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This Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom Graphics Card is Roasted

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I got my first pre-Christmas surprise yesterday. But it was not a good surprise. I was working on my computer and from one second to the other, ugly graphic artifacts appeared on my screen. I know this is never a good sign and I hoped that there is a problem with a driver as I messed around with the drivers one day earlier. But on the other side I knew, I would have seen the error already yesterday then. In the past I have seen similar symptoms with damaged PCI Express ports of a motherboard, damaged RAM modules or even … Continue reading This Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom Graphics Card is Roasted

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Photos of the PCI Express Port of a Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom

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Above you can see three photos of a Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom PCI-Express Port. I am not sure why I like the images but I think it´s because I have not that much photos on my blog of computer components. It might be that those image can be useful for later computer related articles. But to be honest, I uploaded the photos also to say “farewell!” to this video card. But I have some more photos and I will explain it in my next blogpost… Continue reading Photos of the PCI Express Port of a Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom

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Planet Automattic: Bytes from the People who Make WordPress.com

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Originally posted on WordPress.com News:
WordPress.com is the biggest blogging platform around, and one of the most visited websites in the world. Yet the team that keeps it running is an intimate group of 224 Automatticians (thinking of joining our ranks? We’re always hiring). Among them are the Code Wranglers at work on our great features, the designers who make sure every pixel in your theme is in its right place, and the Happiness Engineers who work around the clock to solve any issue our users encounter. Among the people working on WordPress.com, you’ll find marathon runners, home brewers, slam poets, and global nomads… Continue reading Planet Automattic: Bytes from the People who Make WordPress.com

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Battlefield 4 PC Update Dec 16

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DICE just released another Battlefield 4 update for the PC version. It´s the Dec 16 BF4 PC Update. Patch Notes for the Dec 16 update: -Fix for a crash that would cause the game to stall, resulting in a sound loop. This should eliminate most of the problems relating to this. -Fix for the SUAV (introduced in the China Rising expansion pack) not exploding when hitting enemy soldiers. While these indeed should be deadly, they were never designed for “roadkilling” opponents. -Fixed one of the issues related to the so-called “Netcode” (see below for details). -Fix for an issue where … Continue reading Battlefield 4 PC Update Dec 16

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List of Useful Battlefield 4 Console Commands

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About the BF4 Console Battlefield 4 has a console which you can use to type in several commands with different effects. To open the console in Battlefield 4, we need to use the tilde key (~) on or keyboard and if we want to close the console, we press the same key again. But once opened the console, we can type in several helpful commands which can activate several functions and settings if we confirm the typed in command with the return key on our keyboard. The effect of a command is active as long as we do not close … Continue reading List of Useful Battlefield 4 Console Commands

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How to Enable the CPU and GPU Benchmark Graph in BF4

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If you still work on tweaking your game settings or if you simply want to know how your GPU and CPU is performing in Battlefield 4, you have the option to show a graph, something like an ingame benchmark. You need to type a command into the BF4 game console. You can open the console in Battlefield 4 with the tilde key (~). Once you opened the console, you need to type the following command into the console, to enable the CPU and GPU graph: PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1 If you want to disable the CPU and GPU benchmark display again, you … Continue reading How to Enable the CPU and GPU Benchmark Graph in BF4