Speed

For music production, is the i7-8550U's base clock speed of 1.8GHz made up for by having a 4.0GHz turbo speed, 8MB cache, and 8 threads capability? Can it handle most music production software and demands? I've been searching everywhere and not a found proper answer to this. For me, the...

I have 2 PC's at home with bit torrent. With exactly the same settings and same download the one does 50kb/s and the other 800kb/s Notes: Normal direct downloads and steam updates are fast and the same speed on both. The MSI Z97 GAMING 5 has a killer lan adapter could that be the issue? Thank you

Hello everybody , What are the best sources or seller for customized laptop for trading which mainly depends on speed . Best regards

Hi, Is the RAM speed important for a VR capable machine? I'm looking at the following to upgrade my system Intel i7-8700 GTX1080 16GB RAM Samsung 960 250GB SSD Thanks

I have an acer E5-476G with I5 8250U & 130MX version. I have latest bios & driver installed. I've done many stress test and i realize my cpu is underclocked from 3.4ghz in idle to max ~2.1ghz under heavy load. When I'm under gaming session, my cpu goes to ~0.8ghz. I've done setting up power...

Ok so I got my Inspiron 7577 at the beginning of December, thought I'd test it out immediately by loading up CS-GO. Straight away it felt like it was breaking the sound barrier. I've put up with it since but now it's too much to handle. I produce music most of the day, I also record vocals via...

Apple’s Automator App for Mac is a very useful tool that can help you speed up activities. Even if you don’t know anything about programming, there are built-in functions that can help you create a workflow. The drag and drop interface feature of the Automator makes programming these tasks for...

Your MacBook Pro may become sluggish over time and there can be several reasons behind this. Luckily, there are some ways you can speed up its performance, and make it work like new. Here’s how: Close Unnecessary Programs Many programs that you don’t use much may continue to run in the...

Based on suggestion, revising post to reflect updated information. I've had pc towers my whole life. I own/run two websites... looking for a laptop to replace my current rig. 1. Budget: Can go up to 3K... perhaps a little more for the right setup 2. Screen-Size: 15" & Higher 3. Screen...

The CPU I am looking at is an i5-8250u but I noticed the clock speed is 1.6-3.4 Will the base clock speed affect performance? I don't really understand how it all works. Thanks in advance

So here are my specs to start things off. Cpu- ryzen 5 1600x Gpu - gtx 1050 ti Ram - 16 gb 2133 mhz ddr4 mobo - Msi b350 Tomahawk I have 2 hardrives an internal and an external for recordings. I've used just about any recording software you can think of OBS, Shadowplay, Action, PlayClaw...

1. What is your budget? $1000 or less 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6" Screen 3. What screen resolution do you want? 1920 x 1080 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable, I am a student and I take it everywhere 5. How much battery...

when i turn my laptop on it works very slow and it is a new laptop.So i am worried about the problem .Please help me with this

Is an avg of 3.MB/S read speed and 800KB/S write speed a normal healthy speed for a hard drive? I heard that hard drives normally have around 50MB/s write and read or maybe I'm mistaken.

my internet speed is good,,intrnet is working when i connect my laptop with data cable but whenever i switch to wireless connection it works for 2-3min and after that no net comes

Does the difference between the clocks of the 1050 and 1050ti have a big impact on gaming? (1683 (1050) vs 1721 (1050ti) mhz)

I don't know what alternative I have after I signed up for Internet, TV, and voice with Comcast, because there are limited choices in terms of modems I have to pick from as far as standalone eMTA modems. They have very slow download speed and are older generation devices. There are a limited...

I am unable to download Speed Skater app on https://downloads.tomsguide.com/Speed-Skater,0301-38456.html -- please provide site to dowload that is not Google Play Store. This is an old app that is no longer in the plat store.

The last few weeks or so I'm not getting high speed data in places I've always got it before. Is this a problem with my phone and will factory reset help to fix this problem?

