Recent content by shmann

I just wiped my old AMD drivers and installed a GTX 970. I downloaded the newest drivers from NVIDIA website. When I open games, they immediately pop into 1080i. They should be in 1080p, and they generally work in windowed mode at 1080p. does anyone have an idea why this is? how can I get it to...

I bought this board as part of a combo with the G3258. They have both treated me well, but I started a new job, and I'm starting to think about how I might want to upgrade. Specifically, I'm looking at the GTX 970 and the 4790K. I know that the PC MATE is considered a low-end motherboard, but...

where do the 970 and 980 fall? :D

what were the core temperatures when playing bf4 on the overclocked g3258? up towards 80 degrees also?

didn't even look at the asus boards-- I figured the deal was pretty solid and my understanding is the Z97 is "officially supported." tbh I don't know much about this stuff either I'm pretty new to it. I will tell you that the gaming performance dramatically increased with the overclock, and I'm...

Micro Center had a bundle for $99 in-store pickup only-- luckily I found one in driving distance. otherwise I would have gone for a cheaper ASUS board like the H81

I just wanted to post here to see if anyone had any tips for me. I'm new to overclocking, so please bear with me I have the Pentium G3259 + MSI Z97 PC MATE bundle from Micro Center. last Sunday I got a chance to try overclocking for the first time. I followed Darkwizzie's Haswell overclocking...

using prime95 I am getting temperatures up to 84 degrees at a voltage of 1.22. is that ok?