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    Anyone still use an analog capture card?

    If yes, what software do you use for it? I can't find anything that would work on Windows 10, half broken, discontinued, or both is all I can come up with. Either preview doesn't work, or can't set up capture options properly or audio doesn't work, or out of sync. It's all garbage.
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    Windows 10 update KB5034441 is still broken, more than a month after release

    During the January update round MS issued a security update for Windows 10 that should fix a security issue which could allow an attacker to bypass Bitlocker encryption using the Windows Recovery Environment. Except the update throws an unexplained error code for many users: 0x80070643. As it...
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    Windows 11 24H2 to enforce HW requirement

    The next major version of Windows 11, 24H2 coming this fall will enforce one of the previously arbitrary HW requirements. Rendering the OS incompatible with systems lacking an SEE4.2 or SEE4a capable CPU. Article: https://winaero.com/popcnt-cpu-windows-11-24h2-pc-doesnt-boot/ It is unclear to...
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    What is min/max framerate?

    I've ran a benchmark on Cyberpunk 2077, and this is what I got: benchmark completed, 4216 frames rendered in 76.406 s Average framerate : 55.1 FPS Minimum framerate : 46.5 FPS Maximum framerate : 73.7 FPS...
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    Connection between Router and Switch keeps dropping to 100Mbit

    My old router died in a lightning related incident so I got a new one, and ever since then the connection speed between my router and a switch keeps dropping down to 100mbit. If I unplug the cable at the router side then immediately reconnect it then it goes back to Gigabit and remains so until...
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    What is the actual Turbo clock of Intel CPUs?

    I've been looking at the specifications of newer Intel CPUs and I'm confused by the listed Turbo clocks. How does this work? For example take the specifications of the I5-13600 Max Turbo Frequency: 5.3 GHz Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency: 5.00 GHz Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency: 3.70...
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    Rockstar games using Razor 1911 cracks on Steam?

    Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take Two, are known for going after those who reverse engineer their games, which makes it especially ironic that the company is reportedly using software cracks created by the Razor 1911 cracking group to remove DRM from some of their older software titles...
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    How to change default app in Windows 11?

    Just when I thought windows can't get any worse, I found out that it is impossible to change the default application for anything in Windows 11. You want irfanview to be your default image viewer? Well you have to change all 600 file associations one by one. Brilliant! FFS Microsoft.
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    Can an individual SATA port die on the MB?

    I've been pulling out my hair during the last week trying to find what's wrong with my computer. It would simply randomly freeze and not respond for minutes, sometimes during games it would just hang and either would continue after 10-15 seconds, or I'd loose my patience and press Reset. After...
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    Help me diagnose intermittent freezing

    I've been experiencing freezing on my workstation, and can't figure out what is causing it. It occurs when running specific programs, that rely on heavy IO and octree building. It's not a blue screen, it is a completely instantaneous freeze of everything in place. So far I was unable to...
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    Is this peak idiocy in case designs?

    The following story is fictional, any similarities to real world events, or persons is entirely coincidental. Marketing guy: What can we do to make our case more appealing? Engineer: We have glass side panel, RGB, what more bling do you want? MG: Ha! Only the left side panel is see through...
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    And they still wonder why linux isn't more popular.

    I've not tried linux in a long time, but thought it got a long way in user experience since I last tried it. Then I learned this is how you put an icon on the desktop in ubuntu in 2022. In windows you could drag and drop, or use send to desktop. since 1995. Oh, and also it fails to detect my TV...
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    Games you liked that (almost) everyone hated

    In the other thread I started some people started mentioning games that can't be categorically declared as bad, but were badly received, so here is an actual thread for games, that were hated by general audiences but you liked them anyway. Here are a few of mine: Deus Ex Invisible War: The...
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    The best terrible games

    There are lots of bad games out there that are simply terrible and not worth anyone's time. But occasionally there are some that are objectively bad or even broken in some sense, but still enjoyable. Have you encountered any such game? Here are a few examples that I've enjoyed: The oldest I...
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    Do you still buy physical games for PC?

    When was the last time you purchased a game as a retail physical copy for PC? There is just no point to it. You have to activate it online anyway so it is forever locked to your account. At that point the physical disk and case is just clutter. And they never include any printed content with...
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    Strange device in windows networking

    An unknown device has appeared in my windows networking under Phones in "view network computers and devices" I don't know what to do, how can I find out what is this, and how is it connected to my network? Windows shows no ip address for it, just a device name and a mac address, and the device...
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    Norton 360 'anti' virus installs cryptominer

    https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/05/norton-360-antivirus-installs-a-crypto-miner-on-pcs/ I thought antivirus was supposed to be against bloatware adware and other unwanted software, not come bundled with it. This would be bad even if we disregarded that cryptomining is unsustainable. They...
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    W11 start button not working after installing GPU drivers

    Windows 10 committed seppuku on my server, so I needed to re-install it anyway, and I decided to install windows 11 on it. (in hindsight bad idea) Everything worked fine until I decided to install the official nvidia drivers for the GT640 that's in the computer. Because that caused the start...
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    ABS doesn't want to stick

    I've been printing using PLA for a long time successfully for the most part, this is the first time I'm trying ABS as a material and it's horrendous! I just can't figure it out. So far I wasn't able to print a single layer of anything. The material just doesn't want to stick to the bed. I've...
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    Replaced HDD Windows still shows the old one.

