Recent content by nine9s

I have no smart-phone. I use an old cellular phone for emergency needs etc. and have a minimal subscription to Verizon. More and more stores, where I shop, have coupons, other benefits etc. on smart phone applications. I regularly shop at Whole Foods, and Amazon Prime will have a shopping...

I will probably go 1080 TI - I'll wait to get after Vega is released. On monitor, I want to start gaming on my TV.

Thanks that is a great point on those threads. Should I buy 16 GB of memory and replace what I have (i.e do they need to match) or just add 8?

On my original question it does not seem a CPU upgrade would do much/be worth the cost?

Thanks. As long as Vega is close in performance to the 1080 TI, I guess prices will drop 20%.

I have an almost 5 year old system. CPU is a an I7-3770K, stock speed. Sasmung SSD, 8gig memory. I currently have a GTX 970 video card in it. I have not played many games in the last year or two. When I did, I could run most setting near max. I would like to start gaming on my TV at or near...

I think that I removed the updates* that cause Windows 7 to upgrade to 10. I got an email from Microsoft about the upgrade as if I were in the que but I assume that is just a mass mailing versus really triggered by my update situation. *Here are the KBs that I hide/uninstalled: KB2952664...

Thanks. The gs108 is about 5 years old.

Both are Netgear (GS108 and FS105.) Both have Auto-Sensing and Auto-Uplink. What I am trying to do: The GS108 is hooked to my router through attic wiring. 3 devices, located by the GS108, are connected to it. Another port on the GS108 is connected, via ethernet cable, to outlet that goes...

Could be a WIndows update: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2859120/windows-7-users-urged-to-uninstall-broken-update-that-wreaks-havoc-on-software.html Microsoft has confirmed that the KB3004394 update it issued on December 10 can cause various problems. What's worse is that it may also prevent...

I have a Dell U2713HM (2560X1440) and 1920X1080 looked normal on it in Far Cry 4 when I tried it. It did not look as good as 2560X1440 but it was not off or bad in a way I would think a native 1080 monitor would have been better - just not as overall sharp as the 1440. On performance, I did...

Thanks. I will move on to Dragon Age II in a week or so then Dragon Age Inquisition, and will monitor Event Viewer. I just wanted to post the errors in case someone knew of it and it did point to a specific hardware/driver problem someone else has had. Something I did not notice that makes...

2 nvlddmkm event 13 errors Both read verbatim: "The description for Event ID 13 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local...

Good point. On and off, power conserving, HDDs are probably more prone to failure. Is that why a WD black gets a longer warranty?

I touched it but did not thump or bump it. I have accessed the backup image on it since then, and I copied my latest image, on it, to another drive just now. All went well on that.