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    GTX 660 artifacts when using high settings

    I'm still desperately clinging to my 660. It's been fine in most games, but recently I installed Prey (2017). Initially, I played with the in-game Low preset, but with FXAA enabled, and it seemed to run very well. I noticed today that GeForce Experience had support for the game, but would refuse...
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    How to Install SSD?

    For gaming, an SSD doesn't really make much of a difference (except maybe reduced loading times). Anything 120GB or bigger and you'll be set -- Windows and a few programs (or maybe even a game or two) on the SSD, other stuff on the HDD. Or just go berserk and get a huge SSD to completely replace...
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    Going to extended to 3 monitor setup, will it reduce fps ??

    Whatever resolution those two extra monitors will be at, your performance will suffer. I'd say you'll be lucky to play AAA titles on medium. You have to realize that adding two extra displays (@1080p) means that your graphics card needs to push three times as many pixels as it was designed to. I...
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    Apple to andriod

    I personally don't know about the Z3's compatibility with US bands, but I do know a lot of people from US that have bought a Z3 online and it didn't work for them. Doing this is a huge gamble. Even if the spec sheet says something works, the phone/carrier combo might not let you use the phone as...
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    Need help for a new headset/headphone.

    I'm just going to link you to these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fD-M1F6L4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dj5G0isn9Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgTnJ3JQQ0E For $100 dollars (as much as the HyperX retails), you can get a modmic ($50) and some headphones for $50.
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    Amd R9 290x 8GB or Geforce Gtx 970 4GB

    The performance of the two cards is near identical. The 3.5 GB VRAM thing is pretty much a non-issue, since only rare scenarios actually take up more than 3 GB of VRAM. An important thing to note though is that the 970 requires less power, and runs cooler (actually requires about half the power...
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    How to Install SSD?

    What exactly would "internal matters" be? You don't need a "different" version of Windows. As a matter of fact, you'll find software all over the internet that basically transfers your Windows drive's data onto the SSD. After it's done, you can swap the HDD for the SSD and it'll work. What's...
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    Should I upgrade my hardware? Help please

    Your CPU is completely adequate for gaming (and should be for a few more years, unless games start massively benefiting from more than 4 cores, and being optimized for that)! The GPU, the 7970, is pretty powerful as well. MKX's recommended GPU is 7950, so you should be good. A lot of people are...
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    Tom's Hardware Gaming Community Screenshot Contest!

    First of Awesome http://m.imgur.com/ImZjdIN And Monument Valley http://m.imgur.com/Lr8hMVR Both from Android. Sorry but these are all I could find on my phone :P
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    1st gen Nexus 7 (32gb) or 2nd gen Nexus 7 (16gb)? Or Memopad...?

    Sorry for an even more late reply. I found out that your only two options are buying Stickmount from the Play Store ($4 I think) or root the tablet to use OTG as is usual. Dick move by Google but they're really against external storage as they want you to use the Drive service (not nearly as...
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    Is this Sony Xperia z2 from Amazon Legit?

    A lot of sellers will drop their price for models that are not the newest ones. Sony has this weird philosophy of updating its flagship line twice per year, resulting in low prices of still-excellent devices; since the Z3 line was launched in late September, the pricing of the Z2 has plummeted...
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    Part Compatibility - Upgrade

    You've probably already ordered but yeah, you're good. I'm curious to see in how many years you'll get the urge to overclock that CPU :P A lot of people have a 2500K/2600K and only recently went into overclocking. Shows that CPU performance really hasn't improved that much in recent years lol...