A graphics processing unit is a piece of circuitry that speeds up the development of images in a portion of your computer’s RAM so that they can be viewed on a display, whether that be a computer monitor or your headset. If your GPU isn’t powerful enough, this will lead to lagging and lower-quality graphics.

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A graphics processing unit is a piece of circuitry that speeds up the development of images in a portion of your computer’s RAM so that they can be viewed on a display, whether that be a computer monitor or your headset. If your GPU isn’t powerful enough, this will lead to lagging and lower-quality graphics.
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