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Step 1
Identify your card, you can usually do so by right clicking on your desktop and selecting properties then advanced, as seen in the video.
Alternatively one may go to Device Manager via Start - Run - "devmgmt.msc"
Once there, click the + next to Display adapters.
Note: If you have an integrated card this means that the your computer is using part of its memory to serve for graphics processing. If this is the case you do not actually have a videocard and therefore the drivers cannot be updated. -
Step 2
Device Manager
Now that you have the name, your best bet is to go to the company website, may it be ATI, NVidia, Vodoo etc.
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Step 3
On the main page of the site scan for Downloads and/or Drivers.
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Step 4
ATI's driver pageNow you will be asked to identify your card. Select your Operating System, card series (fancy name they put on the card such as Radeon,Geforce etc) and finally the number, then browse the results for the latest date and download.
Comments
PeterN said
on 8/12/2007 OK - this is again interesting - and I have been sent here through an E-mail from How To - because the answer to my problem is apparently here. It isn't!
The video clip on this article is too quick, too small to read and, therefore, unusable.
The instructions are as worthwhile. If I right-click on my desktop, and select properties, I DO NOT get an Advanced selection unless I get to either Appearance, or Settings, neither of which helps me find out what my Video Card is. Without knowledge of what my Video Card is, I cannot find a driver for it. So - this article does not assist me in any way - although maybe it helps others. I still don't know: (1) whether I have a video card, and (2) How I can find out what it is.
HELP, please, someone.
PeterN