how to check what video card you have

[bu2971x]

how to do this from terminal...thanks

[PmDematagoda]

lshw -C video
should do it.

[ibutho]

Another is
sudo lspci | grep -i vga
Thats helpful if you happen to run a distro that does not include lshw by default.

[esbo]

If you have windows as wel there are several hardware info utilites, such as
Sisoft Sandra and AIDA32 which will also sort of stuff about your hardware.

[bondo101]

Where do you download sisoft sandra for linux please help and thankyou
bondo101

[seagullplayer77]

There isn't a version of SiSoft Sandra for Linux, as far as I can tell. I'm almost certain it's a Windows tool:

http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=19439