Windows accelerator: Difference between revisions

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A '''windowsWindows accelerator''' was a type of [[graphics card]] for [[personal computers]] with additional [[blitter]] functionality marketed for [[hardware acceleration|accelerating]] the [[microsoftMicrosoft windowsWindows]] [[operating system]].

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These have been superseded by multipurpose [[GPU]]s which include acceleration for [[3d graphics]].

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* [[windows 3.1]]

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