Do I have a video card? help plz

[bringonthecustard]

I need help!
I have windows XP. Is there anybody who could give me step-by-step instructions as to how to find out whether I have a video card?

 

[Lorand]

If you can see the XP logon screen (or even the BIOS POST messages) then you probably have a video card.

 

[Praetor]

Well if you've plugged a monitor into the computer somehow you have a video unit .... whether its a card or not depends on where its plugged into (relative to the rest of the case)

 

[pBEAR]

look inside your computer.

 

[RewtKidd]

Do this, pry apart your case and check the back of the computer, where the moniter cable is pluged in. If it's the big square thing in the back (where all the wires are plugged into) you have integrated video. If you have a card making a right angle with the motherboard (the square thing in the back) that's connected to your moniter cable, you have a video card. Determining which one it is, that's a whole nother story. (assuming you have a tower case and your motherboard is ATX)

 

[Praetor]

If you have a card making a right angle with the motherboard (the square thing in the back) that's connected to your moniter cable, you have a video card

Not always (thus making it a pain to answer this type of question).