If you aren't sure which company designed that chip, you can right-click on it and choose Properties to see the manufacturer-in my case, Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD. For example, in the screenshot below, you can see that I have a Radeon RX 580. Click the drop-down arrow, and it should list the name of your GPU right there. You should see an option near the top for Display Adapters. Open the Start menu on your PC, type "Device Manager," and press Enter. The former is very easy to find in Windows, while the latter is a bit more complicated.
So when you're looking up what graphics card you have, you'll need to decide whether knowing the chipset is enough (for example, the "Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060") or whether you need the actual manufacturer and model of your card (such as the "EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 Superclocked," which uses Nvidia's chipset). One manufacturer's version may have better fans than another, may come overclocked from the factory, or may have a better warranty. There are many other manufacturers, however, making the cards themselves-Asus, EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte-and other companies can produce graphics cards using Nvidia and AMD's chips, adding their own tweaks to set themselves apart from each other. There are two main manufacturers making discrete GPUs today: Nvidia and AMD. Knowing what graphics card you have can be a bit confusing, since there are two relevant model numbers: the model of the GPU (that is, the actual chip that does the work), and the model of the card itself (which includes other hardware like the cooler, voltage regulation module, and so on).
The card you bought in 2010 is unlikely to play 2020's AAA games at high settings, so if you're ever unsure whether a game will run on your PC, you'll want to compare its minimum or recommended requirements to the hardware you currently have. Just like any other computer component, graphics cards can become outdated over time. This extra utility comes at the expense of higher power usage, more heat, and more space in your computer, which is why you'll rarely find dedicated graphics cards in ultra-thin laptops. These expansion cards-often called "discrete" or "dedicated" graphics cards-can usually perform more powerful tasks than integrated graphics, like better 3D gaming, accelerated video rendering, or even certain non-graphical jobs like mining bitcoin.
Remove all other drivers, for both the Intel and NVIDIA devices, install the ExperienceĪpp and allow it to download and install the NVIDIA driver and ancilliary packages then install the Intel VGA driver from Windows Update rather than a manual driver. Work of switichng between the two cards, normally using the integrated card to save power and swapping to the discrete card for perfomance requirements.Īfter looking at RJs post it appears he has already obtained an NVIDIA driver but I agree with David's post that the NVIDIA GeForce Experience would be my first step. Many modern laptops, particuarly gaming laptops, have both an integrated graphics chip, as part of the chipset or even the processor, and a discrete graphics card, a dedicated performance card either plugged in or soldered to the board. My own MSI GE70 2PE has this same combination. Devices will not show in device manager if not physically present so this must be a high grade laptop. MIConsult59, your post is partially incorrect and could be misleading to others with this or similar issues.
Installing the drivers and restart my pc. The first 2 pictures Below, shows what Device manager shows after i uninstall al the drivers and restart my PC, The 2 pictures following them are after I am done AND NO DONT TELL ME ABOUT INSTALLING INĬOMPATBILITY Mode, NVIDIA Came out with WHQL Certified Drivers for Windows 10.
I even did a fresh windows 10 installation, to Installing Windows 8 and than upgrading it to Win 10. My GPU, after restart the card is no more detectable by the OS. But as soon as I or windows install proper drivers for I have tried various troubleshooting techniques,įrom viewing Hidden devices in Device manager and reinstalling the driver form Microsoft, to flashing my Bios couple of 100 times, I even uninstalled my Discreet Intel driver and installed the old one.
So Idk why but my pc and NVidia GeForce wont detect my NVidia 860m, If I do uninstall the driver it detects the card but shows an error with drive, but as soon as I update the driver it stop detecting it.