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by grapenuts
Wed Sep 25, 2013 5:27 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

I havent had any problems yet since I tightened the heat sink down. Also Id like to note I never use those driver finder/installer tools because I think they are a gimmick. However since I plan on doing a clean install of windows 8.1 when It officially releases I downloaded this program called "...
by grapenuts
Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:41 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

Ok so after player crysis 2 for an hour I was averaging 60-115 fps my gpu temps were around 71C all settings on max. Mirrors edge got around 60-65 fps 71C for temp all settings on max. I had v-sync enabled because when it was disabled I got very bad tearing.
by grapenuts
Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:59 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

If it was me I wouldn't be satisfied with anything over 70c. Your card is going wear all that much faster due to all that heat. Sounds to me like its time to try removing the heat sync and cleaning the old thermal compound off the processor and applying a new layer. You might consider going out and...
by grapenuts
Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:23 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

Try to do the following, but be carefull: - download and install MSI afterburner, get into the options and tick the options to show you the GPU temps, GPU load and fan speed while ingame; - open the side panel of the case and ground yourself; - start a GPU intensive game and as the temps reach a st...
by grapenuts
Sun Sep 15, 2013 11:48 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

The motherboard drivers on asus's website are listed as beta for windows 8 which is why I didn't bother installing them and left the default ones that installed with windows 8 (nothing is missing from device manager. I'm not sure how important they are but at a bare minimum you want the intel chips...
by grapenuts
Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:27 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

Something is seriously wrong with your temperature results. You're getting 70 degrees over ambient with 100% fans and a honeywell pointed at the graphics card. Anything north of 60 degrees in that situation would be a cause for concern, especially with the oversized cooling on your GTX680. I'd be i...
by grapenuts
Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:06 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

well first get a new CMOS battery...they are cheap. 1 for $5 locally or 10 for $5 on amazon. or at least use a digital multimeter to get an accurate reading of the current battery's voltage to see if you need a new one. the clear CMOS temporarily making things better could point to a bad battery. v...
by grapenuts
Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:21 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

Type eventvwr into the start menu for the eventlog; You want Windows Logs >> System Sort by either date/time and look for the period when it lags out, or sort by type and check for any "error" or "critical" events during periods you remember being bad. Can you also run Furmark f...
by grapenuts
Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

I feel that i experience more blue screens and application crashes than I should. You should never get a BSOD so the fact that you're getting any suggests something bad is going on. Perhaps if you could post some of the error codes you're getting someone may be able to help you. Have a look through...
by grapenuts
Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:30 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

Re: System starts lagging up

I have few questions that might help the peeps around here help you out a bit faster. What version of windows are you running? What temps are your CPU and GPU running? Overclocked CPU and/or GPU? Have you updated the bios on the motherboard? As I state I am running windows 8 pro 64 bit. For cooling...
by grapenuts
Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:24 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: System starts lagging up
Replies: 25
Views: 6180

System starts lagging up

After several weeks of use the entire system will begin to display terrible lag, apps take nearly a minute to load; restart, shutdown and start up take far longer than usual sometimes several minutes; opening applications can take up to a minute before they open and frame rates in games become incre...
by grapenuts
Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:24 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: asus AC66U repair
Replies: 2
Views: 2858

asus AC66U repair

Hi I hope im posting in the right location I felt this seemed like the forum that would best match this topic. Several months ago my asus AC-66U router fell from the where it was sitting and the part that the antenna screws into was bent. Just today I decided to take it apart and try to fix it. I am...
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