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Forum discussion tagged with 290X.
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    Question I have r9 290x that seems to be giving errors from the vBIOS possibly corrupted, can I simply switch the bios and see if that one works?

    Or will having one corrupted vbios means I could damage the other? View: https://imgur.com/7rhQ5rG gpu z giving me 0 mhz clock speed and memory , i think i will try to flash with this one https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/152189/sapphire-r9290x-4096-131202-1 should i try to use other...
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    [SOLVED] R9 290x artifacts,stretching,flickering and crashing

    Hey! So as the title says I have a AMD R9 290x with the stock cooler that has the issues mentioned in the title. It all started about two days ago while i watching a youtube video. It just crashed and gave me a black screen. At first when I was powering up the PC it would show me the windows...
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    Question Radeon VII's two 8pin power connectors

    So I want to order a Radeon VII but I noticed it has two 8-pin power connectors. I've had a 290x for years, and the power consumption seems to be exactly the same as Radeon VII at 295 watts, but the 290x has an 8-pin and a 6-pin, which is all my power supply has. The 6-pin connectors can...
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    Question Can I replace the DVD drive in my laptop with an HDD?

    I have an HP Pavilion 15-p001tx laptop from 2014, it currently has a 1TB HDD and a DVD drive. I plan on replacing the HDD with a 250GB SSD, and since I have never used the optical drive, I figured I might as well swap it out with my HDD for additional storage. Can I do this, and are there...
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    Backlight Bleeding and clouding after slight movement - return worthy or overexaggerating?

    Hi guys! So I got a new laptop (HP Pavilion Power 15) and noticed quite early on it had a case of light backlight bleeding on the bottom left corner, and the bezel wasn't on too tight on the top right. The screen itself didn't wasn't entirely flush with the bezel, with the top and right lines...
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    Ryzen 5 1600, Intel I5 8400 or Intel I7 8700 for 144hz 1080p?

    I’m planning to buy one of these cpus together with a gtx 1070, but which one will work the best on 1080p 144hz? I don’t mind turning down settings, but would like to use this build for a good 2/3 years
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    Help after installing GPU?

    I installed my new GTX 1070 ti into my PC and have encountered a couple of problems: - my GPU has started to sag. Here’s a link to the video I posted. https://youtu.be/g4j65pJ7ico - I was playing ac origins for 5 minutes then my PC came up with the screen ‘Your PC has ran into a problem. We’re...
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    How much watts would i need

    Hi im looking to massively upgrade my pc so im wondering what power supply i would need for all of this Specs: i3-7100 kaby lake, I want to get a gtx 1070, 16 gigs of ram, and a ASRock B250 pro4 motherboard What power supply would i need for all of this
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    Advise on upgrading my pc

    My current specs are amdfx 8350 oc to 4.52, evga gtx 980sc, GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 Motherboard, EVGA SuperNOVA 85 powersupply, and CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB ram. Should i upgrade my cpu to i7 7700k? In order to get i7 7700k i also need new compatible motherboard and ram. so im looking to...
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    Best replacement fan for Hyper 212 Evo

    I need a replacement fan for my Hyper 212 Evo as I think that the bearing worn out. I have heard that the Noctua F12 is a really good option but it is kind of pricy and there are so many different models I don't know which to chose. For example I found this one cheap...
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    Seagate external HDD not reading on Mac but fine on Windows?

    Firstly I would like to say that it is formatted for exFAT so that it will work on both windows and mac. When i got my HDD i formatted it to exFAT so i could use it both my macbook and my windows computer. The external hdd got dropped from a small height and it still worked fine on windows but...
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    SSD Not working!!!

    Hi guys, I bought a Toshiba q300 120gb ssd 2 months ago, I was using it on my laptop with windows 10, it always worked fine until yesterday when I was using the laptop and the battery died, when I started the laptop after that the ssd was not booting or showing up in the BIOS, I tried to put it...
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    Will this Build be Quite, Small and powerfull ?

    Hello all. im planing on giving myself a greate christmas gift this year. i am going to build my self a gaming/media mini pc. So far i have tried to pick parts that is more than good enough to play the newest games at a as high graphic as possible for years to come. also i would like the...
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    Pc will crash 10-15 minutes into a game.

