I know it stands for Video Random Access Memory, but I cant comprehend or visualize what that means. If you can, give me some visual descriptions to help me wrap my head around it.
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In the early days of Graphics, designers realized that the CPU and the GPU (graphics processing unit) were competing for use of the DRAM. This caused noticeable performance issues. Also many users wanted to choose their graphics solution separately from the CPU. So companies started selling graphics cards with dedicated DRAM attached to the GPU. This DRAM became known as Video memory or VRAM.
Today, VRAM is not only separate but the DRAM is designed differently and called GDDR DRAM. It has higher speeds for the interconnection to the GPU, so it can have fewer wires. However it has a little longer latency than standard DDR DRAM. But it works great for graphics.
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