can have more better viewing experience on your screen, apart from that if you are a video editor then having a good graphic card can help you a lot because you can edit high quality videos on your computer.
Now let us take a look at all the disadvantages of using a dedicated graphic card.
Disadvantages of using a dedicated graphic cardÂ
- Price
This is the main disadvantage we have when it comes to graphic cards because they are expensive in general and thanks to chip shortage and kovid pandemic the price of the graphic cards has reached sky high and for majority of the users who want to play some games and want to do productivity task like editing a video it is getting impossible to purchase a graphic card because the prices are extremely high for even normal graphic cards and even in normal days also graphic cards are quite expensive to buy.
- Heat production
Another disadvantage is that graphic card can consume more power so when it consumes more power especially when you are playing games with high settings then there will be higher load on the graphic card so more heat will be produced and your GPU will get heated but thanks to many brands like Nvidia, they also provide fans to cool down the graphic card and also reduce the heat of the graphic card.
- Power consumption
This thing is also related to the heat production that because it produces more heat and it also consumes a lot of power to render the graphics and images and display on their screen especially if you are playing any games or you are doing high end video editing tasks or animation then graphic card can also consume a lot of power and electricity than usual.
So these are the advantages and disadvantages of using a graphic card.
Do let me know what are you thoughts about using a graphic card especially a dedicated graphic card in your computer in the common section below and also let me know what is the dedicated graphic card you are using in your computer in the comments below.