dual core

When ever I change power plans from High Performance to Power Saver my computer freeze a little after it changes .. Did a clean install 2 times still the same thing .. Any ideas what is happening I have a Acer Extensa 4420 Amd athlon Dual Core Processor, 2 gigs of ram

Hi, i have a problem with the game GTA IV, the problem is that it will crash to the desktop without an error message. When i start the game, everything is smooth, no lag, nothing wierd but then like 3-5 minutes after that it will crash. I dont think it's because i have a bad computer. When i had...

Running a brand new alienware pc dual core 300mhz with 4 gigs of ram sli nivida 250 video cards.Just updated to Windows 7 home premium. The problem is when I go to websites like cnet or even microsoft to download a file the download window will open and just sit there and not download at all. I...

When I use wmp or media center, the video is shown slightly earlier than the sound. Probably around half a second. Its nothing wrong with the files, they play perfectly in vlc. This goes for all .avi files, whether its backed up movies, or tv shows. You might say that this is not really a...

When I use wmp or media center, the video is shown slightly earlier than the sound. Probably around half a second. Its nothing wrong with the files, they play perfectly in vlc. This goes for all .avi files, whether its backed up movies, or tv shows. You might say that this is not really a...

Sorry, i know there are many threads like this :(. Specs: Intel Dual Core, 2 gigs RAM, Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 Gs, 1gig mem for graphics, uses 1900x1280 resolution, 32bit Windows 7 Ultimate Just installed windows 7 today (installed all proper drivers from nvidia site for graphics driver) and...

Hi all, newbie to the forum. Just upgraded from vista to 7 and now have a very slow internet / loading pages. Have installed it twice now just in case of an install problem, was clean installs both times. Have done full scan with norton 2010 and spybot (all clean), cleaned with CCleaner and...

Hello. I just replaced my E5200 dual core (2.5GHz) with a C2Duo E6420 (2.13GHz). My WEI dropped from 6.0 to 5.4 for the CPU, and from 6.0 to 5.3 for the RAM (4GB). I was under the impression that the core 2 duo was superior to the dual core. Am I wrong?

I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 last night and ended up with two control panel icons on my task bar. I called Microsoft and worked with them for 2 1/2 to three hours and I still have the icons and now my machine takes for ever to shut down and everytime it reboots I get and error that it...

I installed Windows 7 (64bit) on my media centre PC. The motherboard is an Abit AN-M2HD, with pretty much everything integrated. Installation went well and windows installed drivers of its own (including for the integrated nvidia 7050PV and nforce 630a) but during normal use (browsing and...

well the problem is exactly what topic says, ever since i first installed this build my network has been unidentified. at first i never bothered to care since i could connect to the internet. but as time went on i would turn my pc on and notice that the unidentified network which allowed me...

I have an issue obviously. When I shut down my computer for the day, instead of shutting down, it restarts every time! I tried doing a system restore yesterday and this morning but each time I got a failure message saying that it couldn't replace file c:/Windows and had to abort. This has been...

Im getting 100% CPU usage even when my comp's idling. Anyone know what the problem might be,or how i can rectify it? It's not happening all the time,but very frequently. Im using a Pentium D Dual core 2 x 2.8GHz on an x64 Windows 7 Ultimate.

Hi i just instaled RC in my old pc: Processor: Intel Pentium D 925 Dual Core, 3.00ghz MoBo: ECS 945gzt-m Ram: Kinstone 1gb (2x512) 533mhz Video: Nvidia GeForce 7200gs 256mb ddr2 As you can see, its a very basic pc just to navigate and stuff... it reconizes everything, but when i do the windows...

I am having serious lag on my W7. I got a Performance Index of 5+ on my video. I have a Dual Core 2 at 3.0 mhz. I always have VMware and Avast running. It just lag. When I open IE, it lag. Going to VMware, it lag. In Window Explorer, it lag. Anyone have any idea?

I am running the 64 Bit RC of Windows 7, and am having an issue... My Athlon 64 X2 is seen by the system as a dual core CPU, but the system only seems to use 1 core... CPUz shows it also as a dual core, and at the bottom for Processor 1 it shows 1 core and 1 processor... Task Manager and...

The debate on whats the best set-up, either quad or dual core has been looked at again by the people over at Toms Hardware and makes for interesting reading: Link Removed

Ok, so I decided to try the 64 bit version as well. This is a Gateway 3 GHz dual core with 3 GB of ram and lots of disk. This is what I found: 1. Install process was much slower, taking probably twice as long 2. Way less stuff worked, both hardware and software 3. UAC was on, and...

I'm studying abroad in China and my laptop has a really weird problem, so I apologize in advance but this is a bit long. I moved in with a host family last week, and 5 minutes after getting the internet to work and beginning to Skype chat people (without video) my computer (Gateway laptop...

Ive never used a 64bit OS before. I was just wondering what advantages it might give me over a 32 bit system? Im running an Intel Pentium D 3Ghz dual core duo so as far as I know I should be able to run the 64bit version right?