How to I.D video card?

Mutch · Post by **Mutch** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:55 pm

So I just got my computer back from a friend... Right now I only have wireless internet, cant hook my pc up to the internet. It says that I have a vga device thats compatible when I go to the properties, but to download the drivers on my laptop I need to know what model it is.

Is there another way to do this? Besides taking the video card out ( Not even 100 percent sure its listed on the video card)

Thanks for any help.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:57 pm

What model is the computer? and what OS?

Mutch · Post by **Mutch** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:58 pm

Windows xp home
Dual amd 3800+

Mutch · Post by **Mutch** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:18 pm

Found my pc packing list, so all good now. Thanks though

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:19 pm

you can always do a dxdiag in the run line to show system info..

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:45 pm

Sava700 wrote:you can always do a dxdiag in the run line to show system info..

or CpuZ http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php or BelArc http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Love those

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:21 pm

Humboldt wrote:http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Love those

yup. the last thing i do before i do a fresh install is run that and print it out. its really irritating when you get to your first desktop only to find half the devices in a computer are unidentified, meaning you need to now open up the system and start manually IDing devices.

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:36 pm

CPUZ is good, but you need drivers installed to run it on Vista ultimate 64 bit.