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.
How to Check Your Graphics Card on Windows 11
In this section, we are going to discuss three ways by which you can find 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:
1. 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.
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.
3. Here you will find all the storage disks, GPU, and CPU installed on your Windows operating system. If you have a graphics 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:
1. Right-click on the Start button, it will open a panel where you will find the Device Manager option simply click on it.
2. Now it will open the device manager window. Here look for an option called Display Adapters.
3. Expand the Display Adapters option, and here you will find your graphics card name.
3. Using the 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:
1. Press the Windows + R shortcut on your keyboard to open the Run tool.
2. Then type dxdiag on the dialog box and click on OK. This will open the DirectX Diagnostic tool window on your screen.
3. 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 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.
