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    boed posted the thread Question Strange question 9800x3d vs 9700x wattage in CPUs and Overclocking.

    I'm curious if anyone has ever tested actual power usage of the two - normal things e.g. word, excel, outlook, teams vs gaming. I'm...

    Friday at 6:47 PM
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    boed replied to the thread Why do I care about AI on a laptop?.

    Thanks - I have no idea - they just are excited it has AI in offline - not sure what it could answer without access to the internet or...

    Mar 20, 2025
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    boed posted the thread Why do I care about AI on a laptop? in Laptops.

    Hello, I'm not that familiar with much ai other than the useless chat stuff that never answers my questions correctly on Fedex or other...

    Mar 20, 2025
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    boed posted the thread LG gram 16Z90TS release date? in Laptops.

    Hello, It seems like usually the new models would be out by now. I don't know if the intel processors are a problem with their laptop...

    Mar 17, 2025
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    boed replied to the thread Any guess on nearly all my games coming up with a black screen and getting stuck?.

    OK - big step forward - Not sure how many games It will be an issue for but my old monitors were 2560x1440 - my new ones are 2560x1600 -...

    Mar 15, 2025
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    boed replied to the thread Any guess on nearly all my games coming up with a black screen and getting stuck?.

    Thanks - just tried that - same issue. I just loaded bulletstorm - full screen black - windowed works fine.

    Mar 15, 2025
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    boed replied to the thread Any guess on nearly all my games coming up with a black screen and getting stuck?.

    OK - Bioshock infinit was kicking my ass until I tried -Disabling "full screen optimisations" in the EXEs Compatibility tab -Setting...

    Mar 15, 2025
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    boed replied to the thread Any guess on nearly all my games coming up with a black screen and getting stuck?.

    OK - I've got bioshock 2 done just a couple dozen more to go! -Disabling "full screen optimisations" in the EXEs Compatibility tab...

    Mar 15, 2025
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    boed replied to the thread Any guess on nearly all my games coming up with a black screen and getting stuck?.

    I have two displays - both plugged into my GPU. I've discovered if I press alt-tab the second it starts, I can sometimes alt-tab back...

    Mar 15, 2025
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    boed posted the thread Any guess on nearly all my games coming up with a black screen and getting stuck? in PC Games.

    Hello, I've been setting up most computers the same way for years but something is different with my latest build. I had to replace an...

    Mar 14, 2025
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    boed posted the thread Question X870E AORUS MASTER bluetooth issue in Motherboards.

    Hello, I just got a X870E AORUS MASTER rev 1.1 with the current bios. I downloaded the latest drivers for everything including the wifi...

    Mar 8, 2025
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    boed reacted to blckgrffn's post in the thread Question Quietest 9070 xt card? with Like.

    Yeah if you don't have one right now, I don't know when you'll be able to easily get one and be picky about it. I was reading some...

    Mar 7, 2025
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    boed posted the thread Question Quietest 9070 xt card? in Graphics Cards.

    Just curious if there is one you think is quietest. I know strix used to be the one years ago but it has been a while since I've...

    Mar 7, 2025
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    boed posted the thread Question What 1 TB NVME drive would you buy today? in Memory and Storage.

    Hello, I've typically bought samsung in the past but am not sure if the firmware fix is a work around or a real fix for some of the...

    Mar 3, 2025
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    boed replied to the thread Question Disabling resources - freeing up interrupts possibly MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI.

    I spent a LOT of hours trying out every CMOS config and bios version I could find. After nearly 16 hours of different options, I got...

    Feb 24, 2025

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