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This Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom Graphics Card is Roasted

Dennis

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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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

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Why and how to limit the FPS in Battlefield 4

Dennis

In this guide you will learn how to limit the frame rate in Battlefield 4. Check out my other guide if you want to learn how to limit the frame rate in Battlefield Hardline. If you came here because of Battlefield 4 FPS limitation, you might want to read on… There is a command in Battlefield 4 which is useful to save computing power. Some would now ask why they should limit the frame rate in Battlefield 4 as they think the more the better. But that is wrong. If you have 60Hz screen and a high-end rig that can … Continue reading Why and how to limit the FPS in Battlefield 4

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I got 4 additional GB of RAM for free…

Dennis

Great if you can get things for free. I had already 2 x 4 GB of RAM in my system. That means I had 8 GB running in Dual Channel Mode already. But the husband of my mother got 2 x 2 GB and he did forget that he has still a DDR2 and not a DDR3 motherboard. That means the RAM did not fit in his system. He thought I would maybe have a motherboard with DDR3 interface and he is right. I got his 4 GB. He did get them for free from a friend or so but … Continue reading I got 4 additional GB of RAM for free…

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Battlefield 4 Comparison of Ultra and Low Graphics Quality

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For those who are interested in the difference of the ultra and low quality graphics settings in Battlefield 4, I found the following video on YouTube: But as I do play Battlefield 4 beta at the moment, I must admit that it really looks awesome if you stand on any of the skyscrapers on the BF 4 map called Siege of Shanghai. The panorama above the map looks pretty awesome. However, my friends and me thought that it does not look that great in the lower areas. I mean it still looks great but anyhow pretty grey and empty. A … Continue reading Battlefield 4 Comparison of Ultra and Low Graphics Quality