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Ok so first, let me explain. Recently I bought Far Cry 4, as per usual with these games there was a new driver update from nvidia As i have a GTX 760 MSI Gaming SLI setup, I wanted to update to the new version. I have a W8.1 x64 with i5-3570, 20 gigs ram and 2x120gb ssd in raid 0. in Far cry 4...

I built my rig about two years ago (2012) and while I've never had super, awesome, amazing framerate, it seems like my rig cant handle most new games and stay at or above 30 fps consistently. The most recent example being Dragon Age Inquisition were it hovers just at or above 30 fps in the most...

hi all, so i have red that if you record gameplay (with fraps) to a separate drive it improve's FPS. i notice when playing bf3 my fps is good (around 50fps, 900p) but sometimes it dips into the 10-20 and it's really annoying. i play and record on two seagate 750Gb HDD's in RAID0 i have an...

was thinking about getting the asus m5a97 r2.0, but this is much cheaper, as i realized I need a more expensive psu. my parts: cpu: amd fx 6300 gpu: amd r7 265 ram: patriot viper xtreme 8Gb does anyone know if this mobo will make the other parts less effective? or would it work well with...

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Hello, sweet people! I have an acer laptop which is shiny and black( that should give you a clue to how little i know about computers!!) Ive completly F'd it up. I used recovery disks once, didnt work. xp recovery disks, vista recovery disks and win 7 rec disks have also been used.... First...

Hello, lexmark 4270 all in one printer unstable with windows 7, is there a fix?

Hello, hi how can i setup the affinity

Selling my old Athlon x2 245 CPU. I have all the original packaging that it came in: that plastic blister pack with foam in the bottom of it and the box. It's gonna have to go inside of a larger box to ship and I want to make sure it doesn't move around. Would it be okay to pack Walmart plastic...

I have built a couple of computer using win xp home and pro but i have never touched Media Center Edition. What does it do that is so good? Is it a standard install like home or pro? Does it need a TV tuner card? Can I do everything that Media Center Edition does with my ATI All In One and XP Pro?

Maybe a bad idea, but I ask anyway, And I have searched th board, but can not find a 100% clear answer.. The PC has onboard HD7660D graphics card, with only two outlets, VGA and hdmi. I would like to add one more monitor, and I have a Ati HD 5570 card I don't use. So.. the question is: Would...

Im looking for a hardcore gaming rig build. I WANT to spend $2000-$2300 AUD, so no budgeting under or over that please. I live in Australia so i will be using PCPartPicker AU. And i also really want to be able to use Eyefinity (Would love 2x 7970's even if it is a little over kill). If you...

I just built my new pc when i went to turn it on it didnt Did i do something wrong or is the psu dead?it made no noise or anything what does it mean?

I don't have any local friends to play games with and I would like to know if anyone would like to play? I hope this is the right place to post this. My origin and steam account is ninjafighter7 Battlefield 4 Team fortress 2 L4D2 Elder scrolls online (when release) CoD Ghost (Don't play it...

hey im going to be building a new pc for gaming i have come up with these parts, will these work. this list includes a monitor and operating system. (windows 8) http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/AusPcGamer/saved/2ONX also with this build i plan to use the on-board audio and i was wondering if the...

Hello, I have a GTX 670 and added a second GTX 670 because I bought a larger monitor. My memory used to run at 1600Mhz but now it's only stable at 1333MHz. Do you know what could be causing this? Could it be related to the power supply? I currently have a OCZ 700 PSU. Here is my other...

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (More info?) Today i went out and bought half life 2 with counter strile source. love the game its awesome. but one problem. I HAVE NO SOUND :'( ... im running it on a -AMD Athlon XP 1700 -782 megs of DDR ram -radeon 8500LE 128 meg I cant...

hello all, i just got the Samsung EVO 120GB SSD and the installation instructions tells me i need a sata to usb cable to plug it in the usb first and transfer whatever data i want before i put the SSD in the mounting bracket. Do i have to do this or can i just chuck it straight into the bracket...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) I run the Winamp visualization often, which takes up a lot of processor time. Just wondering if I am shortening the life of my cpu? CUL8R R*Horse www.sonic.net/~lkokot "Take a look behind you - upstream - now you begin to...

I really miss the CPU/Memory usage gadget and can't find a way of getting anything similar back onto the Windows 8 desktop. I'm new to this OS and I figure I am just missing it somehow, but I'd prefer to have it on the desktop rather than go to the Task Mgr to view everything. Thanks!

if i could get a idea for a build to run bf4 and total war rome 2 for 600 aus or 700 aus thx update i would like for the buil (if possible) to play twr2 at high/ultra and bf4 play/med/high

Very standard question: I'm planning on buying one of the R9 Series cards in a couple of months and i'm wondering which one would be the best one to buy considering my specs and if not, what other card i should buy instead. The price range is around 0-300 euro's. Specs: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T...

I have a I7 920 that restarts frequently. I have a Asus P6T SE motherboard, running vista business. I think I have narrowed it down to two things; overheating cpu or psu. I tried to go for a silent computer so I have a bigwater liquid cooling system, a Gigabyte HD4550 and a MGE Magnum power...

Its a budget $525 build. My monitor res is unfortunately 1440x900. My usage is LOL and WOW:MOP with light netflix and hulu watching. I DONT PLAY Games like CRYSIS OR BF4. So its a light gaming build. I just want to be able to play at high settings on both games with smooth gameplay at low...

Archived from groups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules (More info?) Probably asked to death about Nevvy's Disk, but having seen Door To Nothingness' potential to end a game real fast, I have to ask: Is there any rules-lawyering or fancy playmaking I can do to get it to come into play...

So I have had this 22 inch Gateway LCD monitor for a little over 3 years now and then randomly tonight the entire screen goes black without any type of error message or warning. The computer itself remains running fine and I'm in a skype call which continues as normal me talking and hearing...

Hello, Trying to get a new printer, tired of paying so much for ink. Can you give me some good tips in finding my new printer. Need to copy, print and scan. Ususally do more black printing than color. Thank you E

What is the difference between LCD flat panel monitor and flat CRT monitor beside's the price and the size. Is the LCD faster? My friend is using a LCD monitor and his pc spec is much lower than mine. But i'm using a normal CRT monitor. I can see difference when i use his pc. It's like the LCD...

ive just ordered this and should be with me by tomorrow was wondering whats the top overclock sofar thats stable aswell for it?

today my heart missed a beat when i saw my cpu (i5 3570k ) temp go 75 C while playing calll of duty 4 for about 40 minutes !!!! i m thinking of installing coolermaster hyper evo 212 after 1 to 2 months .......bt still isn't the temp too high ?????? (though i m using the stock cooler)

which i5 processor is best? I DON'T WANT TO OVERCLOCK AND NEED FOR GAMING

I have to say I read the full in depth review on Jonnyguru.com the other day and I'm very intrigued by this PSU - it's platinum certified and the way that it can digitally control the way power is distributed throughout the entire systems, but 1200W is major overkill, and $350 is a bit hard to...

Hello, i need a driver for LG 600u scanner on windows xp

Hello,how can i recover password from sam file

Title says it all really, CPU: i5-3570k ($260) GPU: Radeon HD 7850 ($255) Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA ($125) RAM: 4x4Gb DDR3 G.Skill PC12800 1600MHz ($110) PSU: Coolermaster GX 550W PSU ($90) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1Tb 7200rpm 32Mb cache ($105) Optical Drive: Samsung 22X SATA...