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Windows XP GMod Mic Cuts out/Drops/static/silence
Hello there community! I have a severe mic issue that I'm going to try to explain in as much detail as humanly possible so prepare, this could be a LONG post. When I start GMod, the 1st time I try to use my mic people say they can hear me but theres a little static. The 2nd time and after...- Shazak
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- audio drivers audio issues boost community help compaq driver installation game settings gaming garry's mod hl2.exe microphone recording issues soundmax static steam teamspeak troubleshooting voice chat voice technology windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Dedicated Video Ram
I've seriously been searching everywhere on how to increase my dedicated video ram for Battlefield bad company 2 ( I have 32 but need 256) And i can't find it anywhere???? i have 4 GB of ram, i tried the advance restart, nothing in there. Is this even a option?- Mario Ramirez
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- battlefield game settings gaming graphics memory performance ram troubleshooting upgrade video memory
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Windows 7 "out of range" message
Sometimes when I'm playing various games the screen goes blank and I receive the message, "out of range". I then have to reboot my comp to do anything as the keyboard will not respond to any input. Is this message referencing my hardware's inability to run certain games at hi-res settings? I use...- bbdowns124
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- borderlands crysis desktop display issues game settings gaming graphics card gtx 660ti hardware nvidia out of range pc specs performance reboot resolution single player support pack troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 How do I show the onscreen keyboard in a full screen game?
I have the game Hoyle Card Games running on a tablet with Windows 8. When the game starts, it opens in a full screen graphical layout and asks for a username, but I don't know how to get the keyboard up to type my name. is there a way to get the keyboard to show while in the game?- JDMils
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- full screen game controls game settings hoyle card games input keyboard issues on-screen keyboard tablet typing windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 AMD GPU/Intel Laptops
just a simple question, is the Dynamic Switchable Graphics associated with AMD/Intel Laptops flawed? other than the OpenGL thingy ofc. I Played Mass Effect 3 on Max Settings, it runs just fine, but normally when my laptop heats up due to gaming, the game starts startling around, I can hear 1-3...- Omar Khaled
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- amd bios drivers dynamic game settings gaming gaming issues graphics hardware heat intel lag laptop mass effect opengl performance static noise switchable troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" error message during Minecraft
Hello everyone, I've checked out the other threads for similar problems to mine, but I've had no success, and I thought I'd post my problem. I bought Minecraft yesterday for my HP pavilion dv6 laptop (i7 2.2ghz, 8gb ram, ATI Radeon 6770m HD w/ 2gb vram) and to my surprise, the game would crash...- Wyz
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- bios update crash driver update free version game compatibility game settings gaming graphics driver hp pavilion java installation laptop issues minecraft performance issues radeon registry cleaner temperature check troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 "The Movies" PC Game Crashing When Saving (Windows 7 64-Bit)
Hello! I recently installed the computer game The Movies (2005) made by Lionhead Studios, and its expansions The Movies: Stunts and Effects (2006) on my Windows 7 Prof. 64-bit computer (I have owned the game for years, and played on my Vista and XP PC earlier). The install was okay, though I...- Nicholas Proto
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- audio issues compatibility crash to desktop expansion game crashes game installation game settings gaming community gaming setup lionhead studios mods movies old games performance issues quicksave radeon save issue tech help user support windows 7
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting Lag and Stuttering in Modern Games on Older Hardware
I am playing some fairly new games and they keep lagging at parts and jumping/stuttering. My specs: OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 OC to 3.0GHz RAM: 4 GB DDR3 Board: Msi G41 Graphics: MSI R6850 1GB 256Bit Cyclone Power OC Edition Storage: 500GB Western Digital...- woeisme
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- drivers fifa game settings gaming gaming specs graphics card hard drive intel laggy memory msi need for speed pc build performance issues skyrim storage stuttering system requirements windows 7 world of warcraft
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Experiencing Sudden FPS Drops in CS 1.6 on Acer 5742G Laptop - Seeking Help
Hi guys(and girls) I have an acer 5742g laptop config: Intel i5 460m@2.53ghz 4 gb ddr3 ram nvidia geforce gt 420m 1gb I'm running w7 home premium 64-bit Now I only play cs 1.6 and untill recently my fps was steady at 99-100 but now my fps drops to 30-70 without any reason during the game. I've...- drxa
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- acer audio cores cs 1.6 drivers fps game settings gaming laptop malware mouse nvidia performance power management steam temperature troubleshooting vsync windows 7
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Windows 7 Problems with Fable 3 and Dirt 3
I can't launch Fable 3 or Dirt 3 for some reason. It doesn't give me a error or anything when i try to launch them but it just "thinks" for a while and does nothing, but the odd thing is that Fable used to run without any problems whatsoever it just stopped working after i got about half way...- wispila
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- amd phenom compatibility dirt 3 drivers fable legends game issues game settings gameplay gaming community graphics card hardware launch performance reinstall repair install system specs troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Games won't run in fullscreen mode, shrink to taskbar
I'm going mad here trying to solve this one. I'm new to Windows 7. I've just installed it 3 weeks ago, and I'm still in the process of installing all my software and small mini-games (shooters, arkanoid-type stuff, bejeweled, etc). I've had virtually no trouble getting my applications to run...- guy327
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- administrator black screen compatibility desktop full screen game settings games graphics gtx 275 minigames nvidia performance resolution scaling shooting games software installation troubleshooting uac windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Call of Duty black ops BSOD
Hello, received this BSOD while changing settings in black ops. BCCode: 3b BCP1: 00000000C0000005 BCP2: FFFFF80002DCE80C BCP3: FFFFF880097C3F70 BCP4: 0000000000000000 OS Version: 6_1_7600 Service Pack: 0_0 Product: 256_1 Files that help describe the problem...- chuckthemech
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- asrock blue screen bsod call of duty crash analysis drivers error game settings gaming gtx465 hardware intel 2600k memory dump minidump nvidia performance system crash troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Windows 7 World of Warcraft issues.