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Bought our daughter a Lenovo Flex 15D about 2-3 years ago. AMD A4 processor, not sure if there is 4 or 8GB of RAM, but there is a 256GB SSD. Having a hard time finding any other specs. She's finishing her senior year of high school and looking at colleges, and like all 17 year olds, thinks she...

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fan runs in maximum speed lthough cpu usage is normal.how to fix it in dell vostro 3458?

I use both Opera and Google Chrome on windows 10, and recently (February 8th) both browsers started acting funny. With Opera, it constantly opens speed dial tabs at random and with Chrome, I'm constantly getting redirected to the new tab page on whatever existing tab I'm on. I've tried...

For anyone who uses Adobe Photoshop CC and/or Lightroom (Classic) CC, can anyone comment on the differences (if any) they experienced going from a quad core to something more (6 cores+)? I'm considering a new build for photo editing and considering either getting an i5 7600 (for core clock...

In my system internet is slow down suddenly today, so far it is came with good speed, now it is slow down. I have recharged now for net balance in Jiofi. And I have clean my system for temp files, pref etch and recent files. Now system internet is slow

the pointer speed is only a scale, it doesnt actually show the dpi. I play Players unknown battlegrounds, and a lot of pros use 990 DPI, and i want to get exactly that. where can i set that exact number? Thanks!

I just recently had Virgin Media 200MB Super Fast Fibre installed. The engineer who installed tested download speed with speedtest on his iphone and it was showing 195-200Mbps. I have tested using same site/app on my iPad and its showing 130Mbps. When I test with my laptop I'm getting 50-60...

Hello, Today i got a notebook from my uncle.It's a samsung n120.When i started it up,it was working well.I managed to install some games like cs 1.6, gta vice city, gta 3 etc etcand they run somewhere slow.But when windows 10 fall creators update appeared and i have install in,it became...

Hello all, My Dell laptop will all of a sudden slow to .5GHz for no apparent reason. I can reboot and it does not clear it. I have to remove the battery and disconnect and wait 15 minutes and then boot wihtout the battery. It then clears and I can put the battery back in and it will not get...

Hi,i facing a problems that my laptop fans is running a full speed at the time. i don't know how to set the fan to run at automatic speed. It is a 3 pin fan, and my laptop model is MSI CX61 2PF.

What the title says. Today I installed Moonlight on my Galaxy S7.. it ran extremely sluttery on my local WIFI (Tho with ethernet cable PC reaches stable 50 up 30 down). Decided to try it on my phone's LTE network and I got significantly better results. Still I doubt I can stream 1080p 60hz but...

Hey community. Here’s my dillema. I have two laptops I am considering buying with virtually the same specs: - Dell Inspiron 5577 for $813 - HP pavilion power 15 for $980 Both are from amazon (here are links): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XFGF7SN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_YRwzAb87HJNE5...

Can I boost the speed on my laptop. Can,t enjoy the internet.

why is my sony vegas 15 rendering a 10 minute video on 4 hours!??! i just sped it up and added music in the background (like timelapses) but still! i render at 1080p60 or 1080p50 Help

Greeting to Everyone Recently, my laptop had been having the problem with wifi connecting. it's run really slow while the other device internet run very fast. And I try to test internet speed on my laptop via wifi connection is about 3Mbps, other devices get very fast speed 30Mbps speed test...

Hi, I have Toshiba tecra r850 with following specs. Core i5 500gb hard disk........ 8gb Ram......... 2.5Ghz processor speed....... Can I upgrade the graphics to Intel HD 4000?

Hey! I just bought the dell xps 13 9360 (8th gen) for christmas. It looks stunning however I noticed that on task manager it says the cpu max speed is only 1.8ghz where as it says on the website it should be up to 3.4ghz. Am I reading something wrong?? I have also been getting very very loud...

And also, are Windows server versions like 2016 like stripped versions of normal desktop Windows? Is that why they feel so much faster in general?

