Detect Graphics Card using VB Code

NameIs it possible to detect the graphics card name from .Net code? Yes it is possible using WMI. But you need to reference the System.Management and import it.

Using WMI to get the Graphics Card Name

WMI can be used to query a lot of information about hardware and Operating systems related information. ManagementObjectSearcher can be used to query the data. It accepts two parameters. The first parameter is to tell which section to search called as scope. And the second parameter is the actual query almost similar to SQL query. Using the Get method of ManagementObjectSearcher will give the result set in a collection.
Source Code

Imports System.Management
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

MsgBox(GetGraphicsCardName())

End Sub

Private Function GetGraphicsCardName() As String
Dim GraphicsCardName = String.Empty
Try
Dim WmiSelect As New ManagementObjectSearcher _
("root\CIMV2", "SELECT * FROM Win32_VideoController")

For Each WmiResults As ManagementObject In WmiSelect.Get()

GraphicsCardName = WmiResults.GetPropertyValue("Name").ToString

If (Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(GraphicsCardName)) Then

Exit For

End If

Next

Catch err As ManagementException


MessageBox.Show(err.Message)

End Try

Return GraphicsCardName

End Function

End Class

For a formated source code refer VB.Net Code to Detect Video Card Name