Updated to Windows 7 - Graphics Card not Detected


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    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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    Updated to Windows 7 - Graphics Card not Detected


    I recently updated from Vista to Windows 7. I installed all some of my old games (Victoria 2 and Mass Effect, to be specific) and neither works. I checked my graphics settings and according to the Device Manager I only have the "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter".

    I know this is wrong, I've played dozens of games on Vista and never had this problems. I've been looking around some old forums, and apparently this is quite a common problem, BUT I bought my computer 2 and 1/2 years ago and I have no recorded nor can remember what exact model my graphics card is.

    I seem to be in a catch 22. I need to install a driver for my PC to recognize my graphics card, but I need to be able to know what my graphics card is in order to do that, but since my computer can't detect it in the first place, I have no idea which it is. It is all quite frustrating and I just want to be able to play my games!
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  2. Posts : 525
    windows 7 home premium 64 bit
       #2

    Brand and model number?
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    It's a customized model from Sager unfrotunately
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  4. Posts : 525
    windows 7 home premium 64 bit
       #4

    In that case, download this tool to find out what Graphics Card you have.

    http://www.piriform.com/speccy
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  5. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Hi all.. im new here.. Me too, i cant play some of the games installed in my laptop.. Im running windows 7 ultimate 64bit.. the display adapters is only standard vga graphics.. I know that this is not the driver of my video card.. can anyone help me ? Lenovo G460 is the model of my Laptop
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  6. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #6

    Welcome to Windows Seven Forums.

    It's always polite to start your own thread rather than hijacking an older one.

    However, while I'm here you can get Windows 7 drivers from Lenovo support.

    Lenovo Ideapad Support & downloads - Drivers & Downloads
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