Graphic Card

diabolicdude · 15-04-2008, 07:54 PM

How can i detect whether i have a graphic card or not?

How can i now my Graphic memory?

Thnks in advance
Pallav AHooja

ajayashish · 15-04-2008, 10:02 PM

If ur monitor is displaying something then u have a Graphic card for sure... how can u see anything without a card... now it might be a an onboard card or a seperate one... you need to open the cabinet and see if there is a seperate peripherial attached to it to give the display or not... Memory size can be seen from Display Properties

diabolicdude · 15-04-2008, 11:16 PM

can't detect whether i have a separate card without opening my cabinet??

ajayashish · 15-04-2008, 11:23 PM

can u tell me what is written in the Display Properties panel...

I mean... take a screen shot and post it and i will try to find it for you...

diabolicdude · 15-04-2008, 11:41 PM

here's the screenshot

ajayashish · 16-04-2008, 12:07 AM

You have an onboard graphic controller with 32 MB shared memory

diabolicdude · 16-04-2008, 07:08 PM

hey,dude how can one know whether one has onboard or separate display card....

pimpom · 17-04-2008, 12:23 PM

I could not get your screenshot to load. Anyway, note where the connector from your monitor fits on to the display output port at the back of your CPU.

If you have onboard graphics, the port will be in the upper half of the CPU, near the other ports like mouse, keyboard, USB, etc. The long side of the connector will be vertical.

If you have a separate graphics card, the port will be in the lower half of the CPU. And the long side of the connector will be horizontal.

There may be a few exceptions to these rules, but they will look like that in the vast majority of computers.