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  1. Toby3000

    Question Why is my PC struggling?

    Specs: CPU: Intel i5-10600K (no overclock) GPU: RTX 3060 12GB (no overclock) RAM: Corsair 16GB (2133 MHz, dual-channel) PSU: Seasonic 650W Storage: Two SSDs, one HDD My PC is struggling with games and even simple tasks on Windows; it sometimes stutters or lags. For example, I tried playing...
  2. Milan0308

    Question Games still changing on PC

    I don't know why, but the games change on my computer. It's 100% not just me. They change in a way that, for example, sometimes the input lag is more, sometimes less, but I don't adjust anything. For example, I restart the computer or it's different after shutting it down. They only change when...
  3. Milan0308

    Question Windows Game Mode causes weird issues in games ?

    I had a problem for a long time that I don't know what caused it in the first place. The games are constantly changing, for example: once the gameplay was faster, once slower, or in Rocket League the camera level was higher or lower. And it changed randomly after reboots and shutdowns without me...
  4. P

    Question I dont get the amount of FPS i should be getting

    For the specs that i have i would expect atleast 144 fps stable in some games but there has been alot of stuttering or stability at like 80-110 fps idk why (cs2, fc25, val, rocket league...) here are my specs: cpu: i5-13400 gpu: rtx 3070 mobo:H610M H DDR4 ram: 16gb if u need any other...
  5. Milan0308

    Question Games feel choppy ?

    So, I think my pc is not working properly, but cant tell exactly. I got high fps, not high temperature, frametimes is good, ethernet connection is good as well. Xmp enabled to 3200 mhz. But games feels choppy. I had a bad laptop which was refund. So I got this pc about 1 year ago. I really can't...
  6. R

    Question Gamechat problems in game ethernet & wifi

    Hi guys, So basically I hopped on Fortnite to play with some mates, noticed my mic wasn't working and I couldn't hear them either, couldn't figure out what was wrong checked all settings apps permissions and so on then I somehow came up with the idea of unplugging my ethernet cable and using...
  7. zarmi

    Question Games crashing with and without error

    I have a big problem and i thought this is the only place where i can find a solution. I bought a brand new prebuilt pc like 3 days ago and i'm desperate because i'm already facing problems. Specifications are: -Processor AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 3600 Mhz, 6...
  8. gamerNoVisual

    Question Monitor screens go black when gaming, but I can still hear Discord and background sounds ?

    When I play certain games like Dark and Darker, Tarkov, or even DOTA 2. At some point my monitors will go black, but I can still hear sound from my discord. I have to do a hard reset, this has been happening to me every since I sent my old card off to get it fixed and Nvidia gave me a...
  9. tofuee

    Question I'm experiencing desync in games (especially in Rhythm) what am I supposed to do?

    Hello everyone! I would like to know some kind of solution or at least the source of the problem if possible. So I was experiencing desyncs while gaming, especially in Rhythm games. In FPS shooters I started noticing it even when I wasx only playing CS:GO.. I fully stop with my character, my...
  10. T

    Question All games start lagging persistently ?

    Laptop model: ASUS Strix G513QY (purchased in July 22) I have upgraded the RAM and the SSD, maintained it with periodic cleaning and repasting (moved from liquid metal to Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste. I have started getting problems recently that while playing games, once the CPU...
  11. Darklife124

    Question PC restarts when gaming ?

    Hi guys, I've been having this issue with my PC for a while. Sometimes when under load, it will just restart by itself. I've changed out the PSU and motherboard but it didn't solve my issue. I attached my event viewer log. It happened at 11:53AM. Please help!~ Thanks! -->LOG<-- My PC spec...
  12. darezanny

    Question I'm having issues with any game I play ?

    PC: LENOVO Prebuilt. Specs: Windows 11 V.10.0.22631 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800 8-core. GPU: RTX 3060 LHR RAM: 2 x 8GB DDR4 (came with P.C.) 2X Corsair DDR4 (put on myself). Storage: 1 x HDD 1TB. 1 x SSD PCle 2 TB. 1 x Wi-Fi AX; Bluetooth 5.1 or above. . I use Arctis Nova 5 headphones, I have...
  13. G

    Question New PC crashing on all games

    Hello, A few months ago I bought following configuration and assembled it myself: AMD Ryzen 7 7800 X3D Kingston fury 2x16 GB DDR5 6400 MHz Gigabyte Nvidia windforce 4070 TI Asus prime b650m-a Wifi II Samsung 990 pro 1 tb nvme Corsair icue h100i water cooling Gigabyte psu series 1000 w 80+ gold...
  14. A

    Question Every game crashes to desktop.

