Graphics engine

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A Graphics engine may refer to:

  • Game engine: a physics model typically implemented in software for use in computer games;
  • Graphics engine (hardware): a specialized computer hardware device, typically integrated with a framebuffer or other video display circuitry, for performing graphics calculations independently of a computer's main processor; or
  • Graphics engine (SGI): a graphics engine made by SGI and used in various lines of graphical computer workstations (such as the Indigo Elan).
  • First person shooter graphics engine