If you didn’t build your computer yourself and the name of your video card isn’t printed on a nice little sticker on the case, it’s not always easy to find out what you’ve got inside without cracking the case open. Fortunately, there is a way:

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Information.
2. In the System Information window, in the list on the left side, open the Components category, and then click Display.
3. In the right side of the window, the Name and Adapter Description labels describe your video card model.

2 Responses to “What kind of video card do I have?”

1. Nickolaus says:

   March 28, 2008 at 12:45 pm

   Thanks for the tip, worked great. Worked with Direct X and two other programs and could not get the name of the video card.

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2. Crista says:

   March 24, 2009 at 11:44 am

   I followed the direction you posted so that I could find out what kind of video card was installed on my laptop. There was nothing in the Display section. The people who fixed my laptop were supposed to replace/upgrade the Video card. Think they forgot or put it somewhere else. I sure paid for the video card. NVIDIA GeForce4Go 32MB Video Card is on the invoice for $59.95.

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