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What's the best antivirus software? Microsoft Defender?
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Defender is one of the better AVs out there these days. I think ESET is still considered the best, but probably not worth a...
Thursday at 8:16 AM
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Is this computer way too fast for playing pre-Windows XP games?
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By about '93 or so games had either ways to manually set their speed or automatically handled faster CPUs. There were some exceptions...
Apr 17, 2024
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Why not for desktops too?
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Eh, Arm was really just a replacement for PowerPC. Thing is, as it scales up it's looking more and more like x86-64 CPUs.
Apr 10, 2024
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Don't believe all the hype about PCIe 5.0 - - - motherboards are not ready!
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Unless I'm horribly mistaken how PCIe works, I'm pretty sure PCIe4 cards running on a PCIe5 slot should run at PCIe5 speeds, so in this...
Apr 10, 2024
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Why not for desktops too?
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The long and short answer: Software support. The software isn't there for native non-x86-64 systems, and running an emulator costs...
Apr 10, 2024
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Don't believe all the hype about PCIe 5.0 - - - motherboards are not ready!
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PCIe 5.0 x8 = PCIe 4.0 x16, which isn't even close to a bottleneck yet. Heck, I saw a recent test that showed even PCIe 3.0 x16 isn't...
Apr 10, 2024
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Loss of sound through headset when plugged in to USB ?
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I'm betting the update switched the default audio output device; the fact you get audio from 3.5mm when you plug that into the PC...
Apr 10, 2024
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Floppy disk-reliant San Francisco train control system spurs concerns of 'catastrophic failure' — and it won't be replaced for at least another decade
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As others have said: You can't get rid of the floppies without replacing the *entire* HW ecosystem, which turns into a multi-year...
Apr 9, 2024
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Floppy disk-reliant San Francisco train control system spurs concerns of 'catastrophic failure' — and it won't be replaced for at least another decade
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Where I work we have a backroom full of spare 286s and floppy disks/drives. Legacy programs are *fun*. It comes down to yearly...
Apr 9, 2024
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Why is my display dimming when I return to Desktop from Fullscreen App (HDR) ?
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I'm assuming HDR is enabled within Windows. In my experience, running applications with the Vulkan renderer cause me all sorts of...
Apr 8, 2024
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Floppy disk-reliant San Francisco train control system spurs concerns of 'catastrophic failure' — and it won't be replaced for at least another decade
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Guys...You are aware the floppy drive they use isn't installed on a generic PC, right? It's bespoke HW under the hood; you can't just...
Apr 8, 2024
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HDR turns itself off immediately after being toggled on (Windows 10) ?
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Oh doy, was thinking in NVIDIA terms. Pretty sure you can adjust the Chroma in AMDs utility as well, though I don't know offhand...
Apr 1, 2024
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HDR turns itself off immediately after being toggled on (Windows 10) ?
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There's your problem. The AVR only supports HDMI 2.0, and you are running into bandwidth limitations. Yes, HDMI 2.0 *can* do 4k60...
Mar 29, 2024
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Ryzen 5 5600 Temp high up to 95c
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Ryzen can run hot if your cooling isn't adequate. Per AMD, 95C is *normal*. Note some motherboards have a UEFI Performance Boost...
Mar 29, 2024
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PC makes the room hot ?
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All a Metal case is going to do is potentially absorb some of the heat into the case itself. That doesn't change the simple issue here...
Mar 29, 2024
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