The easy way to tell is download a program called SIW and run that. It will tell you everything you wanted to know about the hardware and software on your computer. Best of all its free
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You can run the upgrade wizard and if there will be a problem it'll tell you Yes. You have to identify the graphics chip you have. Then get an XP driver for the graphics chip you have.
To tell which graphic card is in your computer you must first click the start button and click run. Then type in Dxdiag then click display and you should see all your graphics.
the command lspci will tell you what hardware you have
We need the model number to tell you that.
You need to be asking about your graphics card. A modem is used for a phone line connection, and therefore does nothing with pixel shading. You need to get a graphics card to do that.
look at box. i dont know from top of my head, but will tell on box or in instruction manuel.
If you mean you want to use a graphic card and not your onboard graphics , then yes. But you don't touch the chip, when you install a card into the slot, and remove your onboard graphic drivers, then install your card drivers, then you will be using the card. Most cards will tell you how to install the card and when to uninstall drivers and when to install them. Almost all motherboards have a slot that can run a graphics card. Just make sure its better than your onboard or you will be wasting your time.
Go to start > run > and type "dxdiag" and hit enter. A small list of your system specifications will show up. Video Display will tell you your graphics card.
If your laptop is equipped with a USB port (most are) then virtually any USB wireless adapter will work.
if you do not know what graphics card is in your pc, you most likely have onboard graphics- i.e graphics which are rendered by your motherboard or processor. however, if you are not sure what grahics card you have, you can run the directx diagnostic tool, whic will tell you just about all the specs of your pc. this is run by going start menu > run> then type in 'dxdiag' without the quotes. the relevant information will be found under the 'display' tab.
I need to get a newer graphics card for gaming. My PC is a sony vaio PCV-RX644. Can anyone tell me if all graphics cards are compatible. I am looking at Nvidia mainly, maybe a 256mb or 512mb or are these too poweful ? Anyone suggest a specific one ?