Gaming :: Make Pc Better For Gaming?

Oct 22, 2013

is it possible to make my pc faster for gaming? or is it all about hardware?

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Gaming :: Freeze While Gaming - DSIM Commands Show No Errors Neither BSOD

Jun 17, 2014

I am having some problems with 3 years old PC. Only while playing games (Civ 5 - Heroes & Generals - Rise of nations) I suffer from freeze/crashes, PC doesn't show a BSOD, the mouse pointer works normally it doesn't freeze (until I try to alt+tab or alt+ctrl+del), and from my speakers I can hear looping sounds.

The only thing I can do is a hard reboot. I try reinstalling windows, and the problem still exists.My BIOS, drivers* and OS are update, I perform a memtest for 6 hours and show no errors, I can run prime95 + kombustor and everything is fine, no temps problems, GPU never go over 68c and CPU at 58c, and no crashes.

DSIM commands show no errors neither.

*I tried latest NVIDIA drivers, and old ones, im actually using 334.89 version, and the problem persist.

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Gaming :: How To Make Windows 8 Work With MS Games From Previous Versions

Apr 19, 2012

cannot use Spider Solitaire, Chess, etc in Windows 8 X64.

found this on the net:

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but that did not work for me.

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Gaming :: Lower Resolutions Make Smaller Screens On Laptop

Mar 27, 2014

This occurs especially during games, my native resolution is 1366x768 but whenever I choose a lower resolution than that in games, the size of the game on the screen becomes smaller than my laptop's display/screen (15.6"). Why does this happen? Is it a laptop issue only? My older laptop had the same problem.

PS: I have the latest graphics drivers.

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Gaming :: Computer Freezes Randomly During Gaming?

Dec 2, 2013

It's been happening for awhile now since windows 7 through to windows 8 and i'm not sure why but it usually happens when i play games even with lowest settings, whenever it freezes it makes me have to force shut down manually.

System Specs :
Windows 8 Pro With Media Centre
4 GB DDR2 RAM
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8300
ATI Radeon HD 4600

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Gaming :: What Role Does CPU Play In Gaming

Dec 31, 2013

I have a question regarding PC gaming, since I realy dont know as much as I would like to.

My question is what role does my CPU play in gaming? Is it a big thing? I always thought that having a strong, powerful graphics card was more important that a powerful CPU.

Is there a particular thing that the CPU does in PC gaming that makes having a strong one essential?

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Gaming :: Windows 8 64bit PC Going Off While Gaming

Jan 10, 2014

Okay, this is the second time with a different game this is happening, at very specific points in the game, My Laptop's screen blacks out and goes off, the computer stays on with lights and stuff but the screen just stays off like when you put off a pc but the fans keep running, I then have to forcefully power my pc off to put off the entire system.

I don't think this has anything to do with my Laptop's temperature as I've just had the vents and heat sinks ventilated recently, also cause the laptop goes off at just one scene in a particular mission in both games, Assassins Creed and Far Cry 3.

I don't think its my PC's specs either cause I went through the requirements of these games before getting them. I've not been able to go past the stages in the game where my PC goes off.

My Laptop's specs:
HP Envy M6-1105DX : AMD A10-4600M 2.3GHz, 6GB RAM, Windows 8, 64-bit.

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Gaming :: Is Windows 8.1 Faster For Gaming Than Windows 7

Mar 23, 2014

After a couple of weeks using 8.1 (x86) and after Windows 7 Ultimate (x86), I have come to the conclusion that it is a much lighter and faster OS than 7. Mafia 1 for instance runs on full specs without a single hiccup no matter what. I know it's an old game but it's also very demanding, especially on my system which is not exactly up to date. I can also play Splinter Cell Chaos Theory on medium settings very well indeed, and that's a demanding game on the system. GT Legends by Simbin is a reasonably demanding game especially on full graphics options and with a full grid of cars and it's running well on Windows 8.1. My onboard Intel graphics adapter is coping a lot better with these games than it did on Windows 7 Ultimate. I had to find a Windows 8 driver for it (I've found it on here) then all my games started to run very well considering my old laptop specs.

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Gaming :: Wow Graphics Bad After 8.1 Update

Dec 24, 2013

The graphics are bad after the 8.1 update...I'm using a desktop and windows 8 is a nightmare..thinking about just returning brand new computer...its too frustrating with this crapoy software.

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Gaming :: Non Internet Games On 8.1?

Jun 13, 2014

I have 8.1 up and running and I have got the desktop working closer to 7. almost dumped it from my laptop, but I am trying to hang in there.

a LITTLE issue I still have is the fact that the games that I can and have downloaded from the Windows store (Hearts, Solitaire, Spider etc. require an internet connection to actually enjoy them ( I could have missed something). As I spend 5 to 6 months cruising the USA in a Motorhome where internet access is poor or non-existent, I really miss the games that I had installed in Vista and 7. Is there a way to copy the game files, DLL's or whatever, from Windows 7 to 8.1 on my laptop.

