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This is an article on how to find the graphics card information of Windows, Mac and Linux computers.
Steps
On Windows
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Open Start
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. Click the Windows icon in the lower left corner of the screen.
- You can also right-click Start to open the advanced selection menu.
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Open Device Manager. Type device manager into Start, then click Device Manager above the search results.
- If you right-clicked Start, click Device Manager in the pop-up menu.
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Look for the heading “Display adapters”. Scroll down until you find this title in the Device Manager window.
- The options in the Device Manager window are arranged in alphabetical order, so you’ll see the “Display adapters” heading under the “D” section.
- If you see indented choices below the “Display adapters” heading, skip to the next step.
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Double-click the “Display adapters” heading. This immediately expands the title and shows you the installed graphics card information.
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View information of the graphics card. The name of the installed graphics card is displayed below the “Display adapters” heading. If you see multiple names here, it means that the computer has an additional graphics card installed in addition to the built-in one.
- You can search the name of the graphics card online for more details.
On Mac
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Open the Apple menu
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. Click the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen. A menu will appear here.
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Click About This Mac (About). This is the option at the top of the displayed menu.
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Click System Report… (System Report). This is the option at the bottom of the About This Mac window.
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Click ▼ to the left of Hardware . This is the option in the left pane of the System Report window.
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Click Graphics/Displays . This selection is in the middle of the selection group shown below the Hardware heading in the left pane.
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Find the name of the graphics card. This information displays in the upper right pane.
- You can also see the specifications of the graphics card listed below the name of the graphics card.
On Linux
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Open Terminal. Click on the Terminal application with the black box icon, or press Alt + Ctrl + T at the same time to open a new Terminal window.
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Update your computer’s list of PCI components. You need to type the following command into Terminal, then press ↵ Enter .
sudo update-pciids
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Enter password. Enter the password that you use to log in to your computer, and then press ↵ Enter . This will confirm the command and update the computer’s list of PCI components.
- The characters of the password will not be displayed when you type it in Terminal.
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Find your computer’s list of PCI components. You need to type the following command and press ↵ Enter to open the list of installed and built-in PCI components (including graphics cards):
lspci -v | less
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Find the graphics card. Drag the scroll bar of the Terminal window upwards until you find the title “Video controller”, “VGA compatible”, “3D” or “Integrated graphics; the name of the graphics card appears next to this title.
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Make a note of the graphics card’s ID number. This is the number displayed to the left of the graphics card’s title, and is usually in the format: 00:00.0
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Open a new Terminal window. Press Alt + Ctrl + T again, or right-click the Terminal application and click New Terminal Window or something similar.
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Find the information of the graphics card. Enter the following command into the Terminal – remember to replace “00:02.0” with the graphics card’s ID number and press ↵ Enter to view the graphics card’s details: [1] X Research Source
sudo lspci -v -s 00 :02.0
Advice
- Graphics cards are also known as “video” cards.
- Most computers prefer to use the fastest or highest quality graphics card over the built-in graphics card.
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