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Green_Day_20
04-04-2003, 12:54 AM
How do I find out what size my video card is? I need to know for a game. I have a P3 500 Mhz and the card is a ati 3d rage pro (atir3) (it doesnt say what MB it is) How do I firgure this out?
Janak Parekh
04-04-2003, 01:17 AM
If you have the ATI drivers installed, it might tell you exactly what card if you go into the Advanced Display Properties.
Having said that, what you said tells me enough -- if what you're trying to play is a 3D game, you'll probably need a new card. Despite the "3D" in the title, this was one of the early 3D accelerators -- it's weaker than an nVidia TNT or 3Dfx Voodoo 1.
--janak
Green_Day_20
04-04-2003, 01:29 AM
its actually for WAr Craft 3...which requires a minimum 8MB 3D video card, mine aint good enough?
mscdex
04-04-2003, 03:49 AM
The ATI 3d Rage Pro (turbo) is 8mb. I know this for a fact because I had the exact same chip and all on my old HP Pavilion 4455 box.
Janak Parekh
04-04-2003, 04:19 AM
The ATI 3d Rage Pro (turbo) is 8mb. I know this for a fact because I had the exact same chip and all on my old HP Pavilion 4455 box.
Yes, but you're probably pushing it for WarCraft III -- 8MB isn't descriptive enough of what the game needs.
That said, try downloading the latest driver from ATI before going the new-card route. If you surf the site carefully, you should be able to look up the driver by the chipset name.
--janak
Steven Cedrone
04-04-2003, 04:48 AM
You could also use an app like HWiNFO32 (http://www.hwinfo.com/) to check your hardware...
Steve
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