    Hi, I come with a problem. The game crashes. Game freezes for 3-4 seconds then shuts down and I am on the desktop. And it's different games, overcooked 2, helldivers 2, latest call of duty, elden ring, ghostrunner, battlefield 1 just every game. Once! I've got blue screen, reference by pointer...
  15. Heyo91

    Question All games whitescreen upon opening the window, all uility apps (edge, chrome, steam) work fine.

    Specs: Windows 11 home MSI b650 gaming plus wifi mobo RTX 7900 XTX GPU Ryzen 7 7800 x3d CPU WD Black 2tb m.2 nvme Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 5200 mHz (2x16gb) NZXT C1000 PSU I've built this pc a week ago and it won't run games. They will open the window and immediately stop responding. Edge...
  16. H

    Question My CPU is getting stuck at 1.6 GHz when I'm gaming ?

    Hello, I own a laptop equipped with an Intel i5 8th gen 8250u processor and an MX 150 4GB VRAM graphics card. Normally, when performing tasks such as browsing and general computing, my CPU boosts up to 3.4GHz. However, as soon as I start gaming, the CPU frequency gets locked at 1.6GHz, which is...
  17. NickyDubz7

    Question All games look very grainy and pixelated? How do I fix? (read description)

    Hey yall. Just a few days ago, when I turned on my PC, my monitor was tweaked out and there was something wrong with the resolution. Ended up fixing it and now in every single game that I open, it looks extremly grainy and pixelated. It has never done this before and just a few days ago, all of...
  18. C

    Question Differing Game Latency on two gaming pcs

    Hi All, So I've just moved into an apartment with my partner, we currently have our rigs set up in the living room about 5 steps away from our router. We both like to play online games but for some reason, even though my PC is 1 step away from hers, my lag/latency is much higher than hers to...
  19. jnjnilson6

    Discussion Processors and the Melancholy Hours

    What are the most melancholy hours for you in terms of computing? Would they stretch back to the mellow light-induced evenings enlightened by 386/486 CPUs? Would that be the Pentium era? Do you still remember vividly particular games and times: like when the sunlight sank deeply over sharpened...
  20. Loopsuit

    Question Blank screen on games’ startup

    Hi! My issue is, when I have both integrated graphics and gpu enabled in device manager, a lot of games have a blank screen on startup. If one is disabled, the games will work but are lagging. I have tried updating both drivers, to no avail. What could be the reason for this? Specs: CPU -...
  21. S

    Question My GPU Clock frequency is at maximum in some games and at minimum in others.

    Hi. My problem is that my GPU Clock Frequency is at maximum (1366mhz) in some games, and at minimum (300mhz) in others. I need my GPU to use the frequencies I need when I really need them, not to use the maximum unnecessarily I've never had this problem before. I always take care of the...
  22. R

    Question Intel® Core™ i7-13700KF Crashing games

    Most modern AAA games will randomly shut down whenever I play.. And this is a brand new pre-built I bought from a well respected company here in Denmark. I asked them what to do about the 100 Degrees it was reaching, but one of the lead guys told me that it was totally normal.. But it doesn't...
  23. A

    Question PC keeps crashing quite randomly after new GPU install and Case switch

    Hey Guys and Gals, I recently upgraded my PC to a GTX 4090 and due to the sheer size of this beast I had to upgrade my case as well. Nothing else really changed. After setting up the new PC I installed NZXT CAM and ASUS Armoury crate for RGB lighting control. I did not had that installed...
  24. Atternok

    Question Games keep stuttering and end up crashing even with all the proper drivers.

    I built a new PC with my old GPU recently. My old one's motherboard got short-circuited and burnt away. I used the RAM and the GPU from the old one onto this new one. SPECS: i7 10700F CPU GTX 1650 GPU 8GB RAM G-skill ASUS H510M-E mobo ANT Esports 450W PSU Kingston SSD 250GB Seagate 1TB HDD It...
  25. JuliusK

    [SOLVED] I need help with the black bars when launching a game

    The black bars appear when I start a game and tab out of it and they stay until I close them then the whole desktop looks like this
  26. G

    Question Weird lag in games

    Hello, whenever I start playing games, everything is fine for about 10 minutes, after that the gameplay gets worse and worse, I need to take a break so it gets back to normal, but after 10 minutes it starts lagging again. It happens BOTH on pc and ps5, i always check temperatures and usages and...
  27. KRSx360

    Question Playing games in fullscreen or borderless window causes videos in browsers to lag ?

