How do I check what kind of video card I have?

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I know this is easy but for some reason I can't figure out how to do it.
Thank ahead of time for your help.

Andrew
 
Look in the Device Manager, or right click an empty area on the desktop
and look at the (Display) Properties Settings tab.

John
 
Right click "My Computer" (should be on your desktop and/or Start Bar).
Select "Manage".
Click on "Device Manager".
Click the "+" beside "Display adapters".

There are other places to find information on that, depending what details
you want exactly.
 
TheJoneser said:
I know this is easy but for some reason I can't figure out how to do it.
Thank ahead of time for your help.
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Start -> Run -> type msconfig press enter -> Click Display. Should be
listed there with amount of memory and other details.

More details at: http://www.windowsresource.net/xp/guides/hardware.php

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I'm going to shoot myself in the head. I don't why this is proving so
difficult. When I do what you said I get some window called System
Configuration Utility. I has 6 tabs, none of which are Display.
 
TheJoneser said:
I'm going to shoot myself in the head. I don't why this is proving so
difficult. I don't have a My Computer shortcut on my desktop. God only
knows where it went so I don't know how to get to the device manager.
Click to expand...

By default Windows XP doesn't have a shortcut there, so you don't need to go
to those extremes just yet. 8-)

You can achieve the same thing by right clicking on My Computer on the Start
Menu.

But it sounds like you know what video card you've got anyway. :-)

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It does, unless you have a "real" video card installed. Intel Graphics
Media Accelerator is "onboard" video, it is on the motherboard itself.
Many computers ship with just "onboard" video. It is the lowest cost
option for video display. If you want real good or real video
performance you usually need a video card. Many games and CAD or video
editing software perform poorly or not at all without good video cards.
But "onboard" video is more than adequate for many users, it depends
on what you want to do with your computer.

John
 
TheJoneser said:
I'm going to shoot myself in the head. I don't why this is proving so
difficult. When I do what you said I get some window called System
Configuration Utility. I has 6 tabs, none of which are Display.
Click to expand...

That was a screw up on my part, I should of wrote dxdiag, not msconfig.

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I did say it is on the desktop and/or start bar. I have seen PCs with no
icon on the desktop by default, but they had it on the start bar.
The other way is Control Panel > Administrative Tools.
 
TheJoneser said:
I know this is easy but for some reason I can't figure out how to do it.
Thank ahead of time for your help.

Andrew
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1) Start > Run > MSinfo32.exe.

or

2) Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information

or

3) Start > Run > DXDiag.exe.

or

4) Right-click My Computer > Manage > Device Manager.

or

5) If none of the built-in tools provide the information you want, you
can use these utilities to help determine the identities of your
computers components:

SiSoft's Sandra
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.php?dir=&location=sware_dl&lang=en

Belarc Advisor
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Unlimited Possibilities' AIDA32
http://forum.aumha.org/overflow/aida32.zip

or

6) Look in the manual/documentation that came with the computer.

or

7) Open computer case and look.


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