Any owner of a personal computer or laptop, sooner or later wondering about what video card is on your computer.This knowledge is not necessary, perhaps, to those who did not seek to understand, on which computer it is running.Understand how to identify the video card is also required for timely updates and drivers, if needed, upgrade the hardware components (upgrade).
video card - is an integral part of any computer system, which provides the output image on the screen.Structurally, it may be as a separate device (motherboard) and integrated.In the first case we are talking about a discrete solution, and the second - on integrated.Currently has no effect on how to identify the video card - procedure is identical.The main thing - to implement the recommendations consistently.
There are several ways to determine the video card.All of them are effective and give a 100% result.Just a question: why not use just one?The thing is that people are different, and what is more convenient one, the other will seem "dark forest".Realizing this, we present several options of how to define the graphics card.I will only read and to choose the most convenient for you.First, consider the order of action for the individual devices.
One of the easiest - is to take a book-instruction from a discrete graphics card, a box or a warranty card and find the model name.
Its opposite - the most sophisticated way.It involves the removal of the side cover of the system unit, finding there a video card and reading its label exact name.Sometimes it may be necessary to decrypt the alphanumeric designations.
compromise variant - to use appropriate software.If the card in the operating system already installed the drivers, you can proceed as follows.In any empty area of the desktop click the right mouse button and select "Screen Resolution."Then we follow in the "Advanced Settings" and open the tab "Adapter" (all the above is true for systems Vista - Win 8).It displays information about the BIOS and graphics processor.
determine the model of video card built-in Windows tools may be another way.To do this, we call the properties of the shortcut "Computer" and follow in the "Device Manager" (here you can get also from the control panel).In the list of connected components to find and open the "Display Adapters."It displays the name of the map, including manufacturers.
This data is sufficient to find the necessary drivers and orientation in the possibilities of computer graphics subsystem.
much more detailed results provide specialized programs.For example, download, install and run the application GPU-Z, you can define the detailed specifications of the GPU.Also worth mentioning is the diagnostic AIDA64.After starting to follow the list item "Display".
integrated solutions for the order changed slightly.Since a separate box to the card is not present, then the data should look at the website of the developer used the motherboard (in the case of soldering on the motherboard GPU) or read the specification of the CPU (if the card is integrated into the chip).Also it is not always possible to determine the type of the integrated card at dismantling the system case.Software methods are fully applicable.
