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I had some weird cases of slowness on Haswell, it was related to HPET, basically try to turn off everything you don't need in the BIOS.
Sometimes even turning off virtualisation helps. I think it's more poor mobo design related rather than CPU.
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17 hours ago, j7n said:
I do not know a single game that relies on PhysX, and don't have this bloat in Program Files.
12 hours ago, Dixel said:German Sacred 2 (2008) - but of course it can be disabled. Yet the bundle still needs to be installed. Rolling corpses and magic projectiles rely on Physx.
Much better than Diablo III.
Silverfall 2006, the famous one, made in France! Available in English, too, runs on GT710 fine, uses Physx.
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4 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said:
Being inhospitable toward new members
Whom exactly do you call "inhospitable"?
4 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said:obscure forum
I don't think @Dave-H and @Tripredacus would agree with such labelling of MSFN, I'm asking you [very politely] for the 3579692369239298 time, please don't try to ignite hostilities over and over again.
Everyone here is having a nice chat.
4 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said:Being inhospitable toward new members who ask questions is not the way to keep an obscure forum online.
Quoting your off-topic attack in full, just in case.
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I asked the director of our big PC store about the sales, he said: "it's the same, basically". People still buy lots of PCs with the OS already preinstalled, esp. laptops. German Fujitsu Notebook LIFEBOOK U7613, their ultra-light LIFEBOOK U9413, LIFEBOOK U9313X (ultra-light, silver-white convertible) are very popular here, they come Windows 11 Pro already installed.
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3 hours ago, Dixel said:
No, it's misspelt.
Oh, sorry, indeed, how could I?!
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13 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:
Never heard of it. Though they have clearly been around for a while. Had to look it up, I've visited California but still have never heard of it.
It was a joke. Clearly, the title is misspelled, not to mention the overall misleading, clickbait style name of the topic and improper, poor English grammar.
No articles to support that "theory", nothing.
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On 3/28/2024 at 12:40 PM, halohalo said:
Microsoft update catalog offers 6.0.9239.1 for Vista x64 and later.
Did you try this website? A huge drivers collection.
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On 3/19/2024 at 6:45 AM, Dixel said:
To sell more DX12 graphic cards? I dunno. What I'm sure of, it doesn't need DX12 with those graphics, agree. DX9, at best.
It's the latest "gaming trend". They reissue old games with artificially bumped up reqs. Probably deserves a dedicated topic on how to deal with it. I don't know how many gamers we have here,
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On 3/17/2024 at 5:16 PM, UCyborg said:
Aye, though I've unlocked the bootloader on my Sony not long after I bought it (and voided the warranty). No regrets!
Do you know how to fight a smartphone that turns on by itself?
Added:
Most frequently when it's on charge.
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5 hours ago, ED_Sln said:
PhysX needs to be reinstalled
On some driver bundles it's simply not detected correctly by GPU-Z. But if the programme folder is present in the right location, the software will work.
ProgramFiles/NVIDIA Corporation/Physx (for 32 bit OS).
ProgramFiles (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/Physx (for 64 bit OS).
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6 hours ago, MinimumAttic410 said:
But card appears as GT555M not GT 710 in device manager and GPU-Z :
I'm not surprised. It means you got a re-issued 555 disguised as 710. I once bought a card that was named "GTS250", in fact it turned out to be a bit overclocked older model 9800GTX.
Nothing to worry about. Those are of similar performance level.
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13 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said:
I have DVD sets of Twin Peaks (1990-91), no thoughts of replacing them with Blu-ray at all.
Don't replace 'em, don't even think of it! I did, and it was a waste of time/money. Bluray is "remastered" by id*ots. It's too bright and acid, it loses all the original charm.
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I forgot to tell, and the post editing is rather glitchy due to the forum soft issues, so don't run blaming me for "quadro posting".
In 1999, I bought the first Bond Collection on DVD. Oh boy, I was so disappointed with the 480p US quality! Those were made in NTSC and the usual low res. American standard.
Later on, I had to buy the same collection edition again! I had purchased the same version, but for the Great Britain and EU market, it was night and day difference! (somewhere in 2000)
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12 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said:
Blu-rays are now more common than DVDs at retailers in the U.S., but you could order a DVD if you wish.
We don't have DVDs for decades, apparently technology comes to the US much later. DVDs were popular here in 1998-2003. In 2004 people already wanted better quality, and the American "import" DVDs were locked to NTSC region, also of much lesser quality: only 480p in US vs 576p PAL (UK and European). It's a drastic difference!
Starting 2006 and onwards, bluray.
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12 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said:
(Of course drivers might be a problem for those devoted to legacy versions of Windows.)
Not true. Official Bluray Specs for good playback: Core 2 Duo and 8400GS, which are from the year 2006 and XP. I'm not talking about 4k bluray.
Minimum specs are going ever lower! Here you can familiarize yourself with them.
"Minimum: Intel
* 965, G33, G35, G45 graphics software decoder Intel Core 2 Duo.GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900"
https://superuser.com/questions/37252/minimum-hardware-spec-for-playing-blu-ray-disks
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18 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:
And this comes from a guy who has a car with three 15" Rockford Fosgate's with reinforced body panels so that the car doesn't rattle.
We'd like to see it.
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Of course Vista, what kind of question is that? Better title's name would be smth like "Why Windows Vista is so good?"
XP is an OS from another era, hard to compare at all.
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On 3/19/2024 at 7:05 PM, Random Person said:
If you want higher fps : 1080TI
Good performance for the price : GTX TITAN X PASCAL
Between those two, one simply needs to choose the older release (TITAN X PASCAL), to get much better driver performance with Vista.
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On 3/19/2024 at 7:05 PM, Random Person said:
It kind of depends
It kind of depends on whether one uses my unofficial modded drivers or not. Pascal on Vista is quite possible if one follows my tutorial on the installation.
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Anyone already watched Madame Web ?
In Cinemas since 14 February, 2024
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I always start checking any hardware by disconnecting everything, only that part needs to be left. I also played with flashing many times before, even changing GPU BIOS with the same specs can improve performance.
For example, I had and old EVGA GTX 980 (2014 or 2013), it had a conflict with my 192Khz PCI audio board, I re-flashed the GPU - problems gone. I took the default nVidia reference BIOS.
I guess it's just more tested and compatible rather than "partner" manufacturers' BIOS. And yes, I too have a very similar Xeon Mobo.
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Wonka film review is rather good, but "Timothée Chalamet is a bit miscast". I'm not surprised, I felt the same.
Independent is a credible source with good critics, I don't want to argue with anyone, just accept this fact.
Those who don't agree, I'm sorry, you aren't critics from Independent, but you of course have the right to your individual view on this.
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3 hours ago, legacyfan said:
DVDs Are Pretty Old But Do Have There Uses There Are Even Some Old Classics That Can Only Be Watched On DVD Nowadays As That's The Only Thing There Made On
It's very hard to read when every word is capslocked and/or capitalized, sorry, I shan't read your reply, There are widely accepted rules of English spelling and social behaviour. I was under the impression they also have them in your country.
Again, sorry, but I'll ignore.
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7 hours ago, XPerceniol said:
(2018) in 2019 on DVD.
Wow, I didn't know they were still making DVDs in 2019! Unbelievable! How's the quality? American NTSC DVD 480p screen res. height standard seems so low these days.
European PAL DVD standard is higher (576p), though I think not enough these days.
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Brand new laptop slow
in Windows 11
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Those newer gens have Intel "software guard", turn that off, also. From what I know, some software makers use it to fingerprint your PC for "licensing" purposes.