How the heck do i know which video card?

[tony1853]

I have a Dell Dimension 4400 that was given to me. I've decided to blow it out, and place a fresh OS on it.

PROBLEM: I have no idea which video card is in the damn thing, and dell shows like 8 different drivers. How the hell can I figure it out?

Are there any utilities out there that one can download to detect this?

I know that using dxdiag at the command prompt gives some info - but it didn't tell me the make/model of the adapter.

HELP!

 

[Skyhack]

SiSoft Sandra will at least give you the chipset of card...Mine shows up as a GEForce 6600 but it doesn't say it's made by Chaintech...

 

[Lonyo]

Err, DX Diag should tell you what type of card you have. Go to "Display 1" and it should say "Name", and that's what you have. Or "Chip Type" if that fails.

 

[fliguy84]

go to desktop and right click, then go to Properties. under the Settings tab, you can see Display: 'your video card' on 'your monitor'