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video card up to date???

cooper1303
cooper1303 Posts: 38 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
how do i check to see if my video card is up to date. . .

step by step please:beer:

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  • the-computer-saint
    the-computer-saint Posts: 5 Forumite
    Are you talking about the drivers of the card? If so... You'd have to go into device manager, right click on the "My computer" icon on the desktop/start menu > Go to "Properties" at the bottom of that menu > Then click on the "Hardware" tab > click on "Device manager" button.

    You'll now have a list of devices on your computer, click the plus next to "Display Adapters" and it should have 1 device, maybe 2 depending on your computer.

    If you right click and go to "Properties", or double click on the device. Once the "Properties" menu is up, go to the "Driver" tab. This should show you "Driver Version"

    You can see if this matches what the cards manufacturer has on their site... so I think its ati.com for ATi cards, if you have a computer from companies like HP they might have a tested driver on their site, but both should work

    You can also get a free program called Belarc advisor which tells you lots of things about your computer.
  • cooper1303
    cooper1303 Posts: 38 Forumite
    i don't know how to check it on ATI.com

    help someone please . . . . .
  • ABH_3
    ABH_3 Posts: 1,211 Forumite
    cooper1303 wrote: »
    i don't know how to check it on ATI.com

    help someone please . . . . .

    You need to ascertain that your card is from ati.com before you go and randomly download a driver. Follow the advice offered by the previous poster and make sure the driver you're seeking is from ati then post the driver information you found in a follow up post and someone will provide a link to the driver you require.

    You could use Belar Advisor as previously stated: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html to audit your computer, look under Graphics and type what it says into your follow up post. It may say something like Nvidia 8800GTX or ATI 3870x2 those are the details that are required.

    HTH
    It could have been worse. At least source code's not combustible, or you can bet somebody at McAfee would have lit it.
  • the-computer-saint
    the-computer-saint Posts: 5 Forumite
    Yes, I should have said... When you go into Device manager and under your "Display Adapters" you'll see "ATi X200..." or "Intel ***" or something along those lines.

    You'll have to look, if you have Nvdia card then go to Nvidias' website, etc.

    You will have to find your card and download your own driver. :)
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