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# VZGraphicsDevice

A class that represents a graphics device in a VM.

```
class VZGraphicsDevice
```

## Overview

You don’t instantiate a `VZGraphicsDevice` directly. Graphics devices are first configured on the [`VZVirtualMachineConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachineConfiguration) through a subclass of [`VZGraphicsDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZGraphicsDeviceConfiguration).

When the framework creates a [`VZVirtualMachine`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachine) from the configuration, the graphics devices are available through the [`graphicsDevices`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachine/graphicsDevices) property.

The real type of [`VZGraphicsDevice`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZGraphicsDevice) corresponds to the type used by the configuration.

For example, a [`VZVirtioGraphicsDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioGraphicsDeviceConfiguration) leads to a device of type [`VZVirtioGraphicsDevice`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioGraphicsDevice) and a [`VZMacGraphicsDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZMacGraphicsDeviceConfiguration) leads to a device of type [`VZMacGraphicsDevice`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZMacGraphicsDevice).

## Topics

### Getting the device’s displays

[`displays`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZGraphicsDevice/displays)

The list of graphics displays configured for this graphics device.

## See Also

[`VZGraphicsDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZGraphicsDeviceConfiguration)

The base class for a graphics device configuration.

[`VZMacGraphicsDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZMacGraphicsDeviceConfiguration)

Configuration for a display attached to a Mac graphics device.


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