I would like to know the model of my graphics card. I think it may be an ATI, but I want to be sure!
I have Ubuntu 11.10 (32 bit) and an Asus A6 VA laptop.
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Open up "Terminal", and type: lspci | grep VGA
There, you'll find your GPU card's model.
6For detailed information about your graphics card, usually including its make and model, run:
sudo lshw -C videoThis might give the make and model name more often than lspci, but it is not guaranteed to give it (nor is lspci).
sudo lshw -C display is equivalent.
You can run this (either one) without sudo, but you're a little less likely to get as much information. Still, lshw -C video is a reasonable choice if you don't have administrative powers.
If you like, you can parse the output to get just the line with the model name:
sudo lshw -C video | grep product:Or if you need to extract just the name (for example, for scripting purposes--but remember there isn't always anything to extract):
sudo lshw -C video | awk -F'product: ' '/product/{print $2}'(Don't forget the space just after -Fproduct:, before the closing '.)
As an example: on my system, this gives:
M52 [Mobility Radeon X1300]Sometimes lspci is not enough:
$ lspci -nn |egrep "VGA|Display" e.g.: you can end up with something like this:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2e32] (rev 03)so then you can try to grep Xorg log:
$ grep -i chipset /var/log/Xorg.0.logand dmesg
$ dmesg |grep -i agp- run gnome-control-center (from a terminal, or in the main menu system settings)
- search for 'system' and open "System Info"
- You are done.
If GUI/display available, you can try:
xrandr --listproviders(Other answers where either only giving a chipset range or no manufacturer info for my AMD card.)
To get exact chipset model, video memory, and drivers info:
glxinfo -BTo get card manufacturer name:
hwinfo --gfxcard | grep SubVendorUbuntu 20.04 Settings -> About
You can either open settings by clicking as mentioned at: but I just do:
- Super key (AKA Windows key)
- Type "about" and select the entry
So under "Graphics" I can see that my GPU model is "Quadro M1200/PCIe/SSE2".
nvidia-settings
Mixes runtime with some static info.
More details: How do I check if Ubuntu is using my NVIDIA graphics card?
In KDE you can use the kinfocenter (open a command prompt from a graphical environment and type that, or type it at the K-menu [application menu] prompt; or navigate to K → Computer → Info Center ... ).
Personally I use lshw or lspci as in other answers, but another possibility is :
glxinfo | grep Device
Which maybe only works if your device is using OpenGL, not sure, but for me this gives:
Device: AMD KAVERI (DRM 3.27.0, 5.0.0-15-generic, LLVM 8.0.0) (0x1313)which is quite neat. The second number is the kernel version, fwiw.
If you want to detect your graphic card from Ubuntu Desktop, try this:
- Click on User menu at the top right corner on the top Menu bar
- Select System Settings
- Click on Details.
- By default you should see your graphic information. Take look at this example image.
Note: This answer was done in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version.
The command line tool called inxi will show You:
inxi -Gx
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 435.21 bus ID: 01:00.0 Display: server: X.Org 1.20.5 driver: nvidia resolution: 3440x1440~75Hz OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 435.21 direct render: YesInstall it from Github : or using Apt:
sudo apt install inxi
