What is the difference between a video card and a graphics card?

[jswillard7]

What is the difference between a video card and a graphics card?

[hussey]

same thing

[Tassos S]

Same thing. Graphics card sounds cooler.

[Serious Shuck]

...yeah same thing.

[corny_ratbag]

There the same thing.

[Bluntz]

same thing, different names.

[Mario Giorgini]

It's the same thing with a different name, buy either one.

[ilysuga]

A graphics card is a plug-in card that connects to the motherboard via a PCI or AGP slot; the card contains the graphics adapter, RAM for the local memory and sockets for the required outputs.The video card is what the monitor plugs into. Some motherboards have built in video chips, thus not requiring a separate video card (primarily intended for basic office computers). Games are one of the most demanding applications on a home computer, and the video card is one of the decisive factors in determining the speed and resolution of play

[sdfmike07]

A graphics card, video card, v card, video board, video display board, display adapter, video adapter, or graphics adapter is a computer component designed to convert the logical representation of visual information into a signal that can be used as input for a display medium. Displays are most often a monitor, but use of LCD TV, HDTVs, and projectors is growing increasingly common with the growth of the media center computer concept. The graphics card and display medium are able to communicate utilizing a variety of display standards. Graphics card are both integrated into motherboards, and sold as expansion cards.

[SEALBoy]

Let's see how many people it takes to tell the Asker that it's the same thing...