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    Question Micro-Stuttering both in-game and on desktop.

    I've been getting really weird micro-stutters, or micro freezes whenever I play a game, or just try to browse the internet. It's not an FPS issue, as I've seen my FPS, although whenever the stutter or freeze happens, it tends to drop 2-3 FPS. Normally, when this happens I'd restart my computer...
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    Question Change my HWID

    I'm looking to change my Hardware ID, does anyone know how to do this?
  3. Borko1

    [SOLVED] Display won't wake up when monitor goes to sleep

    Update: It's about the monitor. I unplugged the D-Sub cable from the monitor, plugged it back and then screen appeared. It didn't acted like this before BIOS update. What should I do? Thanks in advance.
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    Question PC having a weird behaviour. Games fps are lower than expected in all games and dropping

    Hi. I don't know what's happening with my pc but everytime I play a game its FPS are lower than my rig can handle (FX6300; 16 GB DDR3; GTX960 2GB) like, I load a game for example r6 siege and the first round is about 60 fps on low then the next round the frames drop drastically to 20 fps, I...
  5. Benji19912

    Question blurry image on 1920 x 1080

    Hi all, I have paired a GTX 960 2gb with a samsung T22E310EX 1080p moniter via HDMI. but the image isnt crisp. logo's and text and everything are not crisp. need help to remedy this cheers. the HDMI is connected to the STD port on the moniter, not the DVI. samsung website says to change the...
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    Question RAM issue?

    I jumped on the Anthem hype train and I was denied. Sad I know! As soon as the game would start a cinematic, I would get destroyed by the BSOD!! I downloaded Whocrashed and It seemed like I was having a driver or memory issue (“IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL”). I ran a mem test and downloaded...
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    Changing Screen resolution

    Does reducing monitor display resolution from recommended resolution to something lower helps in improving gaming performance? My screen resolution is 1366*768. If I reduce it to 720p will it improve performance even slightly?
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    What to do if Acer Aspire R 14 won’t open to the page where i put the password? It only show the time and date and thats it.

    What to do if Acer Aspire R 14 won’t open to the page where i put the password? It only show the time and date and thats it. Please help meeee its been 3 months and i cant still open it
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    Why is my gpu not recongnized when I open my pc?

    Hello everyone. I bought my 1070 two and a half years ago and everything was running fine but last summer I purchased a logitech g502 and after about 2 hours of using it my pc crashed and when I opened it my gpu did not have drivers and it wasn't recognized by the system. Also nvidia geforce...
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    Half of my SSD storage has vanished

    I have an MSI laptop that had a 1TB SSD. Now half of my space has just seemingly disappeared somehow after I restarted my laptop while trying to fix a game. When I opened up my disk manager one of my hard drives / disks (whatever they are called) was gone leaving only one of them left. Heres a...
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    [SOLVED] Should i upgrade my cpu or upgrade motherboard etc.

    I5 4460 Asus Gtx 1070 8gb 16gb Ram DDR3 Z97 PC Mate 600w PSU So my computer is mostly used for gaming and as you can probably tell by looking at my setup my cpu is throttling me in most of the games i play. I play on a 1080p 144hz monitor so i would like to be hitting 144hz. My cpu maxes out at...
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    PC suddenly start to go to sleep after VERY VERY short time.

    As the title says, my pc will suddenly go to sleep after like 2 minutes of me not using it. maybe even 1 minute ... thing is...it only started happening today...and no it's not my settings cuz i have it set to go to sleep after 20 minutes and its also not any of the power plan settings. i...
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    [SOLVED] Why are my apps stalling or not playing

    Why are my apps and games in a stalling mode and aren't working
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    [SOLVED] High CPU usage in Rainbow Six Siege and Stutters (CPU Bottleneck)

    Recently I bought a new screen (Asus VG278) and ever since then I have been having constant issues with lag. My FPS is completely fine varying from 150-220 but I seem to have stutters happening all the time. PC Specs RAM: 40 GB DDR4 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X GPU: Gigabyte Geforce RTX 2080...
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    [SOLVED] Need advice for second monitor

    Hi im currently looking at buying a second monitor for gaming and general use this new monitor will be the primary display and my old one will be the secondary monitor. I've never setup or bought dual monitors before so im looking for advice on what monitor to buy. My current monitor is an Acer...
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    [SOLVED] Cannot attach power cord to external hard drive

    Hi! I'm Ed. I have an issue with a seagate 5 TB external drive that I had slipped off my laptop, not running, and now the power cord won't reattach. I have all my videos on there and would like to know, w/o having to spend a great deal of money, how I can access the info and transfer it to...
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    [SOLVED] New built computer turns on then off.

    Hi! I just built a new PC, and what happens is that the computer turns on for a few seconds, then turns off and repeat. I had everything connected right. I'm not sure if its the new moba or my new ram. The moba works fine if i take the RAM out but when i insert the RAM in (any slots), my PC...