Recent content by sharpshorts

When I saw that listing on Speccy I investigated as to how to enable it... I think I found why not here on Tom's.

Heat Kills Performance... Even though my tower has excellent ventilation (front, side, back, bottom and top venting with (2) 120mm fans as well as (2) video card 15mm fans and the power supply's built-in fan ) improving the CPU cooling made a huge performance improvement... Added a " heat...

It's possible that 70*c is too high for your processor to work at it's highest efficiency***... If your i7 is like my i5, Intel has built in a "Turbo Mode" which sort of works like overclocking... It lets the CPU work at significantly higher speeds when needed... BUT - it will only operate for...

Note that I use my machine for a futures trading application with real-time charting – NOT for 3D gaming. How can this processor's capabilities be best enhanced for 2D applications? 1 - Installing a better cooling system? I've read that Intel's processors have a built in limiter if...

Thank-you Vic 40...exactly what I wanted... I downloaded and installed 4.7 from the link you posted and it's working perfectly. . (Gadwin PrintScreen 4.7 is the version I wanted...I miss-typed 4.2 in my post above). I have both the new and old versions working on my Win 7 machines... One click...

Can I use a system image that I have on a external HD to retrieve a program that is no longer available for downloading, then return to a more recent image? My idea is to restore my system to an earlier image then copy to a zip drive the folder that contains the program files I want... Next...

While using the graphics card output for one monitor, you could use USB video adapters for additional monitors... See this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2803397/monitors-monitor-card.html