How to find out the type of video adapter on a computer using C ++?

Question

C++ / C#

I was given a lab assignment to write a function that will return the type of video adapter on the computer, but I don’t even know which way to dig! Could you tell?

Answer 1

google get video adapter winapi

Answer 2

Look on google. Here is what it outputs, for example:
stackoverflow.com/questions/1090261/get-the-graphi...

Answer 3

Hah, I'm looking for solutions in Russian

Answer 4

Was there anything else in the lab assignment? What GAPI - OGL, DX?
The dumbest way is to ask OGL, for example glGetString(GL_VENDOR) and match with ATI, NVidia, Intel - there are still no other driver manufacturers :), in DX - IDirect3D9::GetAdapterIdentifier(...)