I have the plan with 1gpbs but my download speed is at 200mpbs and upload 400mpbs thats what speedtest gets but when i download something it goes at 3mpbs or on steam 10mpbs why?

Hi, I was just downloading something from Netflix with my WiFi, when i noticed that playing a YT video slows down the internet speed from 25-10 Mb/s to 2 Mb/s- 200Kbit/s. That makes youtube too slow to use and the netflix download would take hours. Is that normal?

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Hello, i'm robert and i need your help to solve an issue i face with my laptop. Please help if you can As the title says, my cpu speed is stuck at 0.77Ghz, it always stay like that even in the most needed/stressed situations. Here are the specs - Toshiba Satellite L755 S5349 - CPU Intel...

I want to buy a windows laptop. Details are listed below 1. Budget: Less than 600 pounds. 2. Size: 15 inches or less 3. Screen Resolution: 1366 x 768 4. Portable laptop 5. Battery life: More than 8 hours  6. Don’t want to play any games on laptop 7. I will use Photoshop...

I have a pl 203az turntable that has the speed indicator broken inside the assembly and will not allow me to adjust the speed indicator, It still played fine but lately it drags every few seconds when I play it. Is this possibly the issue I am having? Not sure if the belt may also be the...

I cANNOTt get my keyboard to hardly type. I have new batteries in it and the keyboard is brand new. I am very aggravated with this problem. I just cannot find the right solution to fix this. Please help.

The seller states that it is a three speed record player and the tube radio still works. I am just wondering if this would be a good purchase? I have a crosley record player which I am looking to get rid off as I have some very old collectible records that I would like to play but also keep in...

I have a Z370 MSI Pro Gaming Carbon mobo. When I select the rainbow animation, but I think its cycle waaayy too fast I cannot control it's speed. Mystic Light has a slider called "Light Speed" but it does not react to any kind of click (L,R & Mid) It would be nice if someone could help me :) thx!

Asus android tablet connects to wifi at different random speeds. What can I do to stabilize the connection for optimum speed? My cellphone connects at the top speed everytime so I don't think the router is the issue. I've tried all of the common fixes like power off, rebooting, clearing cache...

My read speed is 2,000MB/s and Write is 1,700MB/s from when i tested it yet GIMP takes forever to load but its the ONLY program that takes long to load. I have uninstalled and reinstalled it over 20 times and it does nothing. I use GIMP daily and also Photoshop but GIMP is so annoying where it...

Hi! I have a 1Gbps connection, but when i download torrents(with a good seed ratio) it's only around 8-10 MiB/s and when i seed it's around 3,5Mib. I've optimized deluge(torrent client) using a techsupportaler guide i found. Should i expect more? And if so what should i do to make it faster so i...

What else can I say. HELP... SLOW SPEED A DATAMARE!

Hi!I have kind of the same problem...i just did a factory reset and now the speed is terrible..im not kinda of good with these?

I am trying to type on my MacBook Air I have to press each key to three times and it still is not working

My mobile is samsung gt-s7262 galaxy star pro and am using the Airtel sim its 3g speed but my speed is only 2g how can i change my 2g speed to 3g speed

I'm playing need for speed most wanted and sometimes when I run the game the laptop screen experience some lag, but the lag gets solved and the game works perfectly fine as soon as I connect the charger.

can i change the gpu???

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So I have a 950m, 2.7ghz dual core laptop, but only when i play pubg(720p low) the real temp app records a "log" in one of the cores after a while of playing, which means the max temp has reached at some point and the cpu have lowered its speed, which causes the game to drop fps from 60 all the...

Good Evening All, I have a Lenovo Yoga 500-14ibd core i3 cpu @ 2GHz, 4gb ram 500gb ssd. when not charging the CPU sits at 1995MHz, however, when plugged in the speed drops to 500MHz, this is unusable. Showing people, they dont believe that trying to watch a 720p video on youtube when plugged...