How to find out the gaming characteristics of your computer. Video: how to open device manager. Via the command line
Good day, friends. Recently one of my friends asked me the question: “ .
Of course, I prompted and explained everything to him. Without thinking twice, I decided to write a short article on how to do this, using several programs and methods.
Also for video lovers, I filmed it and posted it at the end of the article short video lesson on how to find out the characteristics of a computer. In the last issue of the blog, we looked at the problem.
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Probably every person who has a computer should understand a little about what they have to work on or simply use it as needed.
I will give examples that can be used in two operating rooms Windows systems XP and Windows 7.
We look when you turn on the computer.
The very first and most basic information of your computer, of course, can be viewed when you boot it using DOS or in the BIOS.
Quickly view the information we are interested in
Turn on our computer, go to Menu >>> Start.
Right-click on My Computer.
In the window that appears, go to the very bottom and go to Properties.
You should go to System Properties, General tab (for Windows XP). System and Security > System (for windows 7). Here is a short list of the characteristics of our computer.
Counters and productivity tools.
Display and Print detailed information about computer performance and system.
Characteristics of productivity tools.
Command line and dxdiag program
Go to Menu >>> Start >>> Run... or press the combination Win keys+R.
The Run Program (Run) window should appear.
Enter the command
The DirectX Diagnostic Tool appears.
Various tabs will appear at the top: System, Display (Screen), and so on. We go to each one in turn and find out the information we need.
Everest or Aida
The characteristics shown by these programs are the most extensive and include almost all the information about your computer.
Let’s say if you don’t have any driver downloaded, you can see what exactly the device is, what driver is needed, what manufacturer it is and where all this can be found and downloaded. When I worked in a service center, I often used Everest program for her clear interface and the opportunity to find required characteristics computer in the shortest possible time.
Windows Tools and the msinfo32 Command
Easy to enter, clear and accessible interface and button navigation. Press the keyboard shortcut again
Anyone, not even advanced user computer can deal with the msinfo32 command.
Everything is very accessible and simple. If you don't know and Windows updates, then this information should be useful to you.
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Today we looked at several in various ways How to find out the characteristics of a computer. Everyone will choose a more convenient and practical viewing method for themselves. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask them below in the comments to this article.
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When choosing a computer, it is important to pay attention not only to its external features (design), but also to specifications which are more important than appearance. A computer or laptop may be found with characteristics that will not allow it to work in certain programs, or will not be allowed to play games. As for games, Lately they require powerful technical characteristics.
When buying a laptop or computer, information about its characteristics is indicated so sparsely, and sometimes incorrectly, that you can make a mistake in choosing the equipment. To avoid this, you need to know how to view their technical characteristics in order to do this at the time of purchase. You will learn about this from this article. This article will also be useful to you if you already have a computer and don’t know how to find out its characteristics.
How to find out the characteristics of a computer (laptop, netbook)?
1. It is important to know the characteristics of such important computer elements as the operating system, processor, video card, RAM, HDD And summary performance. It is worth noting that it is advisable to buy a laptop or computer with already pre-installed system. Mostly installed Microsoft system Windows (on Apple computers– MacOS, on budget computers– Linux). This will prevent you from accidentally stumbling upon pirated goods. software, which can cause a lot of trouble in the future. Also, if your computer already has an operating system installed, you can view its technical specifications directly in the store.
Today, 90% of computers have an operating system installed Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows Vista. Therefore, using their example, we will consider our question. Also, the following method for determining characteristics can be used on Windows XP, as well as on systems that will appear in the future, since Windows distributions have almost the same structure.
2. Let's find out processor characteristics, which is also called the “heart of the computer”. To do this, select “Start” and enter the word “Run” in the search and click on the icon that appears under these words (Run).
A window will open where you should enter the word “dxdiag” in the line and click OK. This word calls up a computer diagnostic device, also called DirectX.
As a result, a window will open where you can view information on the system, screen, and sound. On the “System” tab, you can find out information about the operating system, its bit depth, build, version, BIOS, information about the computer model and manufacturer, number of cores and other information. About random access memory You can find it in the “Memory” line. At the very bottom is the DirectX version, which is important for computer games.
3. Information about the video card contained in the “Screen” tab. But only information about physical memory there is no video card there.
You can learn more about your video card by right-clicking on your desktop and selecting “Screen Resolution” from the list.
In the window that opens, select additional parameters.
You can see information about video memory in the “Adapter” tab - by finding the inscription “Video memory in use”. The “Adapter” tab also contains other information about the model and manufacturer of the video card.
4. To view information about the volume hard drive You should go to “My Computer” and on the “C” drive, right-click and select “Properties”. In the window that appears you will learn about the type file system and HDD capacity.
5. To find out the system performance, in the “My Computer” folder, click on the inscription located at the top of the screen panel - “System Properties”. There you can find out about the performance index, which evaluates work important parts computer (laptop).
This is how you can find out the technical characteristics of your computer (laptop).
