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    BFV Choppy After New Display & New Nvidia Driver....

    So after getting a new display for Christmas, an LG 27GL650F-B (an IPS 144 Hz VRR G-sync compatible certified monitor) and upgrading my Nvidia driver from 441.20 to 441.66. Both Battlefield V and BF1 is choppy. It's not the display because my Dell SE2717hr 75 Hz display does the same thing...
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    LG 27GL650F-B G-Sync Compatible Display

    Has anyone tried the LG 27GL650F-B G-Sync Compatible Display? I just opened mine. It shows up as a G-sync compatible display and is certified by Nvidia. I'm just wondering if anyone has tried playing with it? I get 144 Hz at the UFO test. It seemed a bit choppy playing BFV. I have an RTX...
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    LG 27GL650F-B vs Acer Curved ED273 Abidpx

    So I currently have a Dell SE2717Hr 27 inch monitor. I love IPS displays, but I want a gaming monitor with at least 144 Hz overdrive. I wish I could afford a G-sync monitor, but they are just much too expensive so I'm looking at either an LG 27GL650F-B IPS, 144 Hz with a 5ms Response Time & 1ms...
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    Can I Use PCI-E Connectors From a Corsair HX850 on a HX620?

    Hi, I have a Corsair HX850 850 watt PSU that I'm sending back for RMA, but the only PSU I have to use until I get a replacement is an even older Corsair HX620, 620 watt PSU. You can see in my specs I have a 2080. So, the 620, only has an 8-pin PCI-E cable. My question is, can I plug in a...
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    RTX 2080 Spontaneous Reboot Crashes From Certain Games...

    Hi, so I'm having spontaneous reboots with certain games. So far it's happened with COD:AW and Battletech: Urban Warfare or Portal 2. Interestingly for Portal 2, it only crashed when playing Co-op. I believe I fixed that game. It seems Portal 2's in-game voice chat was causing it. I...
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    Got a Bad 2080 Sent it Back & the New One Has A Fan Problem....

    So I had this thread first if you want to look about my previous 2080. So I received a new MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ventus 8G and it works beautifully and was working fine until I upgraded to the 418.91 drivers and played Apex Legends. After playing for around 30 minutes or so, I had a hard...
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    New RTX 2080 Ventus 8G Crashes With Multiple Games, no GPU O/Cing..

    Hi, I upgrade from an MSI GTX 1070 Gaming 8G, 4th gen i7 4790k O/C to an Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming SLI/ac, 16GB of G.Skill DDR 4 PC3200. Using XMP profile and slightly O/Ced i5 9600k to 4.6GHz. Anyway, it was rock solid with O/Ced 1070 Core +185MHz memory +475MHz. Anyway, everything was...
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    Mouse LED's Still On After Shutdown On ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming SLI/ac Mobo....

    Could someone help me out here on how to turn off my mouse LED's after my PC has been shut down, please? I have an ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming SLI/ac mobo. I don't have "Wake On Lan" enabled for mouse or keyboard. I don't want my cat turning my PC on while it covered with a towel (to keep dust...
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    How to Set Fan Speeds for Z390 Phantom Gaming SLI/ac

    Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to set my fan speeds in the UEFI with the templates and custom. I installed ASRock Phantom Gaming Tuning, but I don't seem to understand how it works. I've tried using the template speeds...Silent, Standard, Performance and Full and can't get it to seem to work...
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    How to O/C Z390 Phantom Gaming SLI/ac

    Hi, just upgraded to an i5 9600k and trying to understand how the UEFI works compared to my MSI Z97 Gaming 5. The UEFI has changed so much since then! So, I know how to O/C it, just change the CPU Ratio, CPU Cache Ratio. I want to O/C all cores, but I also want to use Speedstep, so it's only...
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    8th Gen or 9th Gen?

    Well, I've got a 4th gen i7 4790k with 32GB of DDR3 RAM. MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Mobo and an MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming 8G GPU. I have a Corsair HX 850 Modular PSU. So I have $1,200 to spend. I'd like to get the i7 9700k, but I don't think I can afford it. I'm Ok with that since the 2nd choice is...
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    RTX 2070 or GTX 1080 Ti or Navi For Gaming?

