How can I detect my graphics card with no driver installed?

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I have no idea what graphics card hardware do I have, and have no driver installed. How can I detect what graphics card do I have to install the right driver?

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What your operating system? – stderr Jul 13 '13 at 19:16

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 11 '16 at 01:15

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For Windows I would see if Slimdrivers can autodetect it first otherwise try this.

Device Manger->Display Adapter
Right click on the device and click properties.
Click on the details tab.
Use the drop down to select:"Hardware Ids"
Ven is short for vendor so ATI/AMD, nvidia, Intel are the most common.
Dev is the device ID.

google Dev #### and Ven ####
You should be able to find it.

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answered Jul 13 '13 at 19:17

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If you have the vendor and/or device ID go to → http://www.pcidatabase.com – nixda Jul 13 '13 at 19:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 13 '13 at 19:15

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Have a look at the output of dmesg or lspci or lsusb (if it is a USB video card).

For me, I get the following:

> lspci | grep -i vga
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [ION] (rev a2)

answered Jul 13 '13 at 19:15

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How can I detect my graphics card with no driver installed?

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