A situation often occurs when a user buys, for example, a small powerful laptop, but the first glance at the purchased model is not enough for him. I would like to know information about all the stuffing that is installed in it (both software and hardware). It is clear that the seller will tell you what kind of laptop it is; the instructions also contain basic information about all components. But the user himself wants to make sure that everything stated is true. There are several basic methods that allow you to obtain information about absolutely all device parameters literally within a couple of seconds, regardless of which OS modification is installed in each specific model.
Laptops: model characteristics. What should you pay attention to?
Naturally, first of all plays a role visual inspection. Whether it's a small powerful laptop or gaming system Quite impressive in size, a potential buyer first pays attention to the screen. It is important to know the diagonal and screen resolution.
Then questions begin about installed processor, amount of RAM, graphics adapter, sound system etc. The most inquisitive buyers try to find out what connectors the device has, what software components installed, etc., etc. So it turns out that the technical characteristics of a laptop include information about both software and hardware. The following offers several methods that allow you to obtain comprehensive information about all parameters of any laptop model or desktop computer. All of them apply to systems from XP to 10.
How to view the characteristics of a laptop using the simplest method?
The simplest method that most users are accustomed to using is to view the minimum specifications, identifying the model and type of processor, RAM and installed version(modifications) operating system.
You can find out such laptop parameters in a standard way, which is to call context menu right-click on the computer icon (or on the corresponding line in Explorer for Windows 10) and use the properties section. But here there is only a minimum basic information. You can't get any detailed specifications out of this section, as they say.
Using system information
Speaking about how to view the characteristics of a laptop in an expanded version, you should use a special system utility Msinfo32.
Call this section you can use the command of the same name, which is entered in a special “Run” console, and it is completely optional to run it as an administrator. There is more information here. Not only are there basic parameters laptop, but also some additional information, including the system build number, BIOS version, information about the motherboard, Hyper-V mode, etc. The categories of hardware resources, components and software environment, in which you can even get information about device driver files. However, for the most part, few people pay attention to this. However, we can immediately advise you to look at the section of devices with problems. It can help identify some problems even before purchasing a laptop.
But as a rule, such technical characteristics of a laptop are needed only by specialists knowledgeable in the operation of computers, who can immediately indicate whether the stated parameters correspond to the actual ones or predict how well this model will behave in operation.
View installed devices
In the question of how to view the characteristics of a laptop or desktop PC, viewing the installed hardware components (roughly speaking, computer hardware) plays an important role.
In this sense an indispensable assistant is the “Device Manager”, which is called from the “Control Panel”, the computer administration section or through the devmgmt.msc command in the “Run” console (Win + R).
It must be said right away that not all components are displayed in the main list, so you should use the display command hidden devices. In the presented list, you can not only view devices by name, but also determine some of their characteristics, including conflicts or installed drivers. In addition, it is noteworthy that all components that for some reason do not work or function incorrectly can be immediately identified by highlighting them in the list with a yellow marker. As they say, it doesn’t take anyone to realize that there are problems with such devices and they will have to be fixed.
DirectX Platform Tools
Few ordinary users realize that in solving the problem of how to view the characteristics of a laptop, calling the DirectX bridge dialog (dxdiag in the application execution menu) can provide invaluable help.
The basic page provides information on the processor and RAM, installed OS and its assembly, DirectX versions etc.
The screen tab looks more interesting. Only with her help, unlike others standard means, you can find out the amount of allocated memory discrete video card(such models are mainly found on mid-range laptops price category and installed). You can also see the screen resolution with current settings update frequency and not to mention the version and name of the driver.
Command line
Finally get necessary information about the configuration you can even use command line(cmd) when entering the systeminfo command.
In this case, the information presented will not say much to the average user, but for knowledgeable people such information can be very useful.
Third-party utilities and online monitoring
You can also use some third-party programs to view the characteristics of a laptop or PC.
Among the most popular are CPU-Z/GPU-Z, Speecy, HWMonitor, AIDA64, PC Wizard, etc. The information in them is broader and includes parameters such as processor temperature, fan (cooler) rotation speed, etc. .
Many laptop models also have online support. For example, DELL devices with active connection to the Internet can be fully tested on a special page. Based on the result, it will be possible to immediately determine whether changes have been made to the configuration and whether it complies with the standard of the manufactured model.
Finally, some important information can even be viewed in BIOS settings(processor model and hard RAM, hard drive operating mode and much more).
Thus, you can obtain information about the characteristics of a particular laptop or desktop PC model using any of the above methods. But in order for the picture to be as complete as possible, you should not limit yourself to just one method, you need to apply them together.
- Urgently needed, in other words, both by means of the operating system (without opening the lid system unit) determine the model of the processor, video card, motherboard and so on?
- Hello admin! Recently, my friends and I decided to give a friend an anniversary gift, asked what he needed, and he said - give me a video card and an interesting computer toy. We came to a computer store and said - sell us a video card, and the sales consultants said - please tell us the characteristics of your computer! How do we know these characteristics? We called a friend, but he also has no idea, he only knows that the processor is from Intel. What’s interesting is that they don’t sell the toy either, they say - find out the characteristics of the computer and we’ll select a toy for you accordingly, otherwise the toy won’t work and you’ll have to bring it back, there are a lot of you ignorant people walking around here. Find out at least what processor you have and how powerful the power supply is.
