Hello,

I'm reinstalling XP on my kids' PC (they've downloaded so much junk it's running like a dog).

Well, I thought I knew which video card they had on there but I was wrong. I have a bunch of CDs that came with the various video cards in use in one or the other PC in the house but I can't figure out which one to use.

I did some research online and found some suggestions telling me that I could find out what video card was being used by running the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.

However, when I run it I don't see anything next to "Name:" in the Display tab. The Manufacturer, Chip Type & DAC Type both have n/a next to them.

I've opened up the case and looked at the video card but there is no manufacturer logo/label anywhere. There is what looks like a serial number.

DOes anyone have any idea how I can figure out which video card this is?

Thanks in advance for any help

There might be more info in Control Panel.

Or, you can use a system program like SIW. It will group hardware and sofware and tell you as much as can be found out. It even identifies graphic chipsets.

You can also try a program like GPUz. Similar to CPUz but for graphics processors.

Both available from sites like majorgeeks.com

Thanks! I downloaded that utility and it helped.

All is fine again.