Graphics Processing Unit quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which HDMI version first supported 8K resolution at 60 Hz?

   Answer: HDMI 2.1

   Why: HDMI 2.1 landed in November 2017 with 48 Gbps and a new Ultra High Speed cable; its 2025 successor pushes that to 96 Gbps.

2. 2 Medium

   What is the brand name for Intel's dedicated gaming graphics cards?

   Answer: Arc

   Why: Intel names each Arc generation after a fantasy class in alphabetical order, starting with Alchemist in 2022 and then Battlemage in 2024.

3. 3 Hard

   Which technique renders images at higher resolution then shrinks them?

   Answer: SSAA

   Why: Supersampling smooths textures and shader effects too, not just edges, but rendering at 2x2 makes the GPU shade four times as many pixels.

4. 4 Easy

   What is the primary brand name for AMD's consumer graphics cards?

   Answer: Radeon

   Why: Radeon has named AMD's consumer cards since the R100 chip of 2000; the workstation versions are sold separately as Radeon Pro.

5. 5 Medium

   What happens when a game requires more video memory than available?

   Answer: Stuttering

   Why: Once video memory fills up, the card shuffles textures over PCIe into slower system RAM, and every swap shows up as a frame time spike.

6. 6 Hard

   What did the acronym SLI originally stand for on 1990s Voodoo cards?

   Answer: Scan-Line Interleave

   Why: Two of the cards were joined by a small ribbon cable, and each drew alternate horizontal lines; Nvidia revived the SLI name in 2004 for something else.