The answer to a simple question about the video card installed on a computer or laptop is interested in many users. This happens because its model depends, whether you can install the desired toy, watch a video in excellent quality, i.e. It determines the graphic capabilities of your computer. Knowing the video card model, it is easy to get acquainted with its technical characteristics in order to correctly install drivers.
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There are several ways to determine the installed video card. Without the help of third -party programs, use Windows internal means. In all its versions, this is done approximately the same. Open the main menu - “Start”. In the section "Control Panel" go the way: "Equipment and sound / dispatcher of devices / video adapters." The name of a particular model and its manufacturer will be available to you. The method is fast, but uninformative. A complete picture of its characteristics is needed.
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In order to find out everything about your video card, you need to install additional software. The best proven tool is popular EVEREST(or AIDA64 Extreme Edition). The use of this kind of programs is more professional. Download the program, install, run to execution. Open the Windows Device / Device tab. On the right side of the window, select "Video -adapters". Click on this line - and see the name of your video card. In the lower third of the window, its detailed description will be displayed. Including - the driver and the date of his publication. On the Internet, find information about the driver, if a new version has been released, then be sure to update it from the official site. Its address is visible from the bottom of the window.
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The size of the video card is an important characteristic. You can find out the amount of memory in the "Computers" section. Open it on the left side of the EVEREST window. In additional tabs, find “total information”. The necessary information is at the bottom of the right side of the window. The radiation “Display” contains information about the installed video adapter, the number in brackets - this is the amount of memory of the video card.
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The speed of the fan and the temperature of the video card are indicated in the "sensor" section of the "computer" tab. In the relevant fields on the right - “temperature” and “fans” - information about the temperature of the graphic processor, the speed of rotation of the fan of the video card are contained.
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If you think it is difficult to install and use such a powerful program as EVEREST, then use a small free program Hwinfo. It will help you determine the model, the characteristics of the video card and the entire hardware of the PC, find the drivers, can generate the report, find out the temperature of the sensors of the entire system. All information about the video card, as in the palm of your hand, in one click.
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Information about the system and about the video card can also be obtained using the program Speccy. Download it from the Piriform developer website, which is the author of another program, beloved by many users - CCleaner. Unlike the previous one, this program is completely Russified. Install it. After the launch, about 2 minutes will pass - and information about the video card and all hardware will be displayed on the screen.
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Find out what your video card is - built -in or external, you can, having examined the rear panel of the system unit. If you find that the cable from the monitor is connected through the connector surrounded by mouse connectors, LAN, USB and other sockets, then you have an integrated video card. Another option: the video card is connected on a horizontal bar, where there are several more forks for video cables. This means that the video card is connected as an external device through the expansion slot.
Before purchasing a video game, set its compatibility with the model of your video adapter. On the box with the game, they are now indicating not only the volume of video memory, but also a series of compatible video plates.
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