Standard vga graphics adapter. How to find out which video card is installed in a computer or laptop. Video card recognition using Device ID

Hello admin, I ask you not to judge strictly for the question, since I am a beginner in the computer world, please explain what it is? Recently, I reinstalled the Windows 7 operating system on my own and went into the device manager to clarify the situation with the drivers, but no matter how surprising it sounds, all the drivers were installed, I didn’t have any yellow triangles with an exclamation point. What was my surprise when several of my games did not work, giving various errors at startup, although everything was fine before the reinstallation. On one of the forums on the Internet, they advised me to install drivers for the video card. And in fact, in the Device Manager, in the "Video Adapters" item, there was no name for my video card, but there was such a device as a VGA compatible video controller.

Video controller VGA compatible

Hello friends! This means that the operating system has installed its standard driver for your video card and called your video card that way. Video controller VGA compatible or Standard VGA adapter,

This driver is not suitable for full-fledged work on a computer, but only for simple tasks, of course, modern games do not fit this concept. Therefore, you need to install a normal driver for your video card, you can do this in numerous ways described on our website.
First of all, try , right click on Compatible VGA Video Controller and select update drivers, it is quite possible that the driver will be updated.

If you still have a box from your video card, then it probably contains a disk with drivers. From this disk, you can install the driver for your video card. But since the drivers on such drives are always out of date, it would be better to go to the official website of the video card manufacturer and download the latest drivers, and then install them. Before downloading drivers, you need to find out the name of your video card. How to do it?
The easiest way, works in most cases. We find out the Compatible Hardware IDs of the device, right-click on the VGA Compatible Video Controller item, select Properties, then Details, in the Device Description we look at the Compatible Hardware IDs, copy it

And we go to the site http://devid.info/ru, drive it into the input field and click Search

and please, we will find out not only the name of our video card, but also we can download drivers for it.
Friends, even if you just copy the hardware ID code and paste it into the search field of any search engine, the result of the issue will be positive in most cases.

Or you can use the more precise method described in our article.
You can do something more elegant, for example, download and install the Everest program, a very convenient program in Russian, with which you can identify not only your video card, but all the devices installed in your system unit. Also, using this utility, you can set the temperature of the components of the system unit. Everest works for free for 30 days, then asks to be bought. A month is more than a long time to establish what is hidden in your device manager under the name VGA compatible video controller.
Official website of the program http://everest.ru.softonic.com/download, download and run the installation of the utility.

In this article, we will consider this issue in detail, because many do not know how to do this and are faced with an inscription in the device manager Video controller (this is VGA-compatible) or a Standard VGA graphics adapter, while not knowing where to get the driver and what exactly needs to be installed. After all, many games and graphics programs do not work without such drivers. In addition, the browser is also very slow when scrolling pages.

Find out the model of the video card using the Windows Device Manager

Launching the Windows Device Manager:
First you need to enter the device manager. This can be done in Windows 7, 8, 10 and XP by pressing the " Win+R" and register devmgmt.msc You can also right-click on "My Computer", go to "Properties" and click on the "Hardware" tab.

In the list of devices you will see " Video adapters”, and clicking on this section, the model of the video card will be shown. If the video adapter is displayed correctly as a result of reinstalling Windows, then all the same, for the normal functioning of your computer, you will need to install official drivers, and not those provided by Microsoft.

But there is a second option: in the Display adapters section you will see "Standard VGA graphics adapter", or in Windows XP "Video controller (VGA-compatible)", which is in the "Other devices" list. In this case, it means that the video card is not detected and Windows does not know which drivers to use. Let's find out on our own.

Video card recognition using Device ID

Right-click on the VGA video adapter and select "Properties". Then go to "Details", and in the line "Property" select " Hardware ID».

To find out the video card hardware ID, you need to copy absolutely any value to the clipboard (by right-clicking and selecting this item in the menu), the main 2 values \u200b\u200bare located at the beginning of the identifier - this is VEN and this is DEV, indicating the manufacturer and the device itself.
Lead to the top line on the website of the device ID. Then information about the video adapter is displayed, and drivers can also be downloaded there. But it’s better not to download from this site, but use the official website of your manufacturer, because now you already know which video card is installed.

Recognize video devices using the AIDA64 program

AIDA64 program (it replaced the popular Everest). Thanks to this program, you can find out what the video card costs, as well as other hardware characteristics of any device. The AIDA64 program requires a separate review, but in this article we will discuss it only in the context of the instructions. It can be downloaded from the portal for free.

But, in general, this program is paid, but for a period of 30 days (having some restrictions) it is provided free of charge and functions perfectly. In other words, to find out which video card is installed, this trial version is enough.

