Graphics Card & Windows

[Managarm]

Sorry for the non-Amiga question but I really need help with something. I've installed Windows 2000 on a P4 desktop. It's all set up fine except for the fact that it's not recognising my graphics card. I have no idea what the card would be so I can't download the driver for it. Is there a way to find out in Windows what the name of the card is?

[Managarm]

Thanks for the reply. Windows tells me that it's using a default VGA driver which gives me 16 colours and a 640 X 480 resolution. Unfortunately I've no pictures of it, I guess I'll have to open the box up and have a look. Forgive the dumb question but I assume the graphics card will be directly behind where the monitor cable plugs in?

[Managarm]

Unfortunately my internet doesn't arrive until Monday. The really annoying thing is that the older PC I own tells you the name of the graphics card when it's powering up. Is there any sort of program I could download at work now that would recognise an unknown card?

[Managarm]

Nice one! I tried it on the computer here at work and it brings up far more detailed stuff then messing around with Hardware Wizard and the like. I really hope this recognises my card.

[Managarm]

Hi, thanks for that it looks really good. We've no CD burners at work so I'll do it at college tomorrow. Thinking back I should have just asked the guy in the shop when I bought it.

[Managarm]

I shall try both of them. I've got until Monday to sort this out. (That's when BT deliver the modem for broadband.)

[Managarm]

Thanks. I think I'll try the software options first and if they don't yield any results then I'll have a look at the card.

[Managarm]

Thankyou everyone for your replies to this. I ran both of those Sysinfotype programs and it seems that I have 'Intel Extreme Graphics'. I've downloaded several versions of the driver (just to be safe) from different sites and so it should be fine.

[Managarm]

It all works fine. The driver from the Intel website installed perfectly and I've now got true colour. The Sysinfo programs said that the graphics card is integrated into the 845G/845GE/845GL/845GV chipset. (It obviously couldn't narrow it down more than that.)

[Managarm]

Thanks for the advice. I think I'm a little way off getting a better graphics card. I've only been a PC owner for a few months and the most graphically advanced games I've got are Quake 2 and Populous the Beginning. It will happen one day mind.