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Gaming :: Extreme Lag And Low FPS During Any And Every Game

Jul 31, 2014

Ever since last night any game I try to open, whether it be an online one on steam or battlenet or an offline one experiences major lag during menu, loading and in game if im lucky to enter. Diablo III took 6 tries before i managed to enter the game where the lagging persisted. Rust and Killing floor major lags i couldnt even enter a game and servers wouldnt open. Fallout 3 on my computer would crash every time. Age of Empires II couldnt open past the windowed menu selection, Saints Row the Third stuck on loading screen. Oblivion wouldnt open due to first time set up DivX failing. Mirrors edge would experience Application load error p: 0000065432.

Im including a DxDiag, SFC Scan result which shows corrupt files unable to be fixed.

My graphics card is Nvdia GeForce 720M
Internal graphics card is Intel HD Graphics 4000

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Gaming :: Windows 8 With Age Of Empires?

Sep 20, 2011

i wish to play age of empires on it but it just opens. also i tried changing compatability it didnt fix anything

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Gaming :: How To Run Old Games On Windows 8.1 X64

Jun 19, 2014

is there anything i can do in order to play old games on my windows 8.1 HP Widescreen, example like Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time. I installed it fine but cannot launch the game. I try to set compatibility mode but no luck.

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Gaming :: Can't Run Any Game Or App In Windows 8

Aug 4, 2014

i cant seem to run any app related to gaming whatsoever. Per example steam app, league of legends, any other game i have, battle net desktop app. In the steam and battle net desktop apps i click the launcher and it opens the small window (Updtaing steam or updating battle net) and when its done nothing happens. As for games i click the launcher and nothing happens. I've tried launching admin, on a different account, re installing everything nothing works.

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Gaming :: Installing Game From ISO - Getting Error

Jul 8, 2014

Two days a go I have downloaded red alert 3 as an ISO file on my new laptop.It is an HP core i7.

When I am trying to install the game using the AutoRun/EASetup I receive a message "Please insert CD/DVD in drive C:"

I have try to run it as administrator,troubleshot it and try it in compatible mode,run it in USB,CD,try to install it in save mode,open it with winrar,re-downloading direct X but ... no dice.

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Gaming :: (2.4 Ghz I3) To (1.8 Ghz I5) Increase Or Decrease In Performance?

Feb 6, 2014

I'm planning on trading laptops. I do audio production and gaming. I have an i3 and the cpu is clocked at 2.4 ghz and he has an i5 clocked at 1.8. How much of a difference will this impact performance? For better or worse?

I am curious because I had a desktop a while back and it had a Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 and I went to this i3 @2.4 laptop and the cpu sucks in comparison to the desktop...I was originally thinking the i3 would be a increase since it was newer architecture.

I would still think on the graphics side its definitely an upgrade because the i3 uses Intel HD Graphics and it sucks...it doesnt even use opengl. The other uses a Nvidia GeForce GT 740M.

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Gaming :: How To Set Laptop To Use Dedicated GFX Rather Than Onboard

Jul 7, 2014

I have dell vostro 3521 running on windows 8.1 . When i play game ( i.e assassins creed brotherhood ) I am getting only 8-10 fps and its lagging like hell. When i checked gpu usage in msi afterburner its shows both intel hd 4000 and 7670m are used . So how do i change it to only utilise dedicated gfx ?

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Debugging :: BSOD While Gaming And Internet Use?

Jun 7, 2014

This is basically a fresh install. I only really installed steam along with the drivers for my motherboard and gpu. It originally did it while on steam only but has since done it other places. Last night was particularly bad, as it would BSOD and then sit on a black screen while trying to load up. Turning it off and on eventually started it back up. Then it did a weird thing where it would keep rebooting itself. Eventually I shut it down for the night.

specs incase these are needed

Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-CoreGigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150
Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" SSD
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X

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Gaming :: How To Run One Same App To Multiple User Accounts

Sep 15, 2014

If I have multiple user accounts, is it possible to run one same app for example Steam but all using different Steam accounts?

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Gaming :: Screen SIZE In GTA Vicecity?

May 20, 2013

How to enlarge the the screen size gta vicecity?IT's Default size is 640x480x16.

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Gaming :: Low FPS In Games After Getting Out Of Sleep Mode?

Jul 15, 2014

I can get something like 110 FPS in Dota 2 but after sleep mode it will fluctuate from 10 to 30, 40 if I'm lucky, FPS. This happens on Windows 7 as well, I have to constantly reboot my PC and obviously I'd rather not do that, since it's bad for my hard drive.

This is my GPU usage while this problem occurs: [URL ....

