You are thinking about Trident cards, which had 2D acceleration. Nowadays, everything is done with the same pipeline as the 3D graphics, there's no need for tw

You are thinking about Trident cards, which had 2D acceleration. Nowadays, everything is done with the same pipeline as the 3D graphics, there's no need for two pipelines. GPUs are meant for this. Modern ones. Your knowledge is incomplete, outdated, or both.