how do you check a video card?

I am trying to play the Jedi Academy demo and when i
launch it, it says"CANNOT OPEN GL subsystems" and it's
driving me crazy. I need to know how to see what 3D card
you have and how to get the latest drivers for it.

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I am trying to play the Jedi Academy demo and when i
launch it, it says"CANNOT OPEN GL subsystems" and it's
driving me crazy. I need to know how to see what 3D card
you have and how to get the latest drivers for it.

The default drivers that Microsoft supply for many video cards do not
include support for the OpenGL API used by many games; they only support the
alternative Direct3D interface. If that's the cause of your problem - and it
sounds like it - then you'll need to go to the appropriate vendor website
and download & install the latest drivers.
To identify your card:
Right-click on an empty area of the desktop, and select Properties from the
context menu. When the Display Properties dialog opens, click the Settings
tab. Under the picture of a monitor, you should see text saying something
like "monitor type on graphics card type", for example "Plug and Play
monitor on ATI Radeon 9700 Pro". The latter part tells you who made your
graphics chip.

An alternative approach is to look in the Device Manager:
From the Start Menu, right-click on the My Computer icon, and from the
context menu select "Manage". When the Computer Management window appears,
click on "Device Manager" about two-thirds of the way down the left hand
pane. In the right hand pane, a list of device types should appear.
Double-click the "Display Adapters" category to expand it, and your graphics
adaptor will be shown there.

If your PC is recent, then chances are that your graphics adaptor is made by
either ATI, NVidia, or possibly Intel if you have integrated motherboard
graphics.

Once you've identified the chip vendor, go to the appropriate website:
ATI: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
NVidia: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Intel: http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/

I hope this helps..

Hi;
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Mikey