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    [SOLVED] Oddity in gaming

    my system came from Micro center within the last year CPU Mobo PSU GPU RAM all since December my new PSU ThermalTake 700 watt SMart series PRODUCT INFORMATION GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Cooling Fans 120mm Fan Series SMART Series Wattage 700 Watts Form Factor ATX Color Black Material Steel LED Color...
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    [SOLVED] Oddity in gaming

    Having extremely poor performance during gameplay and it seems to be only on one or two games, I am unsure why. games i have had issues with include FFXV and Forza Horizon 4 (from Xbox app) Path of Exile and Diablo 3 (standard installation types) All 4 are on SSD. I am running a MSI A320M...
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    Question trying to finish windows 10 install

    Sounds good. I'll use that solely for a game like POE that needs a fast disc But how can i remove Windows from the other drive without losing everything at once? Doubt its as easy as deleting the WINDOWS folder
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    Question trying to finish windows 10 install

    Building on that when I prepared to be upgraded i also removed about 35gb of duplicate music, ran cccleaner, removed at least 30 gb of old pics and videos I no longer needed, and upgraded the OS as when i installed my Ryzen and such as WIN 8 said I would need to upgrade to get the full potential...
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    Question trying to finish windows 10 install

    91% of the post formatted and system partitioned space. (So about 70 GB FREE. Remaining) A large chunk is likely Windows and its remaining junk files from previous applications long since removed and or hidden cache files (disregarding the obviously large objects like games IE Saints row 4...
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    Question trying to finish windows 10 install

    Well the M2 is empty so no great loss. I haven't put anything on it due to wanting to make sure I can set everything up correctly. Most of my build can be seen in my signature now because I saw yours looking at that wouldn't be a bad idea to just kind of throw mine down there the only thing...
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    Question trying to finish windows 10 install

    Should I perhaps then transfer the new OS install to the M2 (disc c, that much i know I can do via a partitioning tool with Migrate OS) And does that mean that any program installed to Disk A wont run when Windows is booted from either Disk b or c? I would figure it would only need to rewrite...
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    Question trying to finish windows 10 install

    I cant say I know what model it is at the moment but i think the brand was like avant. Was told 40gb would be perfect for a boot disk My full ideal thing is to have Windows boot using the ssd but load the user folder off of disk A and write to disk A (using the above naming conventions, I...
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    Question trying to finish windows 10 install

    So... I have 3 storage drives on my PC HDD A (Original Windows 10 install updated from Win8) -Drivers -programs (all part of same partition) - 1 TB SDD B (New install) 40GB M.2 chip (256 GB) - key programs + Games what I am trying to do is link the drivers and users from my HDD; but not the...
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    Question Running an old game NFS Underground 2

    tell that to the people who POSTED to use it; i was following a previous posts help guide ^ refer to https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/nfsu-2-crashing-issue.113350/ i tried using the orignal EXE with no avail because i have the stock game; following that post i downloaded the Hoodlum...
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    Question Running an old game NFS Underground 2

    I keep having one crash in one spot and i cannot seem to find out why or how to fix it. I have tried probably a dozen fixes. Nothing seems to fix this one crash, and from what i can tell its only one area that crashes; location of the crash; During the Campaign, you get a sponsor, this sponsor...
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    problems running games: exceed requirements, but still run bad

    NOtice again though my system specs... Dx11 quad core (2.0) 6GB sysem ram 2 GB videocard (radeon hd 5450 (higher than the base 5000) so the processor is a bit to slow for it, but i can run games that require more at a base? that makes no sense. all the same i am attempting to save up money...
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    there's not a peripheral option- xbox360 controller glitchy

    For some reason my xbox 360 wired controllers left trigger is glitchy, when connected to either my xbox or my pc. What occurs is the left trigger acts as if it is randomly pressed, in Call of Duty's this means it randomly auto-aims down my sight in Forza games this means my brakes automatically...
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    problems running games: exceed requirements, but still run bad

    when i put in the 5450 i was able to run stronger games with out a hitch like Beam NG Drive, i used to need it on minimal but now i can run it on medium as well, diablo 3 i needed minimal also, and according to the game itself the 5450 is in the recommended cards for the game, says series...
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    problems running games: exceed requirements, but still run bad

    Game running definition to me: smooth 20-30 fps no/little frame chopping Here's an example of a game i can play on full fledged max. recommended CPU: 1.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 GPU: 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce® 2 (support for Pixel Shader 3.0 recommended) DX: DirectX® 9.0 or higher OS: Microsoft®...