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GPUs

Forum discussion tagged with GPUs.
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    Will my system handle the Vive pro or go with og Vive?

    I’m currently running an i5 6600k (not oc), gtx 1080 and 16gb of ram. After playing around on my psvr and trying out the Vive a couple of times, I’ve decided to go for a pc vr setup. With the money I’ve earmarked, I can either get the Vive pro, or I can go for the og Vive and upgrade either my...
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    Solved! When I play Minecraft I get 200 fps but now I got fps drop and the laptop crash my GPU is 620m and i3 3110

    This start when I clean my laptop fan and update drivers
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    Can I attach a GPU with a laptop ?

    Hello I have been wondering whether I can attach a graphics card to my laptop (say Nvidia). I have a Dell laptop with core i7 , 8 GB ram and Intel hd 620 graphics card. This Intel graphics card does not support gaming and I want to play games on this laptop so can I attach a graphic card on this...
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    Solved! have a slow netbook how can i speed it up?

    hi, I know its a weird question to ask but I got a netbook from my uncle as a gift..... but the problem is that it is really slow and it is running on windows 10 (which I kinda like....) see I'm a power user I have high end gaming pc with nvme m.2 ssds ..... but I really need a laptop / netbook...
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    Solved! New GPU not coming up on Alienware

    I have a 2013 alienware that blew the 770m GPU. I bought a GTX 980m card to replace it and now the computer will either not boot and beep, or boot without the card being recognized. I dont have an nvidia app to use to select the driver and Gforce doesnt do anything. Please help.
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    Laptop Nvidia GPU 0% Usage At All Times

    Laptop was filled with bloatware and tons of issues. Instead of weeding it all out I decided to do a clean Win10 Reinstall. Since the reinstall my GPU stays at 0% usage no matter what I do. I've reinstalled drivers. Set global setting in Nvidia Control Panel to the GPU. Even when right clicking...
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    Solved! Bad CPU and Good GPU, Why am I getting such low usage? (Bottleneck Questions)

    Specs are: GTX 1070 sc 8gb Core i7-3630qm 16gb ram 500gb SSD I know my CPU is bad, I don't want to hear how I need to buy a new cpu, I get it, I'm working on it. These things are expensive. Anyway I know it should be mega bottlenecking the 1070, so I'm just wondering why the usage is so low...
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    My pc does not run good fps what would you reccomend me upgrade it can only run 100 on low settings

    cpu:AMD AD340XOKHJBOX Athlon X2 340 gpu:Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4 GB LP Graphics Card - Black ram:16gb disk: 1tb of memory with 930gb left motherboard:Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Motherboard (Socket FM2+, A78, DDR3, S-ATA 600, M-ATX, PCI Express 3.0, HDMI, DVI-D, USB 3.0)
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    Solved! HP Elitebook 8770w Rough condition or HP Elitebook 8570w Awesome condition

    Guys need help, I can find 2 laptops, 1st is an HP 8770w i7 3720qm with quadro k3000m 2GB DDR5, condition is rough from exterior and the shopkeeper is asking too much for it. $400 2nd is HP 8570w i7 3720qm with Quadro k2000m 2GB DDR3 ofc, the condition is awesome and is asking decent price, $290...
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    External GPU for Laptop

    I want a external GPU for may HP laptop.presently it has AMD A8 , RADEON R5 , 4GB DDR3 RAM, Please give me a best configuration (2gb graphics) at a lowest budget including all items .
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    Want to switch to iGPU after main GPU got fried

    Soooo yeah, just like the title says... After I press power the lights of HDD and Power light up, but the screen is pitch black, and I get an 8 beeps code, which probably means the main ATI 5430m GPU got fried... However, I have an Intel i3-380m CPU which has an integrated graphics, but I have...
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    Solved! Which laptop out of these 2 should I get?

    Hi guys Which laptop config should I get for casual gaming, Lightroom & Photoshop, and occasional video editing? I tend to multitask quite a bit (happy when I can at least keep 10 tabs open in Chrome when I'm doing video editing for instance). Choice 1: GTX 1060 MAX-Q 6GB / 16GB DDR4...
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    Solved! Which specs are important to run Android Studio smoothly?

    I am trying to understand on which parts I can save money if I only want to use my laptop for Android programming (and use the Android Studio emulator). I could already figure out that an SSD and good RAM are mandatory. What about the CPU? Can Android Studio / Gradle leverage quad-core in a way...
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    Solved! No display from GPU

    Hi, I recently build my first pc and the first problem that I encountered was that there was no display input when the GPU was plugged in. As soon as I would disconnect the GPU everything will work fine, the pc booted to bios and then windows. Pc specs : Asrock 880GMH/U3S3 motherboard AMD...
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    MSIGE62 Screen Flickering

    For the past few months I've been getting a flickering, horizontal effect across my laptop's monitor under certain circumstances. The effect comes along with purple lines striking horizontally across the lower half of the screen. I can clear this by either restarting the laptop or simply...
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    Solved! Laptop dedicated gpu dead what can i do?

    Ok, so my laptop has an integrated and a dedicated gpu. The dedicated gpu seems to be toast and therefore i get bsods can i isolate the dedicated gpu and run my laptop on the cpu and integrated gpu? i cant buy a new laptop what are my options? laptop: acer aspire e5 551g cpu : amd a10 7300...
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    Solved! Laptop's dedicated gpu seems to be broken. How to fix

    details of the laptop: ASUS ROG GL552VW Cpu : i7 6700HQ Integrated Gpu: Intel HD 530 Dedicated Gpu: Nvidia GTX 960M Laptop freezes and then get BSOD after a while I have been getting blue screen(BSOD) for a several months. I get error codes like: "Device power state failure", "dpc watchdog...
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    Dangerously High Temperatures

    Hi. I have a simple question today. My fan is broken on my laptop, and my GPU can get up to very high temperatures sometimes. I'm wondering where the line is drawn in regards to safe temperatures and unsafe temperatures for my GPU to reach. Sometimes it reaches 80C while idling and I've seen...
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    Adding discrete GPU to Dell 7586 w/ Intel shared graphics?

    I am a complete noob so I hope I can explain myself: Dell Inspiron 2 in 1 7586 comes with two versions. 1. One with Intel® UHD Graphics 620 with shared graphics memory https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-7000-2-in-1/spd/inspiron-15-7586-2-in-1-laptop/b520921au 2. The...
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    Constant FPS drop on new laptop

    Hello, thank you for clicking in this thread, recently i bought a MSI GL63-8RC laptop, it has spec as listed below: - Intel Core i5 8300H - GTX 1050 with 4GB of Vram - 8GB of single stick ram - Windows 10 with latest update - 1 Tb of HDD The problem is at seemingly random interval, the fps...