While the CPU, or processors as it is sometimes called, is said to be the brains of the computer, the graphics card is as essential, if not more so, to a gamer. These days the GPU largely determines what type of games one can play and at what resolutions, fidelity, frame rate, and so on the gaming system will handle. This is why it is also one of the most requested holiday gifts and probably also what holiday money received by gamers is often spent on.