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What would the AMD Catalyst Control Center equivalent to this setting be? On the times that I was able to exit the game before the game crashes my system and I had gpu-z on, I've noticed that my R9-280x downclocks from the factory OC of 1100 MHz drops to 300 MHz and around the times the screen start flickering. I've also had this happen on Borderlands 2. In many cases with both games, I would have to underclock the GPU to 900 MHz and I would be able to get half an hour or even more(more often 2 hours,) but I am wondering if there is a setting like that in CCC.

Skyrim is a CPU intensive game but if I remember correctly, the AMD CPUs do lag behind the intel CPUs. I would turn off mods that you don't need running(wherever you don't need hi-res textures,) or upgrade to an FX-8350. The only other option is building an intel CPU system using a decent i5. My sources: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-vishera-review,3328-14.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html Should definately look over both articles.

From the looks of things, it doesn't look like youtube is going to fix the content id system under almost any circumstances anytime soon: http://kotaku.com/heres-what-youtube-has-to-say-to-angry-youtubers-1485168478

I've knew someone who has hit 4GHz on stock cooling with a Phenom II X4 965 and using a good thermal paste like arctic silver 5, but I would suggest a better cooler(like a Hyper 212+ or evo,) before trying to hit that mark. Also the resolution you have is a killer on what ever processor gets pushed. If you are using Vista or 7, disable Aero, Aero Peek, transparent glass, show shadows under mouse pointer and windows to name a few features that you might not need.

The limitation is that Vsync is enabled by default and you are only able to toggle it in the Skyrimprefs.ini file by adding iPresentInterval=0 to the bottom of the [Display] section, or you can try to get the graphics card to ignore the ingame setting in the game's profile of the NVidia Control Panel or the Catalyst Control Center. Vsync tries the match the frames displayed per second to the monitor's refresh rate so getting greater than 60 frames per second is a matter of having a monitor with a refresh rate greater than 60 MHz.

Running a second card almost always brings a new set of problems. In most cases, games don't get SLI/Crossfire support until months after the game is released so you will be playing a game for a while without using that second gpu. Chances are, your 660 GC will no longer exist as a new purchase by the time you do the upgrade and will have to look for a used or refurbished card and that can open up a whole different can of worms. Most system builders will suggest the best single gpu solution over a multi-gpu solution unless you plan to game at ultra-high resolutions.

Have you tried to clear out your cookies and browsing history? I know that they've had planned downtimes throughout the week to transfer the databases to a new setup, but they had a planned down time a week ago for similar issues to yours and a common suggestion on that news thread was to delete the cookies for the nexusmods site.

I currently use windows 7 for gaming and anything iTunes related, and I use Fedora(after installing EasyLife and rpmfusions) for almost everything else. Edit: In case you decide on Windows 8, here is an article for you to check out. It is a couple programs that you can use to get rid of Windows 8 style UI and use the desktop. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/stardock_start8_vs_classic_shell2013?page=0,1

Depends on how tech savvy you may be. As far as I know, only certain Intel SSDs(I'm not certain which ones) seem to have TRIM support for raided SSDs but garbage collection algorithims have gotten better to all but negate the need for TRIM. Even so, it would be better to with one SSD as a boot drive and a second SSD for games. The big disadvantage with RAID 0(I am assuming that you would be using this RAID setup) is if one drive fails, the data on both is lost.

The install path is different from what it should be. Skyrim's install path should be ..\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim. You could move the skyrim folder to a different location as long as you make a directory symbolic link("mklink /d" in windows vista/7) named skyrim in the common folder so that steam will then be pointed to the correct location.

Samsung now has the 840 series out and it seems to be better than the 830 to most benchmarks. Also, it may do you well with learning how to use the mklink command or use steam mover to make symbolic links. I keep my older games and games made by Valve(which frequently update) on an HDD while newer games are on the SSD. For my steam games that are moved to the HDD, I go into the command line(as administrator) and navigate to the steam\steamapps\common folder and then run mklink /d "exact name of game folder" "new location of said game folder(on my computer that would be e:\game\steam\<folder name>.)" As a little side note with the mklink command, the quotation marks are necessary. Steam Mover will actually move the folders you want to move and make the links as well.

