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I purchased this card from eBay a few years ago for pretty cheap. About a year ago I started getting artifacts in the form of spikes, however they were very minor and I just ignored them, assuming it was some sort of bug. Recently, however, the artifacts have been getting worse. I believe the...

I have a 1000$ budget, and I want a gaming laptop. Building a desktop is not an option for me, since I will be needing to take it places (like on vacation) Here are my requirements: -Decent dedicated GPU. Around the GTX 860M and higher -17" screen, if possible (but 15" is fine) -At least 1080p...

In April I will finally have enough money saved up to buy myself parts to build a PC. I have chosen all the parts on pcpartpicker.com, but at the bottom it says "Some Intel B85 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Haswell Refresh CPUs". The motherboard is a Gigabyte...

You should be able to find your specs in the Control Panel and then to System. You should see Processor, Installed memory (RAM), and I think it should have your Graphics Card, but I don't know because I have integrated graphics. Also, how long have you had the laptop?

If your willing to spend a bit more, I reccomend getting an SSD (solid state drive) SSD's, unlike HDD's have no moving parts at all, so they are less easy to break.

You said very hot air was coming out of the laptop, so it may be an overheating problem. Is your CPU soldered onto the motherboard, or just mounted? If its just mounted, you can remove the fan, heatsink, and CPU, and use a rag to clean off the thermal compound, and get reapply some different...

Hello everyone! I was looking at ArmA III and it looks prw=etty fun, so I was wondering if I would be able to play it. Here are my specs: CPU: Intel Core i5-4200m clocked at 2.5GHz GPU: Intel HD 4600 Integrated Graphics (max vram it can take from ram is 1.8gb) RAM: 8GB HDD: 1TB OS: Windows 8.1...

I need a laptop that's under 675$ up to (700$ at the most if it's absolutely worth it) It needs to have these: Intel Core i5 or better must be at least 2.4GHz (only want Intel no AMD CPU) Any Nvidia dedicated GPU as long as it's better than the processor's integrated GPU. Touchscreen At least...

I am getting a new PC this week and I need to transfer my steam games over. I can't reinstall because I have A LOT of games on Steam (over 200GB of games) and reinstalling them all would take too long. Could I just copy the "common" folder that all the games are in, or is it more complicated...

I don't need it customized, but if you insist on customizing one, I don't care from what website it's customized from.

I need a decent gaming laptop for under 700 It should be able to play DayZ, Black Ops 2, CS:GO, L4D2, Saint's Row 2, Sleeping Dogs, and Just Cause 2 at medium-high settings. Specs I want: CPU: Core i5 or better, or the AMD equivalent GPU: Nvidia Dedicated Graphics Ram: 6-8gb Screen Size: 17"...

I need a gaming laptop, that will play games like DayZ Standalone, Black Ops 2, Sleeping Dogs, and Just Cause 2 at Medium-high settings with acceptable FPS. CPU: AMD A10/Intel Core i5 or better with at least 2.5Ghz (a little below is OK but nothing below 2ghz) GPU: Any Nvidia GPU that's better...