Recent content by brettk30

how do I check if I have those windows drivers active? I use nvidia control panel to control my multi monitors and stuff so that mean only nvidia drivers are active?

Hey I recently installed battlefield 3 and VLC gave me an error and crashed soon as the game loaded, upon googling what the issue was, I found the game does not like to share its directx with anything and thus vlc cant output using its default method. The fix people recommended was using OpenGL...

Hey I recently altered my office 2010 install to add "onenote". Upon doing so it recommended windows essentials 2012, so I downloaded and installed it. It appears though that skype and skydriver cover all the features it offer. Am I correct in assuming they accomplish all the same things? or...

I am ok with mouse and keyboard, I could even sacrifice the idea of gaming on it, but still worry if a pentium can handle top quality videos @ 1080p being send out of its hdmi with 5.1 sound to my reciever? the sound is raw i believe so it does not add additional processing? and what ram speed...

i have noticed the pentium haswells only support 1333 ram, not 1600, should i bite the bullet and get an i3 or i5 and add a card later if feels necessary? is the added features of the i3 truly superior to pentium? im a noob :( but your reply has been rediculously informative so far lol...

What do you guys think I should use for an HTPC that will only VERY VERY RARELY try to run any games at all, nothing intensive, possibly counter strike source. but most likely never run games. I like the looks of i5 cpus but they cost 200+ for the sexy versions (the T series is interesting...