rob_allshouse
rob_allshouse t1_j6lkimz wrote
Reply to comment by kanavi36 in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
No. There is a GPU in “integrated graphics” provided by Intel or AMD. It is comparatively weak to a discrete GPU, and often uses shared memory instead of dedicated memory, but it’s definitely a GPU.
rob_allshouse t1_j6o83cf wrote
Reply to comment by RhynoD in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
These are incorrect.
The GPU and CPU are similar. A “graphics card” has all of these things. A GPU in an SoC would have similar limitations to a CPU.
But consumers don’t buy GPUs, companies like MSI do and integrate them into a graphics card. They do buy CPUs.