Recent content by drtoast

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    Is my graphics card thermal throttling?

    Your best bet is to make it record the GPU log and post it for analysis.
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    Is my graphics card thermal throttling?

    Try running GPU-z to identify what problems are occuring + set a custom fan profile to try and keep it constantly cool if temps are the issue.
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    5 important security questions...

    sounds like a terrorist.... xD
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    Wise to trade in my current laptop for a new one? No extra cost.

    It has a marginally better gpu for games, but overall performance will feel slower moving from a ssd to a hybrid drive, which is essentially just a hard drive, with a fast boot extra.
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    Stop, Thief! Why Using an Ad Blocker Is Stealing

    This page is loaded with what I consider acceptable advertising. I can't deny the tasteful way this article has been presented. However I concur with the top comment at current. If your flashy adverts to sell me the latest telephone I can't afford, are so intensively demanding on system...
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    Sennheiser PC 360 with a sound card?

    I don't hold much truck with sound cards. I'd much rather put the budget into some good speakers that more than compensate. I just weighed in to make sure you had fully considered what you already had I'm afraid :) Although I did recall a thread somewhere for a $3000 build, where the OP was...
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    Sennheiser PC 360 with a sound card?

    Your onboard sound chipset is the Realtek ALC892 http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=28&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=284 "7.1+2 Channel HD Audio Codec with Content Protection" Sound cards often are worse than built in audio until you aproach the $100+ bracket, can't...
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    Sennheiser PC 360 with a sound card?

    What motherboard are you running? A lot come with 7.1 built in.
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    Ubuntu or Windows for computer rescue

    My friend uses it as a rescue system as being linux based its almost never effected by a windows targetting virus (linux virus' are very rare compared to windows) meaning it ignores any issues already on the pc that might interfere with your rescue operation.
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    Integrated Graphics + Dedicated together

    Ok this is the second thread, for gods sake stop posting on this forum and dont try again till you've read a few hundred pages of it for study. What your talking about is hybrid crossfire or "dual graphics" And should be do-able with those parts, the AMD APU's were designed for doing this with...
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    Programming: Where do I start?

    And for lua, there is no better way than studying the coding of Don't Starve. A huge plus is its designed for modding, supported by the developers and as a result a pretty unique modding community who are willing to help.
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    Bottom bar permanetly locked when surfing? how do I unlock HELP!

    Do me a favour and undo it, take screenshots, then redo it and upload the pictures and send me a link? I'm highly interested as to what the problem you were trying to describe was. Aero peek shouldn't have anything to do with hiding the taskbar xD
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    Bottom bar permanetly locked when surfing? how do I unlock HELP!

    By bottom bar, you mean the start taskbar, which displays the windows button, system clock, program notifications and you can pin frequent programs to it? about 1cm thick grey bar? Right click an empty space on the bottom bar. It should give you a list of options including "lock" which forces...