In short, it turns out that among all my friends, you are the only one who understands computers, the admin. We are waiting for help from your site!
How to find out the characteristics of your computer
Friends, there are a good dozen ways find out the characteristics of your computer in a few seconds. Let's not waste your time talking and let's get down to business.
Way to find out the characteristics of your computer No. 1
In the input field enter the command Msinfo32 
If we want to set the video card model, click on the plus sign and expand the Components branch and select the Display item, see the name of our video card, its memory size, driver version, and so on.
Way to find out the characteristics of your computer No. 2
Right-click on the This PC icon and select Properties.
The System window will open, as we see there is also a lot of information, Windows edition, processor model name and frequency. This is the easiest way.
Way to find out the characteristics of your computer No. 3
Right-click in the left corner of the desktop and select Run.
In the input field, enter the command dxdiag.exe, the System window will open, it also displays the characteristics of our computer: operating system, processor, memory.
Go to the Screen tab and see the characteristics of the video card and monitor.
Way to find out the characteristics of your computer No. 4.
Download the cool little program CPU-Z (I carry it with me on a flash drive all the time) on the website http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html and you will find out detailed specifications your processor (CPU tab),
Motherboard - model, chipset, (Mainboard tab),
RAM (Memory tab)
And video cards (Graphics tab).
Or for these purposes you can use .
Way to find out the characteristics of your computer No. 5
You can find out a lot of things in the BIOS of your computer, click when you boot your computer Delete key and enter the BIOS. We immediately see the model of our motherboard and processor, the amount of installed RAM.
other methods
When you turn on the computer, look at the information on the monitor screen, press pause on the keyboard and rewrite the characteristics.
And lastly, the power of the power supply can only be determined by removing the side cover of the system unit and looking at the sticker of the power supply itself. You won't get anything for this and your computer won't be taken out of warranty.
Are you aware that many users often do not know the specifications of their PC or laptop? Frankly speaking, I don’t see anything wrong with this - the main thing is that it works, doesn’t slow down, doesn’t become “stupid” and doesn’t cause problems. However, one day the day may come when the user will still have to take the trouble to study the characteristics of his PC.
There can be many reasons for this. For example, you decide to increase the amount of RAM, you plan to purchase new laptop and want to know what characteristics your old device, you want to look at the requirements in order to purchase the game you like, etc. Be that as it may, finding out the characteristics of your computer or laptop is not difficult at all. I will even say more - for this it is not at all necessary to seek help from third party programs may be enough standard applications Windows. Let's start the review.
device Manager
In order to find out which components are installed on your computer, you need to launch Device Manager. The easiest way is to find the “Computer” shortcut on your desktop (or click on the “Start” button, it will be on the left side of the menu), right-click the menu and click “Properties”. On the left side of the window you can see the “Device Manager” button. Click on it.
Thus, you have launched the “Device Manager”, thanks to which you can find out what components are installed on your PC or laptop.
You can also access the “Device Manager”, for example, through the “Control Panel” - in it you will see the icon of the same name.
System Information
If you need more detailed information about your computer, including operating system version, processor type, etc., you can use the “System Information” menu.
To open this menu, go to “Start”, select “All Programs” - “Accessories” - “System Tools” - “System Information”.
Pay no attention to English language, your information will be displayed in Russian.
Windows Experience Index
I have already talked about what it is. Let me remind you that this is built into Windows utility, which allows you to measure the capabilities of hardware and software performance computer. After calculating all the data, the system displays one or another number, which is called the performance index. The higher it is, the better. Maximum score for the same Windows 7 - 7.9.
Frankly speaking, you shouldn’t focus on these numbers, because formally they don’t mean that much. It's another matter if you want to show the treasured numbers to your friends or brag about them on some forum.
Find the “Computer” icon on your desktop, click on it and click on right key mice. A menu will appear, select “Properties”.
A window appears, in it find the “Index” button Windows performance» and click on it.
This will take you to the Performance Counters and Tools page, where you can see your component ratings and see what the numbers mean.
If the performance index has not yet been evaluated, run it yourself.
DirectX Diagnostic Tool
Another opportunity to “peep” the device’s characteristics is to run the so-called “DirectX Diagnostic Tool,” which provides fairly detailed information about the computer.
To start, go to “Start”, in the “Search programs and files” line, type the word dxdiag and click Enter key. A window with characteristics will appear in front of you.
Third party programs
If possible, I would recommend using third party utilities. They will show everything more accurately required characteristics, and in one more place. These programs are a carriage and a small cart. For example, ASTRA32, AIDA64, Everest and so on. Decide for yourself what is best to use, but I will say that Everest is one of the most convenient and popular such utilities. The only negative is that it is paid, but the first month allows you to use it for free.
Download the utility from the official website and install it on your computer. Launch and check the characteristics you need.