What bug would that be considering Haswell isn't out until June at the very least? idk what Samadchaz is talking about because I havent been following Haswell, but just because it has not been released doesnt mean it hasnt been reported to have bugs. i bet the Chip has been done and has been in testing for awhile now. so If someone somewhere got a hold of a copy (like a developers kit if you will) and reported on it having USB bugs (illegally of course since there is no way the contracts of the Chip's use would allow public talk of it) then thats what he could be referring to. however, i feel like a USB bug would be more the fault of the Chipset/Mobo and not the actual CPU. but honestly Im not too knowledgable on CPUs and Mobos and archetecture and whatnot so its just an assumption :P USB bugs would be mostly on the chipset and not the CPU, but Haswell is suppose to have a native USB controller integrated in it. All news about Haswell's performance and bugs I've heard have been with engineering samples so I don't put much stock into that news until official release. I've just found the bug that was mention. Hawell had trouble exiting S3 sleep with a USB 3.0 device plugged in. The bug is described as "nuisance" and fixed by restarting the afflicted program. Also Intel has started the chipset changes to fix the bug. Here's the link: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Haswell-S3-Sleep-Problem-PCN,21896.html

What bug would that be considering Haswell isn't out until June at the very least?

If you can, wait for haswell coming out this year if you still want to go intel. It should have an update path in the future where the Ivy Bridge cpus will be the end of LGA 1155. Haswell will be socket LGA 1150.

My guess, a "Yo Ho Ho, and a bottle of rum" version, or he is trying to get a legit version to work with Cider, Wine or some other kind of emulation like program and it isn't work. In the case of the former, goodbye real soon, and in the later case, you'd be better off going to that program's site than here or using boot camp to get a windows OS onto the system and playing Skyrim that way.

Windows 7 should be able to create an image on it's own through the control panel. Just go to: Control Panel -> System and Security -> Backup and Restore After that you should have a selection of options on the left side of the window. Those options should be: Turn off schedule Create a system image Create a system repair disc(All three options are ran as administrator.) Click Create a system image and follow the instructions. As a note, I believe Windows 7 will let you create one system image per installation to store on a removable drive(like a USB hard drive.) After that, you can create/use a system repair disk or you should be able to use the Windows 7 Installation disk to restore the image. As for what happened with Parted Magic, I can only guess that the download may have corrupted during download(I've had that happen to me with Fedora 17 and it messed up my installing it in a virtual test environment. Which is why I always try to test tools like these in a virtual environment first,) or the system maybe looking for a device that it shouldn't(like a floppy drive. Check the BIOS and disable some drives. Look to see if your BIOS has a floppy drive option and if it does, make sure it is set to none.) Also, keep checking the forums. I haven't used parted magic so I can't be fully sure on the problem itself. My Google search on the problem lead me to a forum posted a year ago that hinted about the floppy drive. EDIT: Before you go "But my motherboard doesn't have a floppy port." some BIOS' still include the option because they were to lazy to change it or it may still be needed for a USB floppy drive.

You might want to look at a couple of these: http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/assistant/vga/chip/5 Just make certain that you check the products compatability list. If you haven't replace a gpu fan before, you may want to check youtube for the procedure along with the manual. I know Skorch82 has a video on his channel of him replacing the fan on his Radeon HD 6990. It shouldn't be too much different. Other than that, you may have to get a new card since your card is discontinued and I don't know if your warranty is still valid.

The 980x is more if you planned on video recording and editing with your games. Most of today's games rely on the GPU over the CPU so it is and most games will not take advantage of the 980x's six cores. Also, the 980x has absolutely no upgrade path down the road when you look to improve the computer.

