For questions related to specialized software and hardware configurations designed for playing games.
For questions related to specialized software and hardware configurations designed for playing games.
Questions tagged [gaming]
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Why are my games slower on battery power, even with the power plan set to High Performance?
My laptop is capable of running most games on high settings at decent frame rates. However, if the power cable gets unplugged while I'm playing, the game immediately starts slowing down, even if I'm using the High Performance power plan.
Why does…
Egghead99
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Why did adding memory significantly increase gaming performance on an AMD APU?
To be clear from the beginning, this is not a problem. This is just something that I really want to know the secret behind.
System specifications
CPU: AMD A10-6790K 4.0 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 8670D 1 GB (integrated GPU)
RAM: 2 x Team 4 GB 1600…
TranXestor
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How can I stop games from reading your RAM?
How do I stop [Warden][1]-type programs from reading outside the game's allocated RAM?
I know they use this as anti-cheat, but it's supposed to be illegal. This example includes Valorant's Vanguard software and World of Warcraft.
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Why do lots of games have Direct X 9 and 11 options, but NOT DX10?
I don't really know much about DirectX other than it is responsible of having better graphic options for games, for example, tessellation and Ambient Occlusion in DX11.
But my question is, why some games (most recent games I've played at least),…
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Gaming over LAN, VNC alternative?
Okay, I've done more than a little homework about this and am starting to think that the world is somehow opposed to this idea.
I have a laptop in my house, SB Core i3 with a GMA HD GPU which is utterly terrible for everything visual, and I would…
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What is the expected behavior when holding down two keys on a keyboard?
Context
A friend and I are playing a game where the optimization to playing a given character in the game is to hold down two buttons at once, i.e. they keys Q and E. This would mean that within the game the two skills bound to these keys would go…
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Combine GPU calculation power
After Windows 10 Fall Update you see all of your GPUs in the Taskmanager:
When I play a game, only one GPU is used, the other one is idle.
Question: When I reach 100% with my GeForce GTX 760 is it possible to use the unused power of my Intel HD…
Toshi
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Networking - Games can't see/join anyone else's LAN servers, unless I host
This happens with various games, from Battlefield 2 to Trackmania and therefore seems to be some network configuration error:
When anyone else hosts a LAN game I am the only one that can't see their server in the in-game server browser, nor can I…
Silveri
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Mah Jonng game on Archive.org from 1991 will not run
I am trying to download v3.5.1 on archive.org of Mah Jonng. I have no idea what is wrong with it but here is the error when I try to run it:
Okay, this game is from 1991 and maybe it will not run correctly on Windows 8, so I tried the compatibility…
ComputerLocus
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Nvidia Quadro 5600 fx, and high end games
I bought the above card for work purposes. I was shocked to find its not as good as the geforce series for gaming. Given its spec, i assumed this would be fine.
I am trying to use the card for certain games, and although the graphics seem fine,…
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Is there any way of improving Doom graphics when running it on DOSBox?
I downloaded Ultimate DOOM a while ago on the Internet. That was when it was freely available but not now.
Now if we download only “Knee-Deep in the Dead” — which is the first part — is free.
Initially, this was fine but now the graphics display is…
user1096880
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Setting up a junk PC for classic PC gaming
I recently bought a computer from a local computer store that sells referbished/cheap PCs. I'm trying to set it up to play old DOS games I have on 5.25 and 3.5 inch floppies (DOS versions).
The PC includes the following:
motherboard with BIOS…
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Crysis on Windows 8.1 triggers low-memory warning
A more specific case of "How do I make the Windows low memory warning less sensitive?". Please don't migrate this post to Arqade; I was directed to post this question here from Arqade.
I just got a new top-of-the-line Sager/Clevo laptop running…
bwDraco
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Games on windows 8 in bootcamp lag even on lowest graphics
I've been playing Crysis 2 and Skyrim on my Retina MacBookPro (10,1) for months now. The two games used to run super smoothly even on nearly maxed out settings. This laptop has an Nvidia GeForce GT 650M graphics card inside, it runs great.
But I…
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