core 2 duo

Here’s a clear breakdown of the situation around pairing the RTX 5090 with an old Intel Core 2 Duo in light of Nvidia’s driver change: What Changed? Nvidia Driver Update: The latest Nvidia drivers (version 576.40 and later) have dropped the requirement for POPCNT (Population Count) instruction...

Pairing Nvidia’s anticipated GeForce RTX 5090, a GPU likely to shatter performance records, with a relic like Intel’s Core 2 Duo might sound like tech satire. Yet due to a recent and unexpected shift in Nvidia’s driver requirements, this seemingly absurd hardware mashup has moved from the realm...

I upgraded an old Laptop from Windows 7 to 10 64 bit. The CPU is Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz. It does not have Hyperthreading in the cores and when there are two tasks to be done it just stops until I quit one of the programs and then it can continue normally. Is there a program that can mange...

So I have an older machine using a core 2 duo 8500 processor with 3.18mhz. I use this maching mostly for social media and email and it has worked fine until microsoft stopped supporting vista. I even upgraded the drive to a nice ssd and the machine boots up pretty fast. But as time goes on, I am...

I have a dell optiplex 755 usff with an intel core 2 duo and a copy of windows 7 ultimate and the disks for x32 and x64 bit. I can install the 32 bit version of windows but not the x64 bit version to take advantage of my intel core 2 duos x64 bit compatibility with windows. How can I make the...

I was able to download Win-10 pro to my hard drive as a ISO file. How can I convert this to a bootable DVD. I am presently running Win-7 SP1 on an older computer with the following specs. Can somebody tell me if my computer systems are adequate for a satisfactory Win-10 operation. According to...

I have a HP dc7900 running Win 10 Home 32-bit OS upgrade. Here is my computer information reference to Belarc Advisor. Processor: 3.00 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. 64 kilobyte primary memory cache 6144 kilobyte secondary memory cache 64-bit ready. I have 3580 megabytes usable...

I have a 3 year old core 2 duo based laptop by Lenovo. windows 8.1 works perfectly well in the 4 GB ram system. The only issue i am facing is about the battery notification. Whenever I charges the laptop, it shows charging but the level doesn't seem to change even after charging for hours. I...

Hi there, I've got myself into a bit of a pickle with 8.1 on my old Dell Latitude D530 laptop. First I'd been using Windows 7 for a long time and, like everyone else I received the offer of the free upgrade to Windows 10 which I did. Then I deleted the Windows.old folders unfortunately Windows...

My processor died on my desktop LGA775 motherboard. I have a Intel SLAPL E8400 core 2 Duo processor from a old Laptop. Can anyone tell me if I can put it in the Desktop LGA775 motherboard and use it without damaging the processor? Thanks

Ok guys this is not a direct head to head pro and cons question. I want the best solution for my needs. I have a pretty basic hardware Core 2 Duo E4700, 4 Gigs DDR2 Ram, Nvidia En 8400Gs..Running with Windows 8.1 And i want run Visual Studio in a virtual machine to code(As it installs a crap...

Hi, I have a DELL STUDIO 1450 Laptop with a Core 2 Duo P8700. Recent games are very much lagging on my system. I was wondering about upgrading my processor. I found a QX9300 on an online shopping site. But after goggling I'm confused whether I can upgrade my processor or not. I couldn't find an...

Hi first of all :) So I use Youtube a lot so this is a big problem for me. Every time I load a few videos on the site my internet just stops working and I dont think its memory related as I have 4gb and don't run a lot of background applications (just skype and anti-virus). This is extremely...

Hi all! My Windows 7 PC is having some problems with this BSOD's. I already did a clean Windows installation and I can't seem to pinpoint the problem. I have attached the files that are needed. Thanks! By the way, I am running my PC under these specs. HP Pavilion a6455d Core 2 Duo E4600 @...

Hi, I have run into a problem when upgrading my current machine to use an SSD as the main boot device. I restored a backup of my original Sata drive on to the SSD and I am able to boot from it ok. My problem is that when I connect the original Sata HD to the machine it appears in the BIOS...

My screen freezes when the login screen is loaded, but the computer does not freeze, because I can type in my password (I can't see the dots though) and hit ENTER, then it logs in, but the screen turns into one big mess after that. If I click the power button on my computer it hibernates. When...

I have a custom computer that at the start it would lock up and I wouldn't be able to do anything. The sound would keep going but no response and the only solution would be to restart. As time passed I eventually got the BSOD and did some looking up to see what was wrong. Upon research I...

Hi this is my first post so i apologise in advanced if in the wrong place. i am having major Pc problems with machine giving me the B.S.O.D and numerous errors for its reason. these are from IRQL-NOT LESSOR EQUAL 0x0000000a to dxgkrnl.sys 92ecdd47 or memory management stop 0x0000008e...

My PC is scheduled to shutdown every morning at 7:30 am (2 am - 8 am unmetered broadband). Every alternate morning on even dates ...18,20,22,24 th I get a BSOD instead of shutdown.Im worried.Any help appreciated.Thanx in advance. Programs running morning: *bit torrent *jdownloader *scheduled...

Hi, I would be very grateful if you guys could help me out with this problem. I'm having BSOD's when I am playing Battlefield 3...I can play for about 10-15 minutes and then it freezes :frown:. Funny thing is that only this game is cousing bsod's, well actually Battlefield 3 Beta had same...