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Parts can fail prematurely due to "dirty" power and thermal stress on the material, too. If you use your computer a lot, turning the computer on and off takes some parts like the CPU to extreme temperatures and then cools them. Over time, that can lead to premature hardware failure.

I was thinking the two terms as interchangeable. Facepalm. Sorry. Okay, so you checked without those three installed, just the base game, and it doesn't degrade your performance?

...new video card so you can use the Catalyst software to fix it? :P

Here's a video of one of those insane 4k texture packs. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekG2q_eYCAM

I'm not sure on that one. I've never had to modify GPU memory allocation, even when I was running on an old GTX460. When it comes to shaders, you definitely do have a choice in level of detail and it makes a big difference in performance. As an example, if you were to install one of those...

TEN GIGS LOL :) You might want to dial that back. Let windows keep at least 8gigs. If you've got 16 gigs of ram, consider 6-8 gigs. You shouldn't need more than 8 gigs. Even with some 200+ mod pack plus 128 bit shaders, you shouldn't need to allocate more than 8 gigs. I'd like to help more...

What detail level of shader did you install? 16bit? 32bit? 64bit? 128bit? How much memory is on your video card?

Sounds like you have the java version. Good. Are you using a launcher that allows you to check / set RAM allocation? Do you have 64 bit java installed? By default, if you go to java.com and download the latest, you'll only get the 32 bit version. If you want the 64 bit version, you have to...

There are 2 versions available. One is the java version and one is the C++ version. Microsoft Store sells the C++ version, aka Windows 10 version. If you buy the C++ version, that's all you'll ever have access to which restricts you to certain platforms and restricts access to 3rd party content...

I wouldn't say that it matters much at all. All gaming headset mics are sub-par, but this is coming from someone who's done a fair bit of work in recording studios. It's not a bad mic. I don't think anyone buys their gaming headset based on how the mic sounds (or shouldn't, in any case), so...

Sort of true. Depends on what you're doing with your PC. If you're at 60fps playing Checkers, you're not going to see much benefit in higher framerate. If you're in a first person shooter and you turn your mouse more than 60 degrees per second, that 60fps is going to be immediately noticeable...

I used to be a Logitech fanboy until I had one too many RMAs for prematurely-failing headphones. I bought an Arctis 7 from SteelSeries and love it. I love being able to walk outside, down my walkway, down to the corner and across the street to pick up my mail while still listening to whatever...

I watch a boatload of streamers in the Escape from Tarkov community, Path of Exile community, and the musicianship category on Twitch. Commentary is great. If you don't want commentary you may as well just be playing the game instead of watching it. Commentary keeps the community engaged and...

Mercenaries was really really good! MWO is dumpster fire. MW5 is an inch deep. The Battletech PC game is too slow paced but at least they're not PGI. Lol. I used to love Mechwarrior. :(

https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html Launch HWMonitor. Launch game. Play game. Close game. Look at HWMonitor. It'll show you current temps and peak temps. If you don't mind alt tabbing, then you can check this while the game's running.