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Graphics Beginners' Guide, Part 2: Graphics Technology
7:28 AM - 07/31/2006 by
Don Woligroski
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Table of contents
- 1 – Graphics Card Technology
- 2 – Glossary Of Basic Graphics Terms
- 3 – Texture
- 4 – Graphics Processor Architecture: Features
- 5 – Texture Mapping Units (TMUs)
- 6 – Graphics Processor Architecture: Technology
- 7 – Local Graphics Memory
- 8 – Memory Types
- 9 – Graphics Card Interface
- 10 – Multi-Card Solutions
- 11 – Visual Features
- 12 – HDR Lighting & OpenEXR HDR
- 13 – Anti-Aliasing
- 14 – More on this topic
Our graphics beginners' guide part 1 provided an overview on graphics cards components such as interfaces, output types, cooling solutions, the graphics core and graphics memory. The second part of our beginners' guides will talk about graphics features and technology.
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