HowStuffWorks "How Graphics Cards Work"

HowStuffWorks "How Graphics Cards Work": "The images you see on your monitor are made of tiny dots called pixels. At most common resolution settings, a screen displays over a million pixels, and the computer has to decide what to do with every one in order to create an image. To do this, it needs a translator -- something to take binary data from the CPU and turn it into a picture you can see."

How to Make Your PC as Fast as the Day You Bought It | How Life Works

How to Make Your PC as Fast as the Day You Bought It | How Life Works: "One of the most frustrating things in life is a slow computer.

Every few years, we buy an expensive new PC and love how fast it starts up, runs programs, and loads websites. Inevitably though, it starts to slow down until eventually we are pulling our hair out waiting for it to do routine tasks."