    Every time I play a game in fullscreen or borderless window the video I'm watching starts to lag but if I launch games in windowed mode it fixes the issue.
  28. Prxxi

    Question Network issues in some games

    I was hoping someone could help with connection issues in games. I've got a wireless internet connection into my apartment (because they dont have wires installed throughout the house) but ive got a cable running from my router to my pc and ive experienced a few connection issues in some games...
  29. olat_dragneel

    Question Monitor Refresh Rate reverts to maximum when playing Ryujinx in fullscreen ?

    Hi! I am experiencing an issue with the refresh rate when running Ryujinx in fullscreen. I have a 144Hz LG monitor, but since emulating in Ryujinx works smoothest with 60Hz, I change the refresh rate of my monitor before I play. The problem is, as soon as I run Ryujinx in fullscreen, the...
  30. rainybench

    Question I’m having this problem where some games start crashing suddenly. Pixelated screen then restarts.

    So, my pcs been acting up lately. Everything was fine before but now, games are crashing, YouTube videos aren’t loading etc. mostly, my problems are with games. For example, I start Valorant and it stays on for a few seconds then it suddenly gets pixelated and then restarts the system. I ran...
  31. Korzen41

    Question I need HELP! I have a problem with my pc, it shows very high cpu(ms) and gpu(ms) it results fps drops to even 2 fps

    Hello i have a problem with fps issu in my pc, my graphic card and cpu ms shows very high values. Result of this high values is a lot of drops in games, you can see at picture from ac odyssey where this values near 500. screen from game My pc specs is: GPU: RTX 2070 windoforce 2x gigabyte CPU...
  32. itsthehunt

    Question HP Laptop starts freezing randomely when plugged in only

    I have a problem with my HP 250 G7 laptop that starts freezing randomely when plugged on battery and everytime i run a game on it even sometimes when not plugged, at first when i bought it last year it was working well but since last 2 months this problem started occuring i thought the problem...
  33. Iver Hicarte

    Question FPS Starts to Drop when 3 or more games are simultaneously open, what system component should I upgrade?

    I have this habit of opening 3 or more games simultaneously so that way if I ever get tired of playing a game, I just move onto the next one open. I've noticed that when there are 3 games open, specifically Yakuza 6, Team Fortress 2 and Resident Evil 4, the FPS drops especially in RE4, so the...
  34. farsha

    Question Pc stopped using the graphic card after a crash.

    I was playing quietly when suddenly the PC crashed, so I had to hold the start button to restart it. I played again, and it happened again two times in arrow, until I decided to see what was happening, and I saw that the PC started to use 100 % of the CPU when opening a game. Furthermore, I...
  35. CursedHarold

    Question Open and close a program depending on a game ?

    Hi, this is my first post, so please correct me if I'm in the wrong category etc. So basically I am trying to modify the code from this thread: - https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/how-to-close-and-open-a-program-when-another-program-opens-and-closes-respectively.3301639/#post-20193797...
  36. shadowgameur57

    some of my games stutters on windows 11

    hello i have a little problem you see in only a few games steam games or no steam games i have stutters in these when i'm playing them in fullscreen can somebody help me?
  37. mora06

    Question Cursor acceleration pc, losing smoothness

    Hello guys, Context : i am a fps enjoyer and i can't aim with this! Sorry for bad english ! It's happening of both of my pc so i don't think this is a hardware problem but who knows. I'm posting videos who shows the problem on windows and on games where i shake my mouse for 5 seconds and...
  38. aracua

    Question Games keep crashing on new PC build

    So i built a new PC pretty recently and have since then had problems with games crashing a little too often. It's mainly newer games on the more demanding side that keeps crashing and at first i thought it was the games themselves that had problems but with the amount of crashes i get i'm...
  39. maksiks

    Question Any good hyper lightweight recording programs?

    I am searching for a lightweight program to record games (mainly just Minecraft), I usually have somewhat stable fps but not on recording while using OBS. Shadowplay doesn't exist on my graphic card, Xbox Game Bar doesn't work either. Anything actually lightweight I can find is either under a...
  40. C

    Question Black rectangle present in certain games (not related to aspect ratio)

    I've run into a strange problem that I've never seen before. While playing certain games, there's a black rectangle that appears on the left-middle part of the game's display. Here's a couple of examples: View: https://imgur.com/a/QJaWaVt View: https://imgur.com/a/1FTFA6C This issue...