WindowsIf you have a notebook or laptop computer:
It's always best to use the vendor drivers, be sure those are up to date. Only if that fails you can try to experiment with other drivers.
For laptops with ATI video cards you can use the drivers from
http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati.php Nvidia users can try drivers from
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/If you have a desktop or workstation computer:
Before you can update the graphics driver, you need to know what kind of graphics card you have.
The easiest way is to run the DirectX Diagnostic Tool:
1. Click "Start."
2. On the "Start" menu, click "Run."
3. In the "Open" box, type "dxdiag" (without the quotation marks) , and then click "OK."
4. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool opens. Click the "Display" tab.
5. On the "Display" tab, information about your graphics card is shown in the "Device" section. You can see the name of your card, as well as how much video memory it has.
Once you know the kind of graphics card you have, visit the manufacturer's website to download the latest driver. Here are links for downloading drivers from the most common graphics card manufacturers:
* NVIDIA:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp * ATI from AMD:
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html * Intel:
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/Mac OS X 1. Click the Apple.
2. On the "Apple" menu, click "Software Update."
3. If there is a Mac OS X update available, you can install it. If there is a graphics driver update, it will be included in the Mac OS X update.
Linux Generally you can use the drivers that are included in your distribution. If you have issues consider using propitary drivers (This is especially important for nividia users)
If you are still having issues check for a new version of your favorite distribution.
