Accelerated Graphics card

Dunkyboy_2

Where can i find details of my Accelerated Graphic card ( if i have one)on my PC.
I have 4 year old Packard bell and is going well.

i want to know because i want to download some software and it strongly recommends that i have a accelerated Graphics card. If i don't have one, can i buy one or upgrade,( is it a physical thing, or a bit of software). Which is a good make and where do you get them from.
thanks.

movieman

Display properties should tell you. The 'settings' pane should say '<some kind of monitor> on <some kind of graphics card>'.

I don't think it's possible to buy a PC today without a 3D card, but some are vastly more powerful than others. Let us know what kind you have.

leesmithg

You can open the side panel of your pc unit and see if it's in the AGP slot.

You can also check device manager under hardware and see the cards name then google it for it's details.

Quincy_3

Try running PC Wizard

Or Everest Home choose the bottom one.

Everest will deffo tell you.

Dead_Eye_Jones

plenty of diagnositc progs out there too if you want some more detail

eg google threw up:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads9.html

Dunkyboy_2

Thanks for the help,
i have a SiS 650 (64MB) Video adapter
and a
3D Accelerater SiS 315 Integrated

is this good. The SiS650 gets a bad press for people who play games, so not sure if it is ok for what i want.

i should of said that the software is for making Picture slideshows to burn to disc, ( ProShow Gold).

I didn't want to buy it then find out it wouldn't work because my PC is too old/Slow etc..

do you think i am ok with what i have, or do i need something better.

Quincy_3

Just download the Free Trial first http://www.photodex.com/downloads/trials.html

Dunkyboy_2

But of-course, why didn't i think of that....

i shall give it a go tonight,
just one thing, one of the programmes i ran told me that six of my drivers could be updated, but i have to register first then pay $25 to upgrade, is this worth it, or should i leave well alone, as everything seems to be working well on my PC.

Quincy_3

Dunkyboy wrote:

But of-course, why didn't i think of that....

i shall give it a go tonight,
just one thing, one of the programmes i ran told me that six of my drivers could be updated, but i have to register first then pay $25 to upgrade, is this worth it, or should i leave well alone, as everything seems to be working well on my PC.

Dont worry about the upgrades as in buying them, but what you could do is visit the manufacturers website of what needs upgrading then do some looking on support pages and most likely get them free anyway, but if all is ok why bother, i.e, if it aint broke dont bother fixing it.

:beer:

Or Visit https://www.driverguide.com and join for free.

movieman

Yeah, the SiS chip is an antique in computer years, but appears to have similar specs to a Geforce 2 MX, which wasn't too bad for its time. It's certainly worth giving the software demo a try, I suspect you'll be OK.

Dunkyboy_2

Thanks Quincy,
think i will leave well alone.