Tip 1: Find out which video card is installed

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Tip 1: Find out which video card is installed

The question "How to find out which video card is installedon a computer? "Occasionally occurs in front of many users - for example, when you need to correctly select the driver package or find out the resource of the video card.

Of course, if documents andwhich sold the device, all the necessary information will be indicated on them. But if the packaging is not preserved, and the documents are lost? There is always a way out. In most cases, the video card itself is marked with the manufacturer's label. But if there is no marking (unfortunately, this also happens), you can use special utilities. They have an extensive base on the identifiers SubVendor / SubDevice ID, because for compatibility with NVIDIA brand drivers, many video card manufacturers exhibit Vendor / Device ID registered on NVIDIA instead of their own. You can refer to the utilities GPU-Z and Sandra. They are quite likely to establish a brand of the manufacturer, as well as a specific model of each individual video card. But - only in the case when the SubVendor / SubDevice ID fields are filled. In case they were left blank, you can search for information about the manufacturer and the model of the video card on all kinds of numbers printed on the textolite of the card itself or on stickers. It is necessary to focus first on the FCC ID number - if it is, you can search it in the FCC database. So you can identify at least the manufacturer of the device you are dealing with. And if the FCC ID is not listed on the board, you will have to consistently enter all the numbers found on the video card in all search engines known to you (for example, Yandex or Google). Sooner or later, luck will surely smile at you. However, this method is considered an extreme measure, and it is necessary to resort to it only in the most exceptional and rare cases.

Tip 2: How to determine which video card is installed

If previously the system requirements for the video game indicated only the amount of memory that should be available video card, now we are writing a series of video cards, with which the game is compatible. Therefore, before buying a video game, you should make sure it is compatible with your model of the graphics adapter.

You will need

- computer with Windows OS;
- application AIDA64 Extreme Edition.

Instructions

Find out which video card is installed on the PC,there are several ways. The first one is using standard operating system tools. Right-click on the empty area of the desktop. A shortcut menu will appear. If you have Windows XP, click "Properties" in the context menu. If your OS is Windows 7, select "Screen Resolution". In the window that opens, click on "Advanced Options". A window opens in which you can view information about the name of the model of the installed video card and the main characteristics.

You can also use this system method. Click "Start". Select "All Programs", then "Standard". In standard programs, select the command line. At the command prompt, type dxdiag. Press Enter. In the window that opens, go to the "Display" tab. In the upper left corner there is a section "Device". There you can see information about the installed model of the video card.

If you want to learn more besides the modeldetailed characteristics of your video card, then for this purpose you need to use an additional program. Download the AIDA64 Extreme Edition application from the Internet. Install this program on your computer's hard drive. Restart the computer.

Start AIDA64. After scanning the system, you will be in the main menu of the program. In the right window, click on the "Display" option. Then select "Graphics Processor" in the device list. Detailed information about the installed video card appears. The name of the model is written at the top, in the "Graphics Processor Properties" section.

In addition to the basic information, you can viewfull information about the characteristics of the video card: learn the type of memory bus, the frequency of the processor and memory, bandwidth and many other parameters. From the bottom of the window there are links to the developer's site, update the BIOS of the video card and drivers.