Checking/updating my video card

[Gondric]

i have a video card... WOW
but i cant seem to find out what sort it is or nething about it.
on the start menu theres a little icon which says intel(R)Greaphics technology but all i can acomplish with that is changing colours and turning the screen upside down (which is cool)
when i played WoW in the video options it said something about Nvidia which might be the video card i have.
but every  computer (about 3) ive played wow on has said that.

the video card i have it good enough but i was going to try to update it and need some help finiding out what sort it is thanks.

[Karyuu]

Type dxdiag into your Run command, and take a look at the Display tab.

[Gondric]

aha i got a 48mb intel(r) brookdale-G Graphics controller

Ne idea how i might update this and is it ne good

[Karyuu]

This isn't an actual graphics card, unfortunately. 48MB is very low, and doesn't even meet PlaneShift's minimum requirements... :}

[Gondric]

well im playing it hehehe.
so if this isnt a video card and i can play WoW and PS with some dificulty in BD (also some other stuff screws up) what the hell is running this thing lol

[Xordan]

It's integrated as opposed to dedicated. Basically it means that it lacks many of the features that a lot of games need, and shares resources with the rest of the PC. But it can run things

[Karyuu]

Hm, found this. Since it's from Intel, head over to this page and see if you can find a driver newer than your current.

[Gondric]

Ne idea which one i need to download or how to find out?

[Karyuu]

You've either the Intel® 845G Chipset, or the GL :] Sure there are no more details on that Display window?

How about if you right-click anywhere on your desktop, hit Properties, and then look at the Settings tab?

[Gondric]

i did the settings thing then advanced and it had a link to download updates of course it dont work lol
if i download this stuff then install it wont screw it up will it?
EDIT:
oh also which of the 3 dls do i DL all of em?

[Karyuu]

On the Settings tab, what I wanted you to look for was some information about your graphics. Like:



It's always better to install drivers that are for your hardware Any way you can take a screenshot of the dxdiag screen?

[Gondric]

yeh sure justa sec

*edit*


there ya go.
how it get so small ahh
Edit: imageshack stuffed it up how should i host it?

[ Please avoid making one post right after the other in the same thread. Just "Modify" your first post to add more information. --Karyuu ]

[Kiirani]

If it helps, dxdiag never did work for me (probably the windows install, it's missing a few bits), so I get my graphics information from device manager. Control panel > System > Hardware > Device manager > Display Adapters > your card, right click, properties.

(Now someone will tell me there's a much quicker route :p I don't use windows much.)

[Gondric]

same info harder way to get it lol
Edit: neways
http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dxdiag1qj.png
go to that and click on the image and it will make it better detail (i think u could do it with the old link neways)

*edit*

Have you found anything Karyuu?

[Karyuu]

Not really, no. Have you tried Kiiranni's suggestion?