graphics card question

How do I tell is my graphics card supports pixel shader?
I have never upgraded it so whatever came with the computer is what I have only I don't know what I have. Any help on where to locate the info?
Thanks

 

What video card do you have (chip)?
If it's nvidia (Geforce) or ati (Radeon) then yes it does support pixel shader.

 

Go into System Properties (either through control panel or My Computer-> Right-click -> Properties...) and click the Hardware tab. Launch Device Manager. Expand Display Adapters on the left side. Note what model video card you have. If it says only something generic, try running the program below:

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Once you have found out what the chipset for the video card is, go to this website:

http://www.neeyik.info/3dspecs/

There you will find all the info you will need on your video card.

Hope this helped!

 

Here is what it says
Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
The Neeyik site does not appear to list this one.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

 

ok this a test to see if this is a real information forum or just one big advertisment... I would like to see a reply to this from anyone...

The reply should be the word "monkey"... thats it... one word... "monkey"

Please and thank you...

 

c'mon pparring... if you really exist? reply...

 

MONKEY! lol

back to the question...I dont believe that that graphics chipset supports pixel shaders though i may be mistaken. Im pretty sure though that it doesnt

 

After checking intel's site http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel852gm/ It seems like it don't support pixel shader.

 

Most of Intel's onboard chipsets do not; that one is no exception.

What this means, pparring, is that your video processing is done right on the motherboard instead of on a separate chip (i.e. a separate video card). In order to play games that require pixel shading, you'll need to purchase a new video card.

This is my old video card, which I just upgraded from a couple months ago. It served me well, if you're looking for a relatively inexpensive, yet very good card to play some games.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814195027

If you want the latest version of pixel shading, that's a different story...

 

Thanks everyone for all the help!
I'm not sure I get the monkey comment
Anyway. Thanks to the members here for once again helping out the computer challenged!

 

You're welcome =)