IT teacher giving us this homework, dummies guide to PC

T345 · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:13

And she has listed both Graphics card AND Video card. I'm sorry if I am mistaken, but aren't they the exact same thing?

P3N9U1N · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:14

They're spelled differently, that's the only difference

snips86x · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:31

DaleTheWhale · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:31

Remember you need a CPU and a processor!

T345 · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:33

Hahahaha! xD Oh man. This will be a long year.

Ethermaster · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:41

Er........ they are the same thing unless the teacher is thinking the a TV card or something along them lines?

T345 · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:43

Ethermaster said:
Er........ they are the same thing unless the teacher is thinking the a TV card or something along them lines?

Well the picture she put is of a 9600gt, so... I doubt she is thinking of that.

Rilot · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:45

Maybe she's thinking back to the days when you had a 2D video card with an add on 3D accelerator?

Ethermaster · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:47

Rilot said:
Maybe she's thinking back to the days when you had a 2D video card with an add on 3D accelerator?

Oh yes I forgot about them, haven't seen them since the 90's tho......

snips86x · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:58

Rilot said:
Maybe she's thinking back to the days when you had a 2D video card with an add on 3D accelerator?

Ethermaster said:
Oh yes I forgot about them, haven't seen them since the 90's tho......

I had considered the same thing strangely, it's been well....10 ish years since that was around :eek:

Or even a "video card" used for the graphics intensive moddling where as the graphics card (I remember) being the "gaming" one. If you can call it gaming. Minesweeper, Bipbop and god forbid, the dreaded Runscape!!

Make · 19 Sep 2013 at 21:05

Rilot said:
Maybe she's thinking back to the days when you had a 2D video card with an add on 3D accelerator?

Hell, someone remembers!

Voodoo 2 yeaaaaaaaah,

T345 · 19 Sep 2013 at 21:09

Oh, ok. I am new to this idea, so how does it work?

Audigex · 19 Sep 2013 at 21:13

Remember to get a hard drive to put all your components inside. And a sound card.

Blow her mind with a trinity build.

CPU, one stick of RAM, motherboard, case, SSD, PSU.

DaleTheWhale · 19 Sep 2013 at 21:57

If you can call it gaming. Minesweeper, Bipbop and god forbid, the dreaded Runscape!!

Many years of fun on that game!
Still logon for the crack of it today, it's much better!

Avathar77 · 19 Sep 2013 at 22:06

T345 said:
Oh, ok. I am new to this idea, so how does it work?

heh... kids :mad:

Si105 · 19 Sep 2013 at 22:14

Don't assume that because they teach IT, that they know a thing about how a computer works in terms of hardware. Mine were clueless when I was at school.

Calgar117 · 19 Sep 2013 at 22:15

T345 said:
And she has listed both Graphics card AND Video card. I'm sorry if I am mistaken, but aren't they the exact same thing?

mame · 19 Sep 2013 at 22:22

In ours, we had to say that the disadvantage of CDs was that data could not be written even though CD writers were already available.

Was no telling them.

Fire_fly · 19 Sep 2013 at 22:29

Si105 said:
Don't assume that because they teach IT, that they know a thing about how a computer works in terms of hardware. Mine were clueless when I was at school.

This,

Chances are that your teacher has never played around with the insides of a PC and knows very little about components beyond what she is required to teach you.

The teacher may also be hamstrung by the age of the textbooks and syllabus that she is required to teach you. These advance much more slowly that advances in Technology.

RHS · 19 Sep 2013 at 22:40

Better off teaching kids how to touch type proficiently to be able to use PCs productively. Learn how to use spreadsheets, write code, look at coder dojo for example.