What's the difference between a video card and a graphics card?

the Dell XPS 17 I've configured for gaming, has a 3gb graphics card, but other gaming computers have 1 and 2GB Video cards, whats the difference?

Which one is better for gaming?

can i put a video card in my Dell XPS 17 laptop?|||Same thing, different names, like notebook and laptop☺|||That is simply 2 ways to describe the same item. Graphics card = video card.



In the early days of home computers, some makers used a graphics card for rendering pictures and separate video cards for connecting the monitor to the computer. That changed long ago, with one card (or portion of the motherboard in some cases) handling both functions. Both names stayed in the industry and are used interchangeably.|||Both mean the same thing.I think in Dell XPS 17 3 gb graphics is the total memory i.e dedicated memory and shared memory.In gaming laptops 2GB graphics is the dedicated memory alone and shared memory adds to it separately.



In dells xps 17 I don't think you can change or add graphics card.