Recent content by JackHinton

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    Question Sharing peripherals between laptop and PC help.

    Hi, My laptop is a HP ProBook 450 G8 and my two monitors are an Acer XF240H and Asus VG259QM. Hope this helps to narrow down my options. I'll checkout that website you suggested also. Thanks
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    Question Sharing peripherals between laptop and PC help.

    I have a main PC which I use for gaming and personal stuff and I have a laptop which I use to work from home. I want a way to switch between my PC and laptop at a press of a button so I can use my monitors, keyboard and mouse easily between both devices without having to use my laptop. My PC is...
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    Question Looking for information about a networking setup

    Hi, my friend currently has a problem with his internet connection on his pc. He lives in a garage annex which is disconnected from the main house where the main internet router is. Currently, from this main router there is a cat6 cable which runs outside into the annex and into another router...
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    [SOLVED] Slow internet on pc when using phone wifi

    It is a BT wireless access point. Link rate is 100Mbps, and it is configured as an access point for the network.
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    [SOLVED] Slow internet on pc when using phone wifi

    My friend lives in an outbuilding where he has a cat6 cable that runs from the main house router into a separate wifi router/booster in his room, where he has another cat6 running to his pc. The booster/router in his room has a separate wifi name but is still essentially the same network. When...
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    Question Poor performance on gaming laptop

    I know it's not aiding the performance but from benchmarks I've seen of similar specs that may or may not be running dual channel because its not specified in the video, but its can be a difference of nearing 100fps on videos to him getting 30fps in game. I think that kind of performance...
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    Question Poor performance on gaming laptop

    It's most likely single channel, he isn't around to check right now, but I wouldn't have thought it would impact performance that dramatically.
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    Question Poor performance on gaming laptop

    My friend has recently purchase a Asus TUF FX506 gaming laptop with : i5 10300h , GTX 1660ti, 8GB ram, 512gb ssd etc. He was trying to play COD Cold War and on lowest settings at 1080p he was only getting 30-40 fps. I have walked him through some steps like making sure the power options are...
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    [SOLVED] 3080 Cuda core question

    I'm looking at 3080's on Curry's and some of the cards say they only have 4352 cuda cores instead of 8704 like some others. I want to know if this is a mistake by Curry's or if there is a difference. Here is a link to a screenshot of the page.
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    [SOLVED] Jar files not opening

    Thanks for the comment, i have found the issue now thanks to someone on reddit. It was a recent Windows update "KB4515384" that was causing Jar files to not load.
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    [SOLVED] Jar files not opening

    I have suddenly got this issue where when i try to open a .jar file with Java, that is designed to open with a double click such as an installer, it just wont open. I have been looking online for hours to find a way to fix it but i have had no luck. I have tried this with a file that i know...
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    Question Can't change monitor back to 144hz after closing a game

    Windows 10 Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134 Nvidia Driver Version 430.39
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    Question Can't change monitor back to 144hz after closing a game

    I just got a 144hz monitor, when you boot up the pc and select 144hz 1080p everything works fine, 144hz on the desktop and in csgo. However, when i close csgo and return to the desktop the monitor changes back to 60hz and i am not able to change it back. When i go to change from native...
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    Headset Microphone Noise

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    Headset Microphone Noise

    I just changed from a cheap usb headset and microphone to a new hyperx cloud stinger headset. The old headset seemed to have no background noise what so ever but now with my newer more expensive pair there is alot of static background noise even with boost on the lowest setting. I am using my...