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New to Windows 7. PC Hardware Help! Guys I've been using windows XP for years even after 7 was released for fear that the games that run on my configuration will work badly with low fps in windows 7. Could you guys clear this confusion of me? My PC Config is this: Intel core 2 duo 2.2ghz...

I know its a bit software related, but it concerns graphics cards so i am posting it here. Has anybody used Furmark- the gpu stress test utility. I recently tested my XFX 250GTS with it and ran it for over 6mins(i won't go further than that for the fear of my card damaged). It ran fine for...

What is PCIe Lite? Is it a type of PCI-E slot on the board? My new graphics card says it is XFX 250 GTS PCie Lite. Does that mean it is some kind of low grade version. Or does it only mean that it is compatible with PCI-E LITE slot? Please reply. not much info is on the net.

3 beeps on start up, please help- Updated My PC was working fine and suddenly in the middle of working it hangs and restarts and after that there was no video and the monitor goes to standby mode. The power LED of the PC is ON. So i restarts the machine again, this time manually and now it...

I am planning to buy a new LCD monitor and need to choose from a 17" or 19" viewsonic TFT LCD. I wanted to know how a game in 1024 * 768 resolution or its wide screen counterpart will look on both of them. Will it be OK to use 1024*768 res on a 19" ? The price diff for both of them are not much.

Hello guys, I am a postgraduate in Electronics and i have done .net windows and web application development for the past 1 year. I love to play games and i would very much love to develop one. Can i apply for any game programmer jobs with my Qualifications? I am not bad in C and C++ (not too...

Why Nero is not showing all writing speeds in the speed selection page. I have a liteon DH20A3P DVD writer and it is showing only selected speeds like 16x,8x,4x(for DVD) and 48x,16x,8x(for CD). if there is no disk in drive and look at the nero writing speed selection menu all speeds are there...

I am getting almost 100% CPU usage while playing NFS pro Street and almost 50% while playing NFS MW.I don't know about other games. Is it normal? I have a Core2Duo 2.2GHz. Also if the CPU or graphics card gets to very high temperature shouldn't the whole sytem shutdown? i thought the CPU and...

This might be a stupid question, but is there a relation between aliasing and the CRT monitor. I think i am getting more aliased images in games than it should have to be according to the settings. For eg; if i take a screenshot of a particularly aliased frame(actual setting is 8X) it looks...

Could anyone tell me the best settings to be made in the 3D settings page on nVidia Control Panel so as to get the maximum antialiasing. Eventhough its antialiasing u could see some moire like effects on some parts of edges. i know antialiasing smoothes the jaggies by bluring the edges but how...

What are H-Moire and V-Moire on a computer monitor. Could it reduce a bit of aliasing and if yes what value should i put it. there is a bit of aliasing even if antialiasing is turned on max. i noticed that the same game on a system with same sepcs and diff monitor working fine.

Recently while i am working on my pc the monitor suddenly goes blank. it has happened twice. Oce it came back immediately and the other time i had to go to standby mode and then back to get the display. i think the green power led on the monitor is still ON. So the signal might be there. Is my...

I want to install Visual Studio 2005 on my system.Can anyone tell me the exact HDD space (not the typical value)taken by the installation. Which types os VS 2005 r out in the market? Can u upgrade .net framework 2.0 to 3.5 on VS2005? Also what is the diff between VS2005 and Visual Basic 6.0 .

I know there is a thread for graphic card related queries but i only see people with PCIe there. But i only have on AGP slot on my mb. So please recommend the highest nVidia and ATi AGP cards available on market with its price and system requirements like power supply etc.Thanks in advance.

Recently i have aquired a new problem, sometimes while working there is a strange clicking noise in th HDD and the system hangs.Then i have to restart it.sometimes the problem persists untill i reconnect the IDE cable of the HDD. I have seen this kind of problem in my software institue which...

I use winxp and recently when i search something in google and when i click on one of the results, it redirects to some kind of search page. I have to go back and try the link for some time to go to the correct web page. now i had to block that page in my internet explorer properties.it only...

Yesterday when i played a DivX movie in WMP it appears to have grains in it (like having a bad cable reception). I have played the same movie very well weeks ago. I think this occured after i installed a SP2 on my Pc. Has my divx codec corrupted.The same problem shows up in other media players...

Where is the BugerKing and BestBuy area in "NFS Underground 2 " where u can find a parking lot with an opponent for an outrun race. I find a lot of smilar areas, but no parking lot. Can anyone knows it and post a screenshot of the area.

This may seem a bit silly, but can anyone tell that is there a difference in performance when u install a memory in slot 0 instead of slot 1. I have an Intel 865GBF board with 4 DIMM slots divided into Channel A slot 0, Channel A slot 1,Channel B slot 0,Channel B slot 1.Relpy Please.

Recently sometimes my computer fails to start (only the green LED glows) and i had to reinsert the motherboard power cable to solve the problem.Sometimes swithching off the SMPS and switching it back ON works.Also yesterday my system suddenly restarted while working just like someone pressed...