Recent content by Spencer_10

I'm glad you like it, I have purchases a few gaming laptops in the past when space was limited. Long term or next purchase try to get a a gaming PC, gaming Laptops are always a disappointment or waste of money in the long run. Best to get gaming PC and Cheap laptop.

I would say get a used / second hand i5 4460 + 970 gtx Any money saved, save for later upgrades. As I dont think you would be happy with a Nvidia 950 or a AMD 380

Hello, No, a good clean, (air duster) and make sure cpu / GPU fans are working. But either learn how to change thermal paste, or take it to the shop to get done. Here is a guy doing extreme cleaning on a pc... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mfykKXqDww I recommend using HWmonitor to check...

Hello, Unless you live in a damp or humid environment the GPU should outlast most other components. You should change the thermal paste and clean the fan/s one every 1-3 years. With laptops, whats more likely to break first are : The battery will go first, then keys may break, screens...

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA V\Profiles #2 C:\ProgramData\Socialclub\YOURUSERNAME etc etc etc this is the save location of the steam version.

"When i first opened speed fan GPU was running at 106c. " Jesus Christ... You are lucky your PC is still alive. That is way too hot. You need to Change your Thermal compound/paste on your CPU / GPU. and check your fans are working. If you take it to a shop to do, ask them to do the thermal...

Riva tuner settings?

Just an idea, "With Steam's Big Picture mode you can now choose on which monitor games should be running from the settings menu in BP." Do you think its trying to output steam games to a different monitor?

sorry cant see any pictures. If your screen resolution is at 1366x768 or in your Nvidia panel 3d settings are set to maximum performance and not let 3D application decide, this may be why. Most screen shots are now taken at 4k, then downscaled for web, so often a screen shots can look much...

Um something is wrong ... have you over clocked your CPU? max cpu showing 29,734 MHZ! 29 GHZ maybe reset your motherboad and clear the CMOS

No.. Play a game or benchmark in in a window mode and with hwmonitor running, after 10 mins make screenshots of all the temps during the game or benchmark. It may be even be the northbridge heatsink needs new paste, or one of the parts is failing to fully utilize, becuase of the PSU, but we...

A lot of people get problems with the Northbridge on MSI boards, If it feels burning, change the pads/paste.

I'm glad its now fixed : )

What I would do is.... Run a benchmark in a loop, windowed like: https://unigine.com/products/benchmarks/valley/ then use something like HWmonitor from cpuid https://unigine.com/products/benchmarks/valley/ And watch your temps. Your pc may be shutting down to protect itself. For example mine...