08/06/2026
Tech Term of the Day: A video card is a hardware component responsible for rendering graphics and sending them to the computer's monitor. It includes a GPU, video memory, and at least one physical port for connecting an external monitor. A video card typically fits into a computer's PCIe x16 slot, although some low-end cards use an x8 slot instead. Not all computers have a discrete video card — some use CPUs with an integrated GPU and include a port for the monitor on the motherboard's I/O panel.