    So, I was waiting for the new Nvidia GPU's to drop. Was waiting for the successor to the GTX 1070 (which is what I have), but I'm hearing a lot of rumor that the RTX 2070 Turing (along with the rest of the RTX line) runs slower regarding FPS vs Pascal. OK, so Ray Tracing will be great one...
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    Netflix Stuttering Issue After Installing KB4088776 Cumulative Update

    So after I installed KB4088776 I immediately noticed that Netflix has a stuttering issue when using Chrome or FireFox. I've only tried cleaning out everything in FF, but that's it. This happened to me once before, but it was more serious, but nothing breaking Windows 10, however after I...
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    Upgrading...Should I Wait or Upgrade Now??

    Ok, I want to upgrade. My "first world dilemma". I'm a gamer and I'm wondering if I should wait until later this year to see if Intel or AMD come out with something better, not to mention it would be good to have Spectre and Meltdown fixed at the hardware level. I'm looking at getting either...
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    How to Stop Windows 10 From Updating??

    Can anyone tell me how to stop Windows 10 from updating? Here's my new situation. Now the other problem I had with the other machines. They're both the Acer machines, but with Windows 10 version 1709 OS Build 16299.214. ALL machines that had this build would not install. .Net 3.5 Framework no...
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    CLOCK WATCHDOG TIMEOUT Error on Windows 10 Installation

    Ok, I'm trying to fix 3 or 4 computers that are networked at a small business. Their problems started about 2 weeks ago. All the computers that had this problem was using Windows 10 x64 Home or Pro and ALL the computers that are having problems are running Windows 10 v 1607 to 1703. I believe...
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    Video Playback Stutter After Windows Update to 1709 Build 16299.19

    So I'm having a problem with a bit of a stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 v.1709 OS Build 16299.19. I don't recall what build I had last, but I believe it was the Windows 10 Creator's Update. Unfortunately, I can't roll back anything because I deleted the Windows.old file, because I had no...
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    GPUBoost_nvidia.exe Process Error

    This problem just popped up a couple of days ago. The only thing that changed was I installed The Evil Within 2 and Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. Those are the only two programs I installed since I started getting this error. "Application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware...
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    HP Pavilion 27xi LED Has Dark Corners After Coming Out of Power Saver Mode.

    Hi, I have an HP Pavilion 27xi LED monitor and just yesterday when I first booted it up, I noticed it was very in the bottom right corner of the screen. When I turned if off and back again it was fine. Then it did it after coming out power saver mode a few times. The last time happened a few...
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    Request Help With OC 4790k w/MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Mobo Please.

    The title says 4790K, I meant 4970K. Hi, I've had this build....well the CPU, Mobo, and RAM for a little over a year, my GTX 1070 for about 7 months. Everything is still new to me and I love it; however, I've wanted to tinker with O/Cing my CPU. I've been O/Cing since the Pentium III 800...
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    Will Z97 Gaming 5 Work With the SAMSUNG 850 EVO M.2 2280?

    I was wondering if the SAMSUNG 850 EVO M.2 2280 1TB will work with my MSI Z97 Gaming 5 mobo? It says it supports M.2, but the Samsung 850 M.2 says it's M.2 2280. Three questions. 1 and most important. Will it work with this mobo? 2, What's the difference between M.2 and M.2 2280? Is that...
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    Trying to Get a Video Feed, Laptop Screen Broken....

    Ok, so I received an older laptop from someone, a Gateway NE56R43u. So the screen is broken....a big crack in it, can't see anything. It needs to be replaced and I plan on doing so when I get money, but until then I'm trying to see if anything else is damaged. I'm using an external monitor, but...
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    Afraid of Upgrading 1070 Gaming 8G BIOS to Gaming X 8G Bios

    So I have a GTX 1070 Gaming 8G card. Was having some issues with the MSI Gaming App along with the card getting too hot at a lower temp and crashing. I was able to do a work around and do a custom fan profile. Anyway support came back and told me to update to a new BIOS and posted this link...
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    MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G Vs. 1070 Gaming 8G....

    Well I just ordered the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G, or rather that's what I thought I ordered when in fact I ordered the MSI GTX 1070 Gaming 8G. It looks like the differences are the Gaming X has a higher clock and boost clock speeds compared to the Gaming X. This shouldn't be a big deal...
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