Your GPU is a central part of your computer. It's the heart of the graphics system, helping you watch high definition videos, play online games and run other programs smoothly. It also provides support for large monitors and multiple display outputs, allowing you to configure your system to best fit your needs.
GPU is considered the most important component to play high graphics PC games. You may want to know which graphic card (GPU) you have in windows 11. There are different ways to check the GPU in windows 11. We will discuss these methods here. So. Let’s start.
Task manager
Task manager is the easiest way to search for graphics card details quickly.
- Open task manager. You can open it by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc. Alternatively, you can right-click on the window icon and then select task manager.
- Click on the Performance tab from the top bar menu.
- You will see your PC's GPU here. Note that if there is more than one GPU on your computer, each one will be listed here. When you click on the GPU you want to check, the name of the GPU will be visible to you in the upper right corner, just above the flow charts, and you will see other details below the flow charts.
Device manager
Alternatively, you can find out the details of GPU in windows 11 with the help of the device manager.
- Right-click on the Windows icon and choose device manager.
- In the device manager window, expand the Display adapters option. Here, you will see your graphic cards.
- Right-click on the graphic card and choose properties.
- A new window will pop up. In this window, you will find all the graphics details of your PC.
DirectX Diagnostic Tool
This tool is used to troubleshoot DirectX related issues. It can also find detailed and complete information about your PC's sounds and graphics.
- Press the win key + R to open the Run dialogue box, type Dxdiag, and hit Enter to open the tool.
- Press yes when you are popped up with the permission window.
- Now, in the DirectX Diagnostic Tool window, select the display option from the top menu. You will see detailed information about your computer's graphics card.
Display settings
The next method used to find the graphics card details in windows 11 is to open display settings.
- Go to the desktop home screen and right-click on the blank space.
- From the menu, click on display settings.
- Select Advanced display.
- From the right section, choose display adapter properties for display.
- When you click on it, the graphics detail window will pop up. You can check your GPU details there.
System information
System information in windows 11 can also help you check your computer's GPU.
- Open the Run dialogue box by pressing the win key + R, type msinfo32, and hit Enter. The system information will open.
- Here, from the left sidebar, under system summary, expand the components option.
- Now click on display, and the information about the graphic cards in Windows 11 will be visible in the right section.
Conclusion
We have discussed all methods to check graphics card details in windows 11. I hope this article will help you out if you don't know how to check the graphics card details on windows 11.