I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and my fps is terrible, to the point of not being able to play, in or out of major cities. Currently i am running the lowest resolution and settings and it seems to not really change anything (except minimally; 2-3 fps faster than my previous settings that ive...- Dennis Coghill
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- 32-bit dell directx directx 11 fps game settings gaming gaming performance graphics card nvidia performance issues performance settings ram resolution system specs troubleshooting upgrade windows 7 world of warcraft
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Editing .ini files
Having a problem with an .ini file. I installed the game baldur's gate 2 and messed up adding some mods to the game. So I did a full uninstall.. reinstalled and got all the mods working. I went to the baldur.ini file to add in the Debug Mode for cheats. But it doesn't take. In fact doing...- vyvexthorne
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- backup baldur's gate debug mode file editing game settings gaming issues ini file mods reinstall uninstall
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 phys x and nvidia 3d vsion problems
hello, i recently installed a nvidia 9800 gt card for physx to work alongside my gtx 480 card. the install went fine and my FPS performance in batman arkham asylum and mafia 2 demo with physx turned high has noticeably improved. after the install the ability to turn on stereo 3d in the...- borderlands
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- 3d vision 9800gt alienware batman display issues driver issues evga fps game settings graphics card gtx 480 intel mafia 2 memory nvidia pc specs performance physx red light stereo 3d
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Crash log help
Hey everyone. I've been having a problem lately where any game that runs on steam crashes after about 10 minutes or so. I've been through all the troubleshooting guides steam has to offer, contacted their support people (who don't seem to care.), and combed through various forums to try to find...- wilderav
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- access violation community support crash logs debugging directx error game settings gaming graphics driver logs memory usage multiplayer nvidia performance steam system specs tropico 3 troubleshooting windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 ATI game launching tool for custom profiles
I came across this nice little customable launcher app for games, while I realise Catalyst has a basic game profile system, this app seem to do the job a whole lot better...and its free. One of the main features I like is that you can assign how many CPU cores to dedicate, task priority, as well...- Highwayman
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- ati automation compatibility cores custom profile game settings launcher radeon task priority utility
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Strange user profile issue, I'm stumped.
Hey all, I've been looking around the forums for a while for a similar thread and couldn't find one so i thought i'd just post it. So. I am currently playing a game (ArmA 2) that has real issues with allowing a profile change. When you first install the game it just grabs the Users...- Grub
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- arma 2 discussion game profiles game settings gaming community help request installation migration mp gaming profile issues profile name regedit rename profile tech support troubleshooting uninstall user experience usernames windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 plays games fine, except huge lag in sandbox and open world games
Hey everyone, I just got a new really nice PC for gaming. I first noticed the problem when i started playing Prototype. The game's graphics run completely fine, but every 30 seconds or so the game will freeze and then play again. I figured it was the graphics so it turned it completely down. and...- MohawkMoe10
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- 64-bit computer setup crysis dual boot game freeze game settings gaming graphics gta iv hard drive hitachi deskstar lag open world performance prototype saints row sandbox user experience western digital windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Fallout 3 (V 1.7) crashes when I try to start a new game.
Here's my system specs ------------------------- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00GHZ 2.00 GHZ Installed memory(RAM) 3.00 GB Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit) -------------------------- Here's the dxdiag ---------------------------- ------------------ System Information...- sabastianj
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- 32-bit appcrash application error bug report compatibility crash directx dpi driver update exception fallout 3 fault module game issues game settings graphics card hewlett-packard intel performance issues system specs windows 7
- Replies: 32
- Forum: Windows Games