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i dont know what my video card is but i think it is a nvidia. i have a laptop and i had gotten a virus that made me reformat. windows doesnt recognize my VC so i dont know what i need for drivers. can anyone tell me what i need to do to get the proper drivers?
Name: rem408 Date: July 10, 2009 at 15:52:27 Pacific
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Have you tried going to your Video Card's Manufactures website?
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Name: celophane Date: July 10, 2009 at 15:55:27 Pacific
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yeah it does me no good because i dont know the model and i dont know if my laptop even installed the card or no
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Response Number 3
Name: plyduster Date: July 10, 2009 at 17:21:24 Pacific
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Celophane,
Here's a simple way of finding out, provided you have directx installed.
Go to Start---Run---type in dxdiag in the command line---press enter. The display tab should tell you what kind of video device you have. You can also download gpu-z if this doesn't work. Here's a link to their website:
A simple way is to find the model nimber of your laptop, then go to the manufacturer's website & download the drivers. Do you know the model number? It should be on the laptop somewhere...possibly a label on the underside?
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