How to Check What Graphics Card or GPU is in Windows PC
A Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a single-chip processor primarily used to manage and boost the performance of video and graphics.
A graphics card (also called a display cardvideo carddisplay adapteror graphics adapter) is an expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display device (such as a computer monitor). Frequentlythese are advertised as discrete or dedicated graphics cardsemphasizing the distinction between these and integrated graphics. At the core of both is the graphics processing unit (GPU)which is the main part that does the actual computationsbut should not be confused as the video card as a wholealthough "GPU" is often used to refer to video cards.
This tutorial will show you different ways to check what graphics card or GPU is in your Windows 7Windows 8Windows 10or Windows 11 PC.
For a Windows 11 version of this tutorialsee:
Find GPU or Graphics Card Specs in Windows 11
Contents
- Option One: Check What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in Task Manager
- Option Two: Check What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in System Information (msinfo32)
- Option Three: Check What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in DirectX Diagnostic Tool (dxdiag)
- Option Four: Check What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in Device Manager
- Option Five: Check What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in Command Prompt
- Option Six: Check What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in PowerShell
OPTION ONECheck What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in Task Manager
This options is only available in Windows 10.
1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
2 In the Performance tabyou will see the name (ex: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI") of each GPU (if more than one) for your computer. (see screenshot below)
OPTION TWOCheck What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in System Information (msinfo32)
1 Press the Win + R keys to open Runtype msinfo32 into Runand click/tap on OK to open System Information.
2 Under System Summary in the left pane click/tap on Components and Display. (see screenshot below)
3 In the right pane of Displayyou will see the name (ex: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI") of each GPU (if more than one) for your computer.
OPTION THREECheck What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in DirectX Diagnostic Tool (dxdiag)
1 Press the Win + R keys to open Runtype dxdiag into Runand click/tap on OK to open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
2 In each Display tab (if more than one)you will see the name (ex: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI") of the GPU (if more than one) used for the display. (see screenshots below)
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OPTION FOURCheck What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in Device Manager
1 Open Device Manager.
2 Expand open Display adapters. (see screenshot below)
3 Under Display adaptersyou will see the name (ex: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI") of each GPU (if more than one) for your computer.
OPTION FIVECheck What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in Command Prompt
1 Open a Command Prompt.
2 Copy and paste the command below into the command promptand press Enter. (see screenshot below)
wmic path win32_VideoController get name
3 You will now see the name (ex: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI") of each GPU (if more than one) for your computer.
OPTION SIXCheck What Graphics Card or GPU is in PC in PowerShell
1 Open a PowerShell.
3 Copy and paste either command below into PowerShelland press Enter. (see screenshots below)
Get-WmiObject win32_VideoController | Format-List Name
OR
gwmi win32_VideoController | FL Name
3 You will now see the name (ex: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI") of each GPU (if more than one) for your computer.
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That's it,
Shawn Brink
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