yes, its what enables the video card to be attached to the motherboard if I understand your question right
Expansion cards in desktop PC's are installed on the motherboard.
System Unit
System Unit
Video Card.
Video Card.
Expansion cards are generally installed in PCI or PCI-e slots on the motherboard, although it would depend on which type of expansion card you are referring to.
AGP Video card AGP retention mechanism = AGP Video expansion card
Computers include expansion slots that allow users to add new devices to their computers. A computer player, for example, may upgrade their video card to improve gaming performance. They can use an expansion slot to swap out the old video card with a new one without having to replace the motherboard. What are the advantages of having expansion slots? A computer's expansion slots can be used to install network cards. If the computer does not already have a Wi-Fi adaptor, a Wi-Fi network card can be installed. Furthermore, as newer, faster Wi-Fi standards are announced, expansion card Wi-Fi adapters can be swapped out for newer, faster cards.
Its not installed to windows, its placed into the motherboard
Video Card
An AGP video card.
No. An I/O device can be either internal (installed inside the computer case) or external (installed outside the case). Internal: network card, sound card, video capture card, and video card. External: keyboard, monitor, mouse, printer, scanner, digital camera, and flash drives. pg 392, seventh edition
A video card or video adapter translates binary data into images.
Configuring the BIOS for the video card being installed Physically installing the video card Installing drivers for the video card Remove old video card from your computer (if you use on-board skip this step) Attach the new video card to your computer. Start Computer using on-board video and install drivers. Attach monitor to new card, if it still doesn't work disable on-board video in your bios. If everything is installed properly and computer has significant power graphics card should work properly.