PC Gaming Week: The anatomy of a graphics card - from overclocking to memory

Core, Fabrication Process, MemoryEver wondered just what goes on in the graphics cards that power your favourite games? If you're a PC gamer, the answer is problably yes. The following article is from The Ultimate PC Building Handbook, published by Future, which contains 180 pages of PC upgrading advice from the experts at PC Format and Maximum PC.The coreThe processing core functions in a similar manner to a PC's processor - it uses clock cycles and cores, and speed is measured in hertz. The sp