A computer is classically defined by a device having I/O, processing and memory working together. People colloquially call the assembled product a computer, which is fine, but it’s still technically a computer installed in a chassis.
However, a graphics card also has I/O, a processor, and memory and can perform tasks indepently, so it’s a computer installed in a computer installed in a chassis.
once you attach a thing into another thing, it becomes a part of that thing, making the thing you attached it to larger. the end result is one thing that is larger than both components.
Thus, once you attach a graphics card to your computer, your computer is larger, and your graphics card is a smaller part of said computer
Physically smaller, but that’s only because they’re still designing it to be compact, where the motherboards are designed to be spread out. We’re still basically using the same setup that was used for the Voodoo VGA graphics cards in the 1990s, but the cards have more and more powerful, but also bigger and bigger.
It would be really nice if they re-thought the way the second computer connected to the first, and gave people more control over that second one. For example, mount the graphics card parallel to the motherboard instead of perpendicular, and give it more space to spread out so it’s easier to cool. And, speaking of cooling, allow us to mount our own coolers on the more easily. My graphics card is by far the loudest fan in my case. I want a quiet computer, so I want to be able to put a Noctua fan on my GPU, not just my CPU.
once you attach a thing into another thing, it becomes a part of that thing, making the thing you attached it to larger. the end result is one thing that is larger than both components.
Thus, once you attach a graphics card to your computer, your computer is larger, and your graphics card is a smaller part of said computer
the GPU is basically a second , smaller computer inside your actual computer
(X) Doubt
it’s not a tardis. If it’s inside your computer it can’t be bigger than its container
That’s the premium upgrade
I think it’s more like the motherboard can be made so small now that the graphics card can easily dwarf it. Like a 5090 in an SFF PC.
A computer is classically defined by a device having I/O, processing and memory working together. People colloquially call the assembled product a computer, which is fine, but it’s still technically a computer installed in a chassis.
However, a graphics card also has I/O, a processor, and memory and can perform tasks indepently, so it’s a computer installed in a computer installed in a chassis.
At least people arent calling it the CPU anymore…
once you attach a thing into another thing, it becomes a part of that thing, making the thing you attached it to larger. the end result is one thing that is larger than both components.
Thus, once you attach a graphics card to your computer, your computer is larger, and your graphics card is a smaller part of said computer
QED.
I am not taking further questions.
You obviously have an older generation.
Physically smaller, but that’s only because they’re still designing it to be compact, where the motherboards are designed to be spread out. We’re still basically using the same setup that was used for the Voodoo VGA graphics cards in the 1990s, but the cards have more and more powerful, but also bigger and bigger.
It would be really nice if they re-thought the way the second computer connected to the first, and gave people more control over that second one. For example, mount the graphics card parallel to the motherboard instead of perpendicular, and give it more space to spread out so it’s easier to cool. And, speaking of cooling, allow us to mount our own coolers on the more easily. My graphics card is by far the loudest fan in my case. I want a quiet computer, so I want to be able to put a Noctua fan on my GPU, not just my CPU.
It’s the mitochondria of your cell, the powerhouse if you will.