CPU talking to graphics card

[Watashi]

Does your CPU tell your GPU what to render via PCIE lanes?

[Spenser1337]

Ya

[Watashi]

4 hours ago, Spenser1337 said:

Ya

and the language they use is binary correct? 0s and 1s go through the lanes?

[Spenser1337]

Just now, Doomerson said:

and the language they use is binary correct? 0s and 1s go through the lanes?

I have no clue, all I know is that the pcie lanes are the only connection your gpu has to the motherboard/cpu so the data must be transferred through them. 

[Vacras]

1 hour ago, Doomerson said:

and the language they use is binary correct? 0s and 1s go through the lanes?

As far as I know hardware can only communicate with 0s and 1s which is "no current flowing" and "current flowing"

 

Obviously the input from the CPU needs to be "translated" into commands for the GPU. This is where drivers like DirectX, OpenGL or Vulkan come into play.

 

I'm really no expert on this though