You can find the BIOS version of your video card by pressing DEL immediately your computer starts.
dxdiag.exe
I have a time laptop which keeps crashing. How do I find out which version of Insyde bios it should be using
Install the video card and on start up enter BIOS and turn off on board video if you have that. Then load current video driver for your card. If you don't have the latest driver. Go to the makers web site and click on support and find your model. The download is free. Then follow the instructions I've given up above.
That depends on what kind of video card you have. If you have an integrated video card (most likely) you may be able to allocate some more shared memory to the video by simply adjusting a setting in the BIOS. You can find out how to do that in the system manual. However, many BIOS config program will not allow you to allocate more than a certain percentage of system memory, so increasing your total system memory might allow you to set a higher percentage of shared memory to the video adapter. However, if you have a dedicated video card, it would have it's own memory built into it, and therefore you wouldn't be able to increase it, short of replacing that video adapter entirely with one that has more memory already on it. Check your system specs with the manufacture and see which you have, and proceed from there.
The AMI or Award BIOS id appears at the bottom of your screen after power on, during memory count up. The PAUSE key should work at that point, allowing you to write down the BIOS number, the BIOS date, and the version. You must copy it exactly. Another (easier) way to get the Award/AMI BIOS ID is by downloading the BIOS Agent Plus software which will scan your PC and return your BIOS ID among other hardware information.
You can find a video card at any computer shop or somthing like that.
The cheapest video card that i could find is the GeForce 310M graphics card
One can find video card comparisons online from several different places. Some of the places in which one can find video comparisons online are: Microsoft, and Computer Hope.
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* Any video card supporting DirectX 8.0 or higher has Pixel Shader 1.1. * Any video card supporting DirectX 8.1 or higher has Pixel Shader 1.3/1.4 & Vertex Shader 1.1 * Any video card supporting DirectX 9.0 or higher has Pixel Shader 2.0. * As of DirectX 9.0c there is support for Pixel Shader 3.0. * For Vista only, video cards supporting Direct3D 10 have Pixel Shader 4.0. You can upgrade your Pixel Shader version by buying a video card with the appropriate support for the versions of DirectX listed above. The related links will provide you with the information as to which video card supports which version of DirectX so you can make an intelligent choice for your purchase. DirectX/Pixel Shader support is not something you can upgrade on the video card, you must purchase a new one to upgrade it. If your video card is listed as having support for DirectX version 9.0c/Pixel Shader 3.0, but you keep getting an error saying you do not meet Pixel Shader 3.0, your version of DirectX may be out of date. You can update your DirectX version (and should have it updated regardless of what your video card can support, due to bug fixes and other changes) to the newest one. You can find the newest version at the link below for Microsoft's download site (Windows XP/Server 2003 or lower) or through Windows Update (Microsoft Update).
It all depends on what video card you have. Linked below is the wikipedia article on pixel shader technology. It has a convenient chart on what cards have what level of pixel shader. For more detailed information you will need to google up the specs on your particular video card. If you dont know what video card you have, follow the other link below to the question "How do you find out what video card you have?"
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