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This operation is extremely important in computer
games. Every 3D graphics feature is made up of a huge
array of little polygons including triangles. To make
the feature rotate, every single little polygon must
rotate. This means an immense number of
calculations must be performed.
This is what graphics processors
are designed to do. The Asus
graphics card (on the left) hosts
the powerful GTX 750 graphics
processor.
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