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Gaming :: Fifa 12 Crashes On Windows 8

Aug 8, 2012

Been trying to run fifa12 in windows 8 for a while without success. Initially it asked for .net3,3.5 framework and i installed it. Still its not working. It enters the gamescreen and crashes out in few seconds. The setup menu gives direct3d .net framework exception. have also updated the dirctx runtime.

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Gaming :: Red Screen After Playing For Around 8 Min Into Bf Game

Sep 15, 2014

I have an ASUS 290X card, and an MSI Z97-Gaming 5 motherboard, and around 8 min into the bf4 game i get a red screen and then i have to press the restart button.

I have a 650 Watt Power Supply, could it be that? I have the Beta Drivers for AMD 14.7 RC3, i used to have 14.4 but same thing occured.

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Gaming :: Flight Simulator X In Windows 8

Sep 18, 2011

I installed FSX on my Windows 8 Developers Preview to see if it would work. When trying to open FSX after the installation, the splashscreen would appear and a few seconds later the infamous "Microsoft Flight Simulator has stopped working" message would appear.

I went through the event log and the faulting module seems to be kernelbase.dll, which explains that FSX is not compatible with windows 8 out of the box.

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Gaming :: Cannot Install Minesweeper App From Store

Sep 2, 2012

I can't install the (Microsoft) Minesweeper-App from the store. My initial try to install the app was interrupted, and since then, every install hangs for quite some time ("Pending"), then ends with "This app is no longer available." or "This app wasn't installed."

I already tried deleting all caches and pieces from the failed first install attempt I could find, but that didn't work.

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Gaming :: High Temperature Damage CPU?

Jun 2, 2013

Is a CPU temperature in the 70's with a max of about 85 too high for gaming when playing battlefield bad company 2.

I have a quad core i7 3630 cpu.

Will this high temperature damage my cpu? What kind of temperatures to get?

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Gaming :: Max Payne 3 - No Internet Connection

Sep 25, 2013

when launching the game on a fresh Windows 8 install, the Rockstar Social Club seems to think there's no internet connection, hence I can't activate and hence I cannot play the game. I tried to completely remove both AV and firewall but to no use. I also tried whatever tips google have to offer - nada works.

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Gaming :: Run Modification For Game Minecraft?

Mar 9, 2013

I have been trying to run a modification for game Minecraft.. It's called Single Player commands mod 1.5.1. Whenever I try to run .exe file, it gives me an error.. "Not a valid Win32" application.. I have tried running the .jar file but it says java not installed. i really need to install SPC 1.5

Single Player Commands 1.5.1 for Minecraft:

Single Player Commands 1.5.1:

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Computer Completely Freezes When Gaming

Jan 1, 2014

I recently upgraded both my motherboard to an Asus M5a99FX PRO R2.0 and my CPU to an AMD FX 8350 and I've been experiencing some complete freezes playing games like Battlefield 4, Shadow Warrior and Skyrim. In my old build (with a Gigabyte 880GM-USB3L and a Phenom II x4 955BE) the same games would perform okay and I never really experienced any crashes or freezes.

The problem now is that at what are apparently random intervals no longer than 15 minutes during gaming my cpmputer will completely freeze, audio stops, I cannot open the task manager and I even tried toggling Caps Lock and the LED on my keyboard wouldn't toggle. I would leave it stuck there for a couple of minute but nothing would happen, forcing me to hard reset the system.

I can use the computer for regular browsing and video streaming (I think I can alsop play some older games without freezing) without freezes too, which is kind of odd.

My PC specs would be:
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bitMobo: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0CPU: AMD FX-8350 (not overclocked)GPU: Nvidia GTX 660Ti GC 3GB (not overclocked either)Memory: 2 modules of some 4GB Kingston KVR1333D3N9/4G
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 RX 650W
HDD: Seagate ST2000DM001 (2TB)

So far what I've done to try to find a solution to the freezing is rolling back video drivers, then installing the most recent ones again, upgrading to the most recent version of the BIOS for my mobo and my chipset drivers, I've checked the connections on the mobo to make sure everything is installed fine, I've reseated the RAM and the GPU, I've run 2 cycles of memtest86+ to find no errors, I've also run Furmark's GPU burner and CPU burner (both for about 20 minutes) and I haven't crashed on them. My temperatures also don't get too excessive (CPU does't go over 43C and my GPU doesn't go over 64C). I also removed the Realtek Audio drivers and the freezing persisted.

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Gaming :: PES 2014 Does Not Recognize Second Graphics

Sep 22, 2013

I Installed PES 2014 but Does not recognize my second graphics !!

What's problem? I Installed Lastet Driver Nvidia Gt525

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Gaming :: Where Does Downloaded Game From Store Go

Nov 18, 2013

I have downloaded Special Enquiry Detail from the Store, but I cannot find the game on my PC to start playing it. Where do the downloaded games go?

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