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  2. Overclocking - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of overclocking is to increase the operating speed of a given component. [3] Normally, on modern systems, the target of overclocking is increasing the performance of a major chip or subsystem, such as the main processor or graphics controller, but other components, such as system memory or system buses (generally on the motherboard), are commonly involved.

  3. Graphics processing unit - Wikipedia

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    Components of a GPU. A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.

  4. Graphics card - Wikipedia

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    A modern consumer graphics card: A Radeon RX 6900 XT from AMD. A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics accelerator, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor.

  5. How to Overclock Your Graphics Card - AOL

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    Our guide for how to overclock your graphics card covers the software you need to use, the various ways you can overclock, and the expected gains. If you're looking to tune your GPU to improve ...

  6. Digital artifact - Wikipedia

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    Hardware malfunction: In computer graphics, visual artifacts may be generated whenever a hardware component such as the processor, memory chip, cabling malfunctions, etc., corrupts data. Examples of malfunctions include physical damage, overheating, insufficient voltage and GPU overclocking.

  7. Glossary of computer hardware terms - Wikipedia

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    A cache in a CPU or GPU servicing data load and store requests, mirroring main memory (or VRAM for a GPU). data storage A technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. It is a core function and fundamental component of computers. [1] device memory

  8. Hardware acceleration - Wikipedia

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    Hardware acceleration is the use of computer hardware designed to perform specific functions more efficiently when compared to software running on a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU). Any transformation of data that can be calculated in software running on a generic CPU can also be calculated in custom-made hardware, or in some mix ...

  9. GPU cluster - Wikipedia

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    A GPU cluster is a computer cluster in which each node is equipped with a graphics processing unit (GPU). By harnessing the computational power of modern GPUs via general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU), very fast calculations can be performed with a GPU cluster. Titan, the first supercomputer to use GPUs