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Short, practical pages about finding and understanding your graphics card.

• How to check your graphics card on Windows 10 and 11Five quick ways to see which graphics card your Windows PC has: Task Manager, Device Manager, dxdiag, Settings and PowerShell. Nothing to install.
• What graphics card do I have on my Mac?Find out which graphics chip your Mac has. Check it in one click here, or follow the steps for About This Mac and System Information.
• How to check your graphics card on LinuxFind your graphics card on Linux with lspci, glxinfo and nvidia-smi, see which driver is in use, and check laptops with two graphics chips.
• Integrated vs dedicated graphicsWhat integrated and dedicated graphics are, how to tell which one your computer has, and when the difference matters.
• Why does my browser show the wrong graphics card?Your browser shows Intel instead of NVIDIA, Apple GPU, or software rendering? Here are the common causes and how to check what you really have.
• How much VRAM do I have?How to find out how much video memory your graphics card has on Windows, Mac and Linux, and why a website cannot read it for you.
• Graphics card names explainedHow to read the name of a graphics card: GeForce GTX and RTX, Radeon RX, Intel UHD, Iris Xe and Arc, Apple M-series, plus Ti, Super, XT and Laptop.
• What graphics chip does my phone have?Find the GPU in your Android phone or iPhone. What the checker shows on each, and how to look up the exact chip from your model.