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    Battlefield 3 locking up the whole system

    It may also be an origin thing. I just caught it using 60% of my quadcore at idle on the desktop. WTF?
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    Battlefield 3 locking up the whole system

    I think it may be a Win 8 issue. After I closed the game, it was still showing 7.9GB used RAM but the process that had the highest memory usage according to the task manager was only 30MB in size which is weird. It couldn't tell me where it was pulling 7.9 from. The thing is when playing...
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    Battlefield 3 locking up the whole system

    Hi, So I was playing battlefield 3 (ultra at 1080p with 2X AA) and the whole system locked up. I started panicing, thinking my overclock on my CPU was unstable but then I opened up task manager to find this: :wtf:Could anyone explain how this is happening? Battlefield 3 memory leak? I...
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    linux distro for a 2GB HDD

    Some of those are quite scary though for an old lady! (owner) I liked the look of Xubuntu too but I think it needs 4.4gb?
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    linux distro for a 2GB HDD

    Yes I know I know its tooooooooooo small. I have a Asus Eee Pc 2G surf that is a friends and she wanted me to get it working. I notice at the moment it has a Xubunu install (2.6 linux kernal so quite old) which is down to the 2GB HDD. Problem is that it has a PWD so I'm trying to format it...
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    Force GT 60GB Write Speeds

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! Although it did not help me instantly it got me to where I needed to be! :respect: I also found out that the C5/C6 states on my motherboard were holding SSDs back. It was not until I saw this that I believed and was shocked: I thought this would now mess with the clocks and...
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    Force GT 60GB Write Speeds

    AS SSD gives me this:
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    Force GT 60GB Write Speeds

    Unfortunately it didn't help.:(
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    Force GT 60GB Write Speeds

    Hello, I've just got myself a corsair force GT 60GB and HOLYMOLY does it make a difference!:roll: However, I put it though its paces on CrystalMark and this is what I got: Read speeds are great but something is holding back the write speeds. (I only did seq test to show) Anyone got any...
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    GTX560 Ti 1GB (asus) or HD 7850 2GB (sapphire)

    So I have the choice between Sapphire and Powercolor for a 7850, which one?
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    GTX 560 going bad?

    Any luck with the beta drivers? Also what GTX 560Ti did you purchase?
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    560 Ti stuttering? Arkham City and Deus Ex HR

    Try downloading Driver sweeper and then installing it. Afterwards uninstall your current drivers, go into safe mode (hitting F8 when booting until it allows you to select safe mode) and then use driver sweeper to delete any remaining drivers you may have. You then need to reinstall your...
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    Rated PSU Amps and Wattage

    Hello, I was confused about something so I was wandering if anyone can help me out. Basically I have an OCZ 550W Fatal1ty PSu and whilst I don't have an issue with it, I was wandering something about the advertised amperage ratings. On the side of the PSU it says that there are 2 12V...
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    Valve's Gabe Newell Talks Linux Steam Client, Source Engine

    Now this may encourage Microsoft to do more with their PC platform and not focus the majority of their energy on Xbox.
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    "Hackintoshing" Easiest with GIGABYTE 3D UEFI BIOS

    Does the DSDT file actually modify the BIOS? I thought it was just for OSX's use and nothing else.
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