    I have built a gaming pc that end up crashing on playing a game or rending a video when exports a video clip (Not always happpen and on the same video it can happen at any time for example its not always happening at the same %) The spec of the PC is: CPU - Intel Core i7 5820k Haswell-e CPU...
  15. Faizalhhh

    HP Pavilion vs MSI Prestige

    Hi, I want to buy a budget gaming laptop. I'll use the laptop for multimedia use and moderate gaming. I have come up with 2 models. Please help me to choose the best one. I am planing to use it for at-least 3-4 years. 01. HP Pavilion 15 (i7-6700, 16GB DDR4, Gtx960m 4GB, UHD IPS display, 2...
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    Graphics Cards connected to a laptop?

    I was just thinking, is there any way to connect an external GPU to a laptop without thunderbolt 3? I saw some videos on youtube but those videos had GPUs taking power from an external power supply but how does that work if its a GTX 1050ti or an RX 460 or something like that? These GPUs take...
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    RAM for GA-78LMT-S2 From Gigabyte

    Hello Friends, I wanted to upgrade my RAM from 8 GB DDR3 to 16 GB DD3, as per the Mobo specifications: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4311 2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (Note 1) Dual channel memory architecture Support...
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    What to upgrade ?

    I'v been thinking about upgrading my motherboard and cpu , and im not quite sure what i should upgrade to. The thing is that i recently bought new ddr3 ram and a gtx 1060, and only heard after i bought it that i can't use ddr3 memory on most of the 1151 socket motherboards. So my main...
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    When adding a second hard drive in an Optiplex Gs 270 which should be the master and which the slave drive

    When adding a second hard drive in an Optiplex Gs 270 which should be the master and which the slave drive, this is my question
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    Screen won't fit monitor

    Using laptop with intel HD graphics 5600 Via HDMI to a old PnP BenQ FP222WH 1280x720p resolution is recommended but it doesn't fit. using 1920x1080p fits the screen better but the screen is too big, my windows search bar is outside the screen for example. windows 10 with Hd 5600 graphics...
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    Best password manager?

    Too bad lastpass is only extensions any other options besides dashlane and lastpass? with a good UI
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    Help my Surprise my Dad - Value Build Advice

    Hi Everyone, My dad just retired and finally has the time to enjoy his hobbies. Some of those hobbies are related to computers and include: - gaming at 1080p - professional autocad and solidworks (he was an engineer) - photo editing Its my first time trying my hand at a custom build...
  23. georgi5000

    Making mPCIe adapter more portable

    Hello, everyone! I have Asus N551VM-FY204D Intel Core i7-6700HQ (4-core 8-threads, 2.60 -3.50 GHz, 6MB cache) 16GB DDR4 2133MHz 1TB HDD 7200rpm, Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD Nvidia GTX 960M (2GB GDDR5) 15.6" FHD IPS monitor As much as I found on the internet, my GPU is around of...
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    Adobe Flash Errors

    I created a restore point on my Windows 7 PC. Then I installed adobe flash. When I visit some pages (e.g., mail.com), I receive two messages which alternate. Neither stays on the screen long enough to read the entire thing. Here are the messages: -Warning-Unresponsive Plugin. May be busy or...
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    Help having 2 screens in 1 monitor (PIP?)

    Hi, I would like to use PIP or function like it, to watch videos on a section of a screen while playing games. So far I've gathered 2 cables; hdmi and vga, but computer just detects them as seperate monitors, and i'm able to switch between the two via tv remote- source. How could i make it...
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    970 pro gaming aura asus it forgets the lighting settings

    Everytime i restart the computer or have to shut it down it for gets the led color. also the leds will not turn off unless a hit the master power switch on the back.i have tried everything next is going to talk to asus. Thank you, zack
  27. Rafael Mestdag

    Is the FX6300 the best 'bang for your buck' CPU available?

    I've bought this CPU and despite being using the onboard ATI HD 3000 video device, I think that in comparison to most CPU's out there currently this is still the best 'bang for your buck' CPU out there. Any thoughts? Do you think there's a better option for this purpose out there?
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    No display on monitor but everything turns on?

