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  1. (Eternal)

    Which motherboard should I buy?

    Hi, I received a free PC from somewhere and it has: ASUS P8Z77-M PRO, Corsair 8 GB 2x DDR 3 Cooler Master MWE 650 Bronze ASUS GTX1070 Dual fans i7 3770K Corsair Vengeance 16gb (2X 8GB)1600MHz My friend who had no idea of what he was doing pressed the i7 into the socket upside down and bent the...
  2. D

    pixelated/shimmering/jittery textures in EVERY game I play. Please help. [Examples provided]

    In every game I play the textures/visuals in the distance all have this shimmering/TV static effect on them and you can even see this in close distances if you look hard enough. I have been trying to fix this for a week by now and I cannot find anything that would fix this. You may want to...
  3. Mkali

    Solved Zotac 10gb RTX 3080 - engineering sample

    Hi all Had an issue with my PC and took it into the local repair shop to get fixed. All getting sorted but the guy told me he was surprised to find my graphics card is an engineering sample. He said it’s very rare to see them in the wild and it either means it could cause issues or it could be...
  4. thedragonstail

    Graphics card issue

    So I have a intel B75 V124A motherboard and i5-2500 3.30 ghz cpu and I got a gigabyte geforce rtx 3060 gaming OC 12G REV2.0 card and when I hook the card to my pc it powered on its got the fans spinning and rgb going but when I hook it up to the moniter it just says no signal and the bios...
  5. S

    What Graphics Card can I get?

    Hi. I am looking to upgrade my graphics card but I don't know how 'good' I can go. I don't want to get one that is too powerful for my PC to handle. I'm guessing that I will need to get a new power supply to go with it. I'm willing to go up to £1,500 ($1,928 at time of post). Could somebody...
  6. sireeyas

    Black Screen for 2 or 3 seconds when alt tabbing into a full screen game

    Hi! I've noticed recently that I've been encountering an issue when I try to alt tab into a full-screen game. The monitor that is plugged into my graphics card will turn black for 2 or 3 seconds. I've tried doing a clean reinstall of my graphics card driver and it has not changed anything. I'm...
  7. Steven Martin

    Upgrade help

    Hello I think I may be due an upgrade I am new to this kind of thing My pc specs are as follows Intel i5 -3470 16gb ram Amd 570 graphics card . Not sure if any more info need but please ask . I would like to upgrade but don't know where to start many I play warzone 2.0 Thank you
  8. H

    Is there any problem or future risk if i use dedicated graphics card and onboard graphics together ,

    Hi There , I would like to use my dedicated graphics and onboard graphics together for tipple monitor setup , My question is if use dedicated graphics and onboard graphics together for long time is there will be any problem in future for my hardware ? Like is that will be a chance to damage the...
  9. srv101

    Solved Need suggestions for a decent budget 4GB card

    Hello guys, I'm about to get an i5 12600k, B660M, 16GBx2 RAM DDR4 pre-build sent my way in a week. I need suggestions for a budget 4GB GPU that's the equivalent of a GTX 750ti 4GB (something that works with the board and processor). I am not a gamer really other than CSGO (and maybe a few other...
  10. GamerSupreme826

    Game ready driver not working

    any game i try to play crashes. im pretty sure it because of my graphics drivers, sometimes when a game crashes it will give me a text bot that mentions graphics or graphics drivers . i have a 3050 and my game ready drivers are up to date (version 528.02). i have re installed the drivers, using...
  11. I

    GPU PROBLEMS

    Brand new motherboard. Installed gpu (rx5700xt) and vga and boot light remain on. No display to screen. All external connections work (keyboard, mouse, headset, Ethernet). The fans on the gpu used to start up upon power on, but now they do not, but the blue lights indicate the gpu has power. I...
  12. Eobard Thawne

    Thermal Throttling after installing new CPU cooler

    I have an i5 11400 paired with a GTX 1650 Super, Before,I had a stock intel cooler installed and I noticed that as the summer came, The temperatures of the CPU started to touch 100 degrees C as I live in a hot region.. So I decided to upgrade to an aftermarket cooler and bought the Cooler Master...
  13. J

    Fan going full speed out of control

    Hi, For quite a while now there has been an issue where one of the fans on my graphics card suddenly goes up to full speed (or slightly goes up and down around that). It will get stuck up there no matter what I do, restarting computer the fan stays on the whole time never slowing. If I shut...
  14. B

    Alienware x51 r2 graphics card upgrade

    I recently got my Alienware x51 r2 out of storage and have attempted to play some new games. However, the pre-installed graphics card is very outdated. Would anyone know of any graphics cards currently on the market that would suit this PC? Preferably one that I don't have to modify the PC to...
  15. D

    Why is my PC experiencing low FPS?

    I have issues with FPS on certain games. My FPS is lower than what other people are getting with the same specs as me. I have MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner Statistics and it shows that my CPU usage tends to be very high (90-100%) and my GPU being around 70% (even sometimes a lot lower but CPU...
  16. Noisykiller

    Solved GPU stops giving signal randomly to my monitor

    My GTX 1050 ti was working fine for the past 3 years but recently it stops giving signals to my monitor randomly even if I wasn't playing a game the display goes back on after restarting the pc. Sometimes it can go an entire day without problems and sometimes it shuts itself off minutes after...
  17. Lesh

    My PC shuts down and won't turn back on for a day or so

    Hello there. I have encountered a weird problem with my PC (at least to me, who has low knowledge of how PCs actually work). I will describer the problem first: Twice now, during the PC usage, it has completely shut down. No BSD. Just shuts off. And it won't turn back on. After a day or so of...
  18. samanthaml

    Solved Power Supply and connector?

    Ok,so when I first got this computer I had no idea about them. It is a fairly basic computer and I have a Radeon RX 560 graphics card but we were never able to properly put it into my computer because I don't have a high enough watt power supply for it. Now a year later I finally have a loose...
  19. P

    Solved Graphics Card Problems -- PLEASE HELP!

    About two weeks ago my Benq monitor started having problems keeping its calibration. When it got to the point of needing calibration 4 or 5 times a day, I switched it with a monitor on a different PC. The Benq monitor worked fine on the other PC, but the original PC still wouldn't hold its...
  20. S

    Solved can i run two GPU separately in my PC?

    I recently posted on here about buying a better GPU to upgrade from my Niviida 1060 3gb card I have decided to go with the GIGABYTE GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE OC 8G link here for the discussion...