Recent content by Gunnerholic

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    Gaming Issues on laptop

    I may have stumbled on the cause of this issue, I used the performance monitor to scan my hardware and it seems my hard disk is causing a bottle neck. However the only solution windows gives is to defrag the disk which has already been done. I'm trying to find an accurate disk checker as chkdsk...
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    Gaming Issues on laptop

    I know what you mean, they are very plasticky and flimsy which is always a sign. I guess I was drawn into the trap of 'more bang for your buck' at the expense of quality it seems.
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    Gaming Issues on laptop

    Hi guys, again thanks for your efforts I've deleted Acer epower management as suggested in your link but still no change *sigh*. I've changed bitrate settings but again nothing different. I'm at the point of launching the laptop at the wall, last time I ever buy a laptop I'll tell you. I'll...
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    Gaming Issues on laptop

    Hi many thanks for your reply but I reformatted and installed Windows about a week ago thinking that all the crap on the HD might be causing poor access problems, unfortunately to no avail :( Really quite annoying as I just can't pin point the issue
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    Gaming Issues on laptop

    Ok, so I stripped my laptop down today and cleared any dust out put it all back together but still the same issue :/ I didn't think it was a heat issue but was willing to give it a try, I'm only getting temps under load like 54C CPU both cores, HD 29C, GPU 45C so again I do not believe this is...
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    Gaming Issues on laptop

    Hi there, I am writing here due to the fact I am reaching the end of my tether with this laptop and its inability to play games smoothly. The Specifications are adequate afaik but for some unknown reason my game freezes up every time I shoot a gun or a character begins to speak. I have disabled...