Video Card Upgrade Install Guide

Control Panel Display Properties

Now let's verify the driver on the Control Panel. Click on Start, then Settings, then Control Panel. Double-click the Display icon. This brings up the Display Properties window. Click on the Settings tab. On the Settings tab, click on the Advanced button. For the new video card I have after the upgrade, this brings up the "ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 SERIES Properties" window. Clicking on the "Options" tab shows the information below. The sub-window titled "Version Information" shows I have CATALYST 3.9 drivers installed.

The Control Panel for an NVIDIA based card may look more like this example for a GeForce3 Ti 200 video card. The sub-window titled "Driver Version Information" shows the version number. In this example the NVIDIA driver version is 4.13.01.2183, which are the 21.83 drivers.

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	How To Update Your Own Computer Video Card - Home
	What You Need For A Video Card Upgrade
	The Video Card
	Tools
	DirectX
	Hard Drive Restore Utility
	Benchmark Utility
	Reference Video Card Drivers
	Motherboard/Chipset AGP Drivers
	Tour The Existing System Settings
	Things To Know Before You Start
	Enable AGP
	Windows 98 Steps To Remove The Old Video Card Driver
	Change Display Adapter
	Search For Updated Drivers
	Standard VGA Driver
	Install Standard VGA Driver
	Windows XP Steps To Remove The Old Video Card Driver
	How To Remove The Video Card Driver
	Installing The New Video Card
	Finding The Old Video Card
	Remove The Old Video Card
	Insert The New Video Card
	Windows 98 Steps To Add The New Video Card Driver
	Windows XP Steps To Add The New Video Card Driver
	After The Video Card Upgrade
	Tour The New System Settings
	Control Panel Display Properties
	Video Card Driver Settings
	Video Card Diagnostics And Tests
	DXDIAG - DirectX Diagnostics And Tests
	Benchmarks
	Boot Up Tests
	Troubleshooting Video Card Problems
	Advanced Topics
	Overclocking
	Tweaking Video Card Driver Settings
	Windows 2000/XP Monitor Refresh Rate Problem

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