where can I find system info for my video card?

I should know where to find info about my video adapter card such as make and mb but I don't. I looked under System Infomation> under System Summary, OS is Windows ME. Thanks

 

The easiest way is download and install/run Everest; a free download right here at Major Geeks. It will display every little tidbit of info about all the hardware in your PC. For video card info w/o using Everest: Control Panel > Display > Settings > Advanced > Adapter and it should show the make, model, and how many MB's are on the video card. If the sequence isn't right, I apologize; I haven't used ME in a LONG time

hd2k

 

hd2k...thanks for the tip.

I found that I have a 32mb DDR ATI Radeon 4x AGP Graphic Card.
My system is:
Dell Dimension 8100
Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
80GB ultra ATA 5400 rpm hard drive
256mb RDRAM
Windows ME
IE 6

When I orded this computer I choose the cheapest graphic video card I could, thinking the card was only for computer game use, which I didn't do. I am know thinking my graphic video card is not matched to my processor. Any thoughts?

 

hi, just google RADEON, and also try SAPPHIRETECH.COM,
they are part of the RADEON company and then searh for the
grapics card you have and it will tell you....

hope this is some help to you..

 

I'm not trying to be rude here, but the whole system is a bit outdated. If I'm not mistaken, the whole Dell 8100 series used socket 423 CPU's and RDRAM for memory; so as far as a CPU upgrade goes, it's impossible without changing the motherboard. RDRAM is still available, but it's VERY expensive, and very picky about it's configuration, and it HAS to be in pairs: for 256mb you'd need two 128mb RDRAM sticks. The only thing you can reasonably upgrade is the video card and the hard drive. But, if you're not gaming, and your hard drive isn't getting full, then these upgrades aren't really necessary. Instead of upgrading anything, I'd start saving money to build myself a new PC. You can build a pretty nice PC for under $600 that will blow away your current setup and will play today's resource hungry games.....

hd2k

 

hd2k hi,

Thanks for the input, I aprreciate your help.
I can't afford a new computer and I don't play computer games, but I do enjoy tweaking my computer and trying to get the most out of it, hence my question.

I have had my computer for 7 years and still works great. Recently I started doing some internet reading and found out about this great site and found out how to tweak the settings. I now use SELECTIVE START UP to limit programs and apps, and use EASY CLEANER and CC CLEANER for house cleaning and of course I use spyware, firewall and virus protection.

My computer boots in normal mode to desktop with firewall and virus protectin running and with 87% resources free, which isn't bad for 256mb ram. My question about the video card is based on some reading I did that said a low mb card, (I have a 32mb card) can be the weak chain in the length for viewing pages and graphics. Can just the memory of the card be changed? Or do you have to replace the whole card?