Update my graphic cards

Last update on April 19, 2009 09:50 AM by jak58
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Update my graphic cards




Introduction


Looking for better performance of graphic cards or your current one is not functioning properly. Below is a tips of how to upgrade graphic card.
Update driver for your Graphic Cards.
The first and essential thing that you should know before you make any update, you should detect the marks and models of your graphic cards.

Detecting marks and models


There are many ways to collect this information. Below is are two ways for detecting marks and models of your graphic card.

Option 1


Right click on your desktop and select Properties.
In the Display Properties, select “Settings” > “Advanced


Finally select “Adapter
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Option 2


Right click on “My Computer” and select “Manage”.
Then double click on “Device Manager”.
In the right opened window, click on “Display adapters

Proceed with Update


To proceed with Update of your graphic card, go to below websites :

If your graphic card is ATI, follow below link:

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

Download the driver and run the new application for automatic update to be effected.


If the your graphic card is nvidia , follow below link and download the driver :

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

One last thing ; Don't forget to have the latest DiretX version installed on your PC , in order to play the recent games.
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