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No dice. New official drivers did not help either. Glad Toms has been so helpful...

Well I've solved the problem myself....so I'll say what I did for anyone else with the same issue. Downloaded CCleaner, plus the latest audio & video drivers (NVIDIA & Intel). Uninstalled drivers, ran CCleaner, restarted, installed the new drivers and finally restarted again. After an initial...

No one has a single suggestion? What's happened to Toms.....

Hey forum people, My laptop will randomly freeze when I have the TV plugged in through the HDMI. It's has not always behaved this way.... Will usually happen when a program (VLC, Winamp, .... ) is minimised/maximised, closed/opened. There is no BSOD. It just freezes. The audio will usually keep...

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Ja, the 5770 has been a great card. I certainly miss my 27" HD screen at home! As far as the laptop goes, I tend to play on 1280x1024 and then use some AA. Thanks for the input!

Hey forum people, I've moved abroad and bought a new laptop, but I'm still wondering if its as good as my older desktop at home. I'm interested in how these 2 would compare for gaming. I know the ATI 5770 is faster than the NVIDIA 650m, but the laptop has more/faster RAM and a much better CPU...

So I guess that's a "no " then? This is now the second time that I haven't gotten any sort of answer from the Toms crowd. It never used to be like this. What's going on?

Hey forum people, I'm currently living in S.Korea and I'm looking at laptops. The Sparq seems to be a great deal but I don't know the brand....and all the reviews in Korea. Google translate is NOT good with Korean. Anyone ever heard of them? This is what I'm looking at...

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Hi forum people, I have a comparison question that I'm looking for help with... I am about to buy a second hand HP Envy 17 2070nr laptop with the following specs (according to the seller), for $1100: i7 2.6 Ghz - 3.2 Ghz CPU 16 Gigs Vengeance RAM 2 x 500 Gg 7200rpm HDD's in RAID 0 ATI 6850 1...