Why

[Bloodyvalley]

My college professor just said that graphics cards are a chip on motherboards (essentially they are integrated in the motherboard)

 

I didnt correct him

 

 

Should I feel bad

[ZetZet]

Yes.

[Bloodyvalley]

Yes.

i dont wanna correct him tho then hes gonna dislike me

[kameshss]

You should correct him!

[Zayzo]

i dont wanna correct him tho then hes gonna dislike me

So.... 

[Bloodyvalley]

So.... 

shitty grade for me

[kameshss]

i dont wanna correct him tho then hes gonna dislike me

The way you correct him should be very genuine. He won't dislike you. Unless you are scoring poor marks in his subject. lol

[LukaP]

i dont wanna correct him tho then hes gonna dislike me

Its ok. I mean technically he is wrong, but practically that is a thing. Or atleast it was till a few years ago. So no worries there

[Guest]

Some are embedded on the motherboard in some cases though, so he's not all wrong.

[Zayzo]

shitty grade for me

Tell him after class? lmao

Better that he doesn't continue teaching ancient shit. 

[Manny Calavera]

well pcb is a motherboard and chip is chip

 

its just it uses connection you can plug and unplug and swap cards

 

you know

[themaniac]

there were motherboards with integrated graphics so technically he is correct

[Sauron]

Its ok. I mean technically he is wrong, but practically that is a thing. Or atleast it was till a few years ago. So no worries there

 

yes and no - igpus used to be on the motherboard itself rather than on the cpu, but since he specifically said graphics cards there can be no confusion

[Guest]

there were motherboards with integrated graphics so technically he is correct

 

And he no doubt grew up with those systems, and not when they were in the CPU die 

[LukaP]

yes and no - igpus used to be on the motherboard itself rather than on the cpu, but since he specifically said graphics cards there can be no confusion

thats why i said technically he is wrong. also the OP could have misheard and he said GPU, not a graphics card people use these terms interchangably

[Guest]

yes and no - igpus used to be on the motherboard itself rather than on the cpu, but since he specifically said graphics cards there can be no confusion

 

I mean, that depends on how you look at it; if you look at it as the single word (card), then that would most likely be referring to a dedicated card, though integrated graphics can still be considered a graphics card 

[Str_Mape]

There are still boards with an iGPU, that being said they're AM3+ so they're not the most recent boards

A few different boards with an iGPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130722

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128565

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132461

That being said they're not graphics "cards" so to speak

[Cazzer505]

i mean he's not really really wrong. I have the kind of personality that means i jump in to correct people all the time so...

[Murdoch]

Slap him in the face with a Titan X and shout as loud as you can "EXPLAIN THIS"!

[Sauron]

I mean, that depends on how you look at it; if you look at it as the single word (card), then that would most likely be referring to a dedicated card, though integrated graphics can still be considered a graphics card 

 

no, when you say "card" you're unmistakeably referring to a separate expansion card. igpus are only that, gpus without the card.

[Guest]

no, when you say "card" you're unmistakeably referring to a separate expansion card. igpus are only that, gpus without the card.

 

Well, a graphics card is the part of the system that produces the image, so I'd personally still allow integrated graphics to be referred to as a graphics card, and I think my tutor still calls integrated graphics a graphics card... You don't have to take the card part literally, and I don't think it's the case of a yes or no answer

 

Anyway, I never said you were wrong, I just said some people, mainly oldies, still refer to integrated graphics as the graphics card