I kept forgetting to ask this, but how long can you keep Windows running while in normal mode and running a stress tester like Prime 95? I hear most people who overclock try to aim for 24 hours without crashing. I've tried looking up your problem but most results kept returning results of normal mode not working but safe mode would work no matter how I worded my search. I had misread my computer's registry as SafeMode, but it is SafeBoot as you said. I just found a possible answer while typing this reply, check out the website at the end of this post. A system repair from the installation disk may be needed but try any of the other solutions before that point first. The topic was done with windows vista but windows 7 is essentially the same. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-system/can-boot-only-to-normal-mode-and-not-to-safe-mode/0916fae0-4e6e-40d9-aebd-e058006bdbaf

You can try using a live antivirus cd like AVG Rescue CD to name one. Google "live antivirus cd" and you can get many hits. Also http://www.raymond.cc/blog/13-antivirus-rescue-cds-software-compared-in-search-for-the-best-rescue-disk/ could give you a list of Live Antivirus CDs you can use. I've also heard that knoppix linux works well as a live cd for virus removal. Some viruses can actually romove the safe mode key and its subkeys minimal and network from the registry, I don't think that is the case since you were able to log into safe mode. If you want to know if a virus had removed safe mode, in regedit, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\, if SafeMode is not there, then a virus had removed it or you may have unknowingly deleted it. In such a case, you might want to reinstall windows (hopefully you created a backup image or had backed up the registry.) I try to avoided making changes to the registry. My only other ideas are that you are overclocking while going into safe which uses a very minimal setup and you are hyperthreading which can mess with overclocking and most software that you will be running in safe mode are software that do not benefit from hyperthreading at all.

Thanks for the help and I have a amd vision. At least that's what the sticker says on it. Can you check your system properties(right-click on my computer, then click properties) or use gpu-z(google the program) to see what the gpu you laptop is using? All AMD Vision tells us is that the computer is using an AMD CPU and maybe an AMD GPU but not what type. GPU-Z is probably the best at telling you what the GPU is. System properties would give us a CPU, but I can look it up to see if that CPU has an embedded GPU in it and what the GPU is.

Try looking at the following link and look at the Baseline category: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/build_pc_blueprints_november_2012 Take out the SSD and the case and you should be close to your budget. Edit: One more thing is to check newegg.com for the parts and make a wishlist to see what price you'll get.

Did you completly uninstall the previous drivers first before updating? Remnants of previous video drivers in the the file system and registry can mess a system up. With my laptop, I had always gotten a BSOD because after updating video drivers for my nvidia gpu when I went to a forum and discovered that traces of the previous drivers were the likely cause and they suggested to me a utility called Driver Sweeper. What I do now is after I use windows uninstall a program to remove all programs related to nvidia video drivers (AMD users should only need to remove the Catalyst drivers,) I reboot into safe mode, run driver sweeper, tell it to look for nVidia - video and nVidia - physX while ignoring everything else and it searches for any remnants and removes them. Then I reboot into normal mode and intstall the new drivers. Before finding out about this utility, I've actually had Windows 7 reinstall my previous video drivers before I could get the new drivers installed. As a warning for AMD cpu users, I've heard(occasionaly) that Driver Sweeper may canfuse AMD Chipset drivers as video drivers and may remove them as well. You may want to google manually uninstalling AMD/ATI video drivers and see if you can find anything.

What's stopping them now? I don't see any AMD CPU for Intel's LGA sockets or vice versa. That is because Intel and AMD came to an agreement around the early 90s that made AMD CPUs require a different motherboard from Intel. Intel had sued AMD because AMD had been reverse engineering Intel's 286, 386, and 486 CPUs and selling them at as a little bit faster and cheaper than the original Intel version that could fit in the same motherboard. Intel's naming of the Pentium because they couldn't trademark a number, the shortened product cycles in the PC market, and uncertain issues of using Intel's microcode made AMD go a seperate path from Intel eventually with the K-5.

These are for OEMs like Dell and HP that you would find in a Best Buy store which isn't likely to go higher than 8600. I'll wait for the MaximumPC, Tomshardware, Anandtech and HardOCP reviews and benchmarks before seeing if the entire series is a rebrand.