graphics - Why the GPU works only in games -
i know don't have knowledge subject have questions can understand how graphics app work , please correct me cause i'm sure have mistakes. why normal ui app works without lags when comes drawing animation , other stuff , doesn't use gpu @ all. games using opengl , directx uses gpu draw objects. wondering if because 3d objects should rendered rendered 2d image before being displayed , guess gpu job. why can't cpu job instead? makes gpu better rendering components in 3d game? but why can't cpu job instead? makes gpu better rendering components in 3d game? the cpu can render 3d graphics. , there 3d games before gpus or other 3d graphics chips existed, did. what's thought seminal 3d game, quake, written cpus rendering. specialized hardware 3d rendering exists same reason there specialized hardware on cpu ieee-754 floating-point computations: can faster special hardware through emulated instructions. though there different reasons it. renderin...