    I've replaced the HDD in my laptop with an SSD, but in Windows device manager I still see the old drive. How is this possible?
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    Market manipulation in retro gaming

    If even half of this is true, then this is big. And why wouldn't it be true? Collusion and insider trading, driving up prices to help your auction house, appraising / grading games owned by the company's founders/directors, media manipulation. Insane And the guy playing the central role has...
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    Is 2021 a dud for gaming?

    I'm not being melodramatic, I just realized that so far there was no game released this year that I found interesting enough to buy. And here we are starting Q4 in a heartbeat. Going back 10+ years I've found at least 5-6 games on average every year that I liked enough to finish. Even in the...
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    What should I play next?

    Help me decide what game from my backlog to play next. I need convincing arguments, tell me why should I play that particular game, not just a title. Here is the list to choose from: Amnesia A Machine for Pigs Amnesia The Dark Descent Assassin's Creed III remastered Bulletstorm Call of Duty...
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    Is Windows 10 20H2 the worst windows yet?

    Windows 10 has started out OK, but every new version they force on you introduces new issues, and solve none. My troubles were steadily increasing ever since I've started using it. It was not so long ago that it decided, because you know it's no longer the user that decides, that it shall...
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    Coolermaster N300 review

    Just got a new case for my NAS/Home server, so I'm going to share my experiences with it. Other cases I've tested: LC-Power 1403w Coolermaster Masterbox Q300L Silverstone Fortress FT05 Shuttle SX79R5 Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Coolermaster HAF 935 Silverstone Raven RV03 I just wanted a regular...
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    PSU with fan off mode

    I'm looking for a PSU that turns off it's fan bellow a certain temperature / load level. I've found a few Seasonics that supposedly have a silent mode, but it seems to me that it's not a true fanless mode, just very low rpm. They say it's virtually silent, well I don't want virtually, I want...
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    How many buttons do you use on your mouse in games?

    The question is given.
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    Win 10 locked out user after installing visual studio

    This just happened today. I upgraded a win7 installation to the latest Win10, everything seemed fine. Then the user said they needed visual studio, so started installing that with the online installer. After a while it requested a restart, and after that it was no longer possible to log in to...
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    When will new HW actually be available?

    i'm wondering when do you think popular hardware released in 2020Q4 will actually be readily available in stores? I mean really available, the whole lineup in stock ready to take home at a moments notice. I'm thinking about: ZEN3, RTX30xx, PS5, XBOX X, R6xxx series
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    PC won't power down

    This is more of a learn from my mistake post. So long story short, I replaced the PSU in a computer that would randomly reboot and was producing strange issues. After replacing the PSU everything seemed to work fine, it wouldn't reboot anymore or have in issues, except now you could not turn...
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    10700KF on B460?

    Can I do that? Or will it bottleneck the CPU in any way? I need the maximal clock frequency for CAD work, but I don't want to pay the extra for the Z490 board. Obviously I do not want to OC. Everyone either gets 10700 non-K or goes Z490 so there is not much experience with this that I could...
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    How do you know that a chair will work for you?

    My chair used for the computer which is a frankenstein's monster I put together from multiple office chairs is falling apart. So I got a new gaming chair, but when it arrived and I sat on it for more than 20 minutes I started to get back pains, and it was mighty uncomfortable. I got my old...
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    Creality Ender-5 Pro

    I've been planning to get a 3D printer for a while, but so far I could find a printer that was affordable or didn't seem junk. But finally it happened. Got this for $389. It arrived today. TeeJayHoward has asked to share my impressions after it is dialed in. But as far as I'm concerned it...
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    Which X570 board for 128GB?

    I'm looking to build a 128GB X570 system in the near future, and I'd like to ask if anyone uses one with 128GB of ram. The factory QVLs usually only go up to 32GB at most. The only board I saw where they at least tested some 128GB setup was the Asrock X570 Pro4. The ram I'm going to use is...
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    Where to go for gaming news?

    What's a good site if I want factual daily gaming related news reporting? Preferably that is not the woke access media or the deep end at oneangrygamer. I'm looking for written news, no youtube.
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    OCE fail

    This is just meant as a cautionary tale, this is why you must have backups. So I ran out of space on my storage so I decided to upgrade it. It was a RAID5 of 5 4TB disks. I wanted to expand it to 8x4TB. Insert 3 new drives, check that drives are recognized by the controller, everything checks...
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    What are these cloned services in W10 with hex code attached to them?

    I've just noticed that several system services have clones of them with a specific hex code attached to them. I started panic deleting them because I Thought it was some sort of malware pretending to be system services. But after rebooting they all came back with a different hexcode. Then I...
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    New FAA drone rule is a giant middle finger to aviation hobbyists

    More than 34,000 people have deluged the Federal Aviation Administration with comments over a proposed regulation that would require almost every drone in the sky to broadcast its location over the Internet at all times. The new regulations probably wouldn't kill the hobby of flying...
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    Google moving the data of its UK users to avoid strict EU privacy laws

    Google is not wasting any time to reap the benefits of the UK exiting the EU. They are planning to move the data of their UK users out from their EU HQ in Ireland (which remains a part of EU) to US juridistiction so they don't have to obey stritct privacy protection laws of the EU (such as GDPR)...
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    Gran Turismo dev wants games to run at 120-240fps

    While I question the necessity of 240fps I can say only one word: PC (Yeah I know it is technically two words) https://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismos-future-4k-resolution-is-enough-but-240fps-is-the-target/ Because I've been wanting a GT style game on PC for 22 years.
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