    I don't know whats wrong it wont give a beep code (probably because I don't have a speaker) All the fans turn on, just no display. I have called support and they that its a different part and have me calling in a loop from company to company. EVGA said it was the motherboard Gigabyte said it was...
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    Aerocool AERO-800 Versus Cooler Master N-series 300

    Hello, only one thing is left to completion of my build. That is pc case. I did a lot of research and narrowed down my choices to two pc cases that fit my budget. Those cases are Aerocool AERO-800 ATX with window, Cooler Master N-series 300 midi tower with Window. I can hardly find any...
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    Need a laptop under 50000 INR.

    Please suggest me a laptop under 50000 INR. Main purpose - Dota and movies. Have narrowed down to these two. 1. http://www.amazon.in/Dell-Inspiron-Y561928HIN9-15-6-inch-i5-5200U/dp/B01BGFLZRO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1465628719&sr=8-3&keywords=Dell+Inspiron+15+3543...
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    gt 730 help asap

    I am planning to buy gt 730 1gb ddr5 and my problem is if i should buy zotac or palit or msi brand? which is better? thanks in advance
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    Help for buying a new CPU

    Hey I've been looking quite a while for a new cpu. I'm currently using Intel i5-4670k which is not bad, but it's almost 5 years old. I've been looking for a i7 but i dont really know what i7 is suitable for me. I dont really know the differences between the K variants, example i7 4790K...
  33. TitanEren

    Any Upgrading suggestions?

    I have some of an idea on what to upgrade, but I want to hear from the community first before I consider anything final. Here's my build: Intel Core i3 3220 G.Skill Rip Jaws 2 x 4GB (DDR3) Asus B75M-A motherboard EVGA Geforce GTX 660 SC edition Samsung EVO 850 500GB SSD Seagate Barracuda 1TB...
  34. gartersnake184

    Is my PC overkill for 1080 60hz?

    My PC: Asus z87-a 8gb ram - upgrading to 32gb R9 295x2 I7 4770 1tb hdd Cooler master silent pro m2 1000w
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    No Output for New Build

    Okay, so I have a brand new computer I've built: Mobo: MSI z170a SLI Plus Memory: Vengence DDR4 3000mhz CPU: Intel i3 6100k VGA: Nvidia GTX 970 PSU: EVGA 750 Watt G2 Hard drive: SSDnow Kingston Optical Drive: Samsung Everything starts up, fans all spin, so I plug the HDMI cord into the...
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    AMD A10 7850k

    Hello, im going to buy the AMD A10 7850k CPU very soon, but i have my r7 260x graphics card in my pc aswell, earlier i searched for some benchmarks and i came across a topic called dual graphics. I read something about it not working, does it mean that i cant put the CPU in my pc with my GPU...
  37. Nexus Radical

    What is this lock box i have for hard drives?

    So not too long ago someone i know told me that there department at work is replacing a load of tech. So i asked him if he could pass down anything that's not going to be used. So i got a couple of things including some old switches, pretty cool stuff. Now one thing that im not too certain on...
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    Upload Faster Than Download?

    I know most people would be happy to have this problem... It is not really causing an issue, but I am curious to understand why this is happening. I have gigabit fiber service. I am connecting wireless to the gateway. The connection speed listed under network settings is 877mbs (sounds about...
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    Android N Media Stack Sandboxing Could Protect Against Future 'Stagefright' Vulnerabilities

    Android N will bring a cleaner codebase for the mediaserver library (preventing future attacks) as well as sandboxing for various media components to limit an attacker's capabilities. Android N Media Stack Sandboxing Could Protect Against Future 'Stagefright' Vulnerabilities : Read more
  40. kcarbotte

    Oculus Rift Demos Hit Best Buy Stores On Saturday

    It’s been a little over a month since the Oculus Rift VR HMDs started landing in consumer hands. The company has been plagued with hardware shortages and higher than expected initial demand, but that's not stopping it from launching its retail plans. Oculus Rift Demos Hit Best Buy Stores On...