First you need to run this program, then open the department " A computer» and choose - « Summary Information", in the issued list, look for the item" Display”, in which you will see the model of the video card of your device. You see that everything is quite simple.

There are many ways to determine your video adapter. So, for example, in the case of automatic driver installation using, the video device is determined by itself, but I personally do not recommend this method. The methods listed above will be enough to find out about the video card in most situations.

Video controller VGA compatible

And we go to the site http://devid.info/ru, drive it into the input field and click Search

Let's try to figure out what is a VGA adapter driver and how to install it! A driver is software for the operation of a device. And the abbreviation VGA stands for Video Graphics Array, which means video adapter in English. This is the name of a specially designed video interface, so we are talking about installing software on this hardware component. Below you can download the driver for a standard VGA graphics adapter for Windows 7 x64 for free, and then update the software.

After all, if you use this operating system, then most likely you are interested in this. Usually, such a driver is installed automatically from the OS repository (when reinstalling the system or after a critical failure). And, like any standardized tool, the VGA adapter driver does not take into account the specifics of a particular device. It is not able to ensure the full performance of your video card and serves to perform elementary tasks, facilitating, first of all, the startup and initial setup of the system.

How can I tell if a standard VGA adapter driver is being used?

There are several ways that directly or indirectly indicate this:

system delays and freezes when performing graphic tasks (viewing images, playing video files, and so on);
displaying a special icon over the icon of the video adapter in the corresponding one;
device manager category (or in "Other Devices"), such as an exclamation point in a yellow triangle.

What should be done to fix this problem?

Often it is enough to find and install a special driver specially created for your video card model. It is best to contact the official manufacturer of the device for this purpose.

Currently, the two most popular graphics processor companies are Nvidia and ATI. The software for both the first and the second is sorted by the name of the device model. In the event that you do not know the modification of your video card, you must use the instructions:

find and copy the device ID value;
insert the received data on the official website of the developers;
find the model name of the video adapter for x64 and x32 among the search results, and then download the software.

You can complete the first step by contacting the Windows Device Manager, which leads to several different paths. We will describe only some of them using the Start menu (relevant for Windows 7):

"Start" -> Right click on "Computer" -> "Properties" -> "Device Manager".
“Start” –> Control Panel –> “Device Manager” (“System and Security” –> “System” –> “Device Manager”).

Then you will need to perform the following transitions and actions:

“Device Manager” –> “Display adapters” (or “Other devices”) –> Right-click on the desired device –> “Properties” –> “Details” –> “Hardware ID”.

The rest of the steps shouldn't be difficult. For example, for the second one, it is not even necessary to install a third-party browser - the built-in Internet Explorer is also suitable. The only thing: when choosing a driver, you should pay special attention to the bitness of the operating system (32 bit or 64 bit), which is indicated in its properties.

Sometimes the user needs to find out the model of his video card. And you can do this in several ways.

Via Device Manager

To open Device Manager devmgmt.msc. Will open Device Manager, in which click on the plus sign next to the category Video adapters. As you can see in the screenshot, the PC has an ATI RadeonHD 6800 Series graphics card.

If instead of the model it says "Standard VGA graphics adapter", then this means that the drivers for the video card have not been installed, so Windows cannot determine its type and model.

Similarly, if there is nothing in Display adapters, but in Other devices is "Video Controller (VGA compatible)" or "Standard VGA graphics adapter", this again means that the official driver was not installed, so Windows installed its own driver. In this case, you can find out the driver version like this: click on Standard VGA graphics adapter(or Video controller (VGA compatible)”) with the right mouse button and select the item Properties.

Switch to the tab Intelligence, and in the section Property change item Device description on the Hardware ID.

In section Values click on the first line with the right mouse button and select Copy.

Paste the copied text into the search engine. As you can see in the screenshot, the video card you are looking for is ATI Radeon HD 6800 Series.

Via Screen Options

To do this, right-click on an empty spot on the desktop and select the item in the context menu. Screen resolution. In the window that opens, find Extra options and open them. A window with the properties of the graphical editor will appear. In section Intelligence about the adapter find the item Adapter string. What is written next to it is the model of the video card.

With the help of the program

This program will help you find out the manufacturer of the video card and its model and driver version. And if the driver is missing, Everest will also tell you the official website of the graphics adapter manufacturer, from where you can download its latest version.

Via the DirectX Diagnostic Tool

To open DirectX Diagnostic Tool, press Win + R on the keyboard and in the window that appears write dxdiag. Switch to tab Screen and in the section Device you will see the manufacturer and model of the graphics card.

Removing the system unit cover

Typically, video cards always indicate its manufacturer and model.