How do I detect what kind of video card I have?

I restored my computer to an earlyer setting but with it went my video card drivers. How can I detect what I have?|||Go to the device manager. ~

Install or update there.|||type "dxdiag" in run and choose the third tab|||if you reinstalled XP. it should have loaded drivers for it. if it won't load drivers, then this is the only way to find out. dxdiag will not work if the system doesn't reconize the card to load drivers. if it is a PCI card or AGP card, then pull it out and write the model numbers down. first thing is to go to the manurfacturer site for the drivers. if nothing there, goto driversguide.com and they will be their. if it is onboard video, you'll need to open the tower up and get the make and model of the motherboard and also look to see the chip set that is on it. this is usally located toward the left center of the board above a AGP slot. it will be a black 1X1 square chip.|||click start, then right click "My Computer", then click on properties , then choose 'Hardware', click on Device Manager, then look for Display Adaptor. Click it and that will tell you what video card u have.|||dxdiag and the device manager "would" work if the correct drivers were installed.



Since the correct drivers are not installed, DXDIAG and the Device manager would misreport the video adapter as "standard Video Adapter" or something to that effect.



If you have a store built computer, like an HP or Dell, then you simply need to go to their website and they will have all the drivers required for your model PC.



Alternatively, you can take the side panel off your computer and look at the card itself.