A Graphics card or GPU(Graphics Processing Unit) is used to display graphics on a display screen. If you brought a pre-build PC and you want to know which graphics card is installed on your Windows system. Then this article is for you. Here is the guide on how to check which graphics card you have on Windows 11.
There are lots of ways to see which graphics card is installed on your PC. Here is the quickest way to see which graphics card your PC has. By using the built-in Task Manager utility and Device Manager. You can also check SSD and HDD on Windows 11.
How to Check your Graphics Card on Windows 11
In this section, we are going to discuss three ways by which you can find out the graphics card installed on your Windows 11 PC.
1. Using Task Manager
You can easily check which graphics card is installed on your Windows PC using Task Manager. Here are the steps to find out:
Step 1: Search for “Task Manager” on the Windows search bar option and open it. Or else, right-click on the “Start” button and click on “Task Manager“. You can also use Ctrl + Shift + Esc keyboard shortcut to launch the task manager.
Step 2:It will open the “Task Manager” window, here click the “Performance” tab to get a list of devices installed on your Windows operating system.
Step 3: Here you will find all the storage disks, GPU, and CPU installed on your Windows operating system. If you have a graphic card installed, you will find a “GPU” option. Just click on it and here you will find your graphics card name.
This is the easiest and most simple method to check your Graphics Card (GPU) on Windows 11 using Task Manager.
2. Using Device Manager
There’s another way to check your graphic card name on your Windows 11 PC using the device manager. Here’s how you can check:
Step 1: Right-click on the “Start” button, it will open a panel where you will find the “Device Manager” option simply click on it. Or else, you can also search for device manager on the search option.
Step 2: Now it will open the device manager window. Here you will find the list of all the devices that are installed on your pc. Here look for an option called “Display Adapters“.
Step 3: Expand the “Display Adapters” option, and here you will find your graphics card name.
3. Using DirectX Diagnostic Tool
DirectX Diagnostic Tool is the software that reports detailed information about the DirectX components and drivers installed on your Windows system. Using the DirectX tool you can also check the Graphic card on your PC. For that, follow these steps:
Step 1: Open the “Run” tool. For that, use Windows + R shortcut on your keyboard to open the “Run” tool. Or you can also search for the “Run” tool on the windows search option. Then type dxdiag on the dialog box and click on “OK“. This will open the DirectX Diagnostic tool window on your screen.
Step 2: Now to see the information related to the graphic card click on the “Display” tab. Here you will find the name of the Graphic Card installed on your device.
Conclusion
That’s it, this is how you can check the graphics card you have on your Windows 11 PC. I hope this article was helpful to you. If you liked the article then you can share it with your friends.
If you know another method, don’t hesitate to leave them in the comments section below. We will add it to the guide, so that, it can help others.
