Check What Video Card You Have on Windows 7

Edited by Lukward Thomason, Crystal, Eng

Welcome to VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to check what type of video card is on your Windows 7 computer.

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Steps

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    To check this, open the "Run" program
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    To open the "Run" program, press the Windows button and R simultaneously on the keyboard. A new window will open.
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    In this window, type "dxdiag" and press enter
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    It may take some time, but a new window will open.
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    Once the window is open, you will be presented with the information about the computer
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    It will tell you its name, operating system, language, manufacturer of the system, and so on.
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    To check what video card is in the computer, press the "Display" tab
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    If it is the first time running this tool, the system will ask if you would like to analyze it. Click OK.
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    In this case, the computer has already been analyzed, and it says the video card is "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT"
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    The approximate total memory is 1267 MB. This is the full information about the video card.
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    Once you have all the information you need, click Exit
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    This concludes the tutorial on how to check what type of video card you have on your Windows 7 computer
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Categories : Hardware | Windows

Recent edits by: Crystal, Lukward Thomason

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