How do I determine what type of video card my computer has?

I am trying to play a Doom 3 game and wanted to be sure my computer meets all the requirements, because the game keeps shutting down. I am sure of all of them except a hardware accelerator card and the video card type.

Also; I am running Windows XP on a fairly new Dell desktop. THX|||go to start>programs>accessories>system tools >system information.|||go to pcpitstop.com run a quick test, it will give all the results about your computer in colored flags, click on the video flag, it will tell you everything you need to know. The test takes 1-5 minutes.|||there cuold be a sticker on the front of PC that would give you this information, i think pcpitstop.com can run a test on your PC that would also include this information.



you could alsotake the side panel off and just look, alot of them say what they are on it|||by simply choosing device manager



Right click on the MY COMPUTER and select property on the third tab that must be HARDWARE u can find a button DEVICE MANAGER click on that one, it will show u the list of the hardware u r using|||from the run command, type dxdiag and hit enter



Now click on the video tab, lots of other useful things there too.|||Follow this link

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/g…



Enter the service tag number



Look for the configuration tab



The type of video card will be listed under configuration|||Click Start, rightclick My Computer, Properties, Hardware, click Device manager, then Display adapters, and your video card will show there...then double click that for details...

Then look up the specifications of your videocard on the Internet to see what shader it supports or whatever info more you need...|||go to your start button.



then look up untill you go to "control panel"



device manager.



performance and maintenence.





then click "system"



check around in there..in your device manager list.



i can't do it now, i'm on a government owned computer. :)



smartyphred out!!!|||open up the computer and remove the video card, it should have the name and model of the card on it, then put it back together and look it up on the internet if need be.



the easy way is press the window key and the pause/break key, and in system properties under device manager find your video card and check the properties of it.