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AskPCGamers - Even the "dumb" of questions deserve a serious answer! We're all human, and nobody should expect everyone to know everything about everything. If you've ever been curious about something related to PC gaming that everyone just appears to fully understand except for you, this is the subreddit for you. What's a good starting point for my kid? What is 4K? What's FPS? What's an IPS display? What is USB 3.0? What is PCI Express x16? Why does everyone hate VGA? Who is Gaben? Ask here!

Even the dumbest of questions deserve a serious answer! If you've ever been curious about something related to PC gaming that everyone just appears to fully understand except for you, this is the subreddit for you. What is 4K? What's the difference between Intel and AMD? What's an IPS display? Do motherboards have an impact on gaming performance? What is PCI Express x16? Why does everyone hate VGA? Stay tuned to find out!

Rules

  1. Make your post title a full question. The title of your post should always be in the form of a question unless it's a meta or informational post. You'll get the best response if the title contains a question. Submitting something with a lazy title hurts its chances of being archived even if it receives an awesome answer!

  2. This is not /r/TechSupport or /r/BuildAPC. Specific pieces of hardware comparisons (this GPU or that GPU), build assistance(where do I plug this in, is this build OK), or other tech support questions will be removed. There's a tiny bit of leniency here, though.

  3. No false gold promises. If you promise gold to the best answer, you better follow through. Unless, of course, answer turnout is unexpectedly small.

  4. Be serious. You're free to include humor, but people who ask questions are looking for answers.

  5. Explain your reasoning. Opinion and fact are both very much welcomed, but you must explain why. Simply saying "Because EVGA sucks." or "Because DVI is better." is not a good answer.

Guidelines

  1. Try not to post extremely specific or vague questions. Find the perfect balance between un-exciting stubs and title essays.

  2. Please... if there is an answer your receive that you really liked, reply with a thanks and a mention of it being the best answer. The answerer may be eligible for a reward flair.

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I'm struggling to find ways to buy or download games on my laptop

I have been wanting to play the old spiderman games with tobey maguire based on the movies but i cant seem to find any info about how or where to download these games. i also want to play some of the tasm games too but i dont know where to start can someone help?

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2024/11/01
01:58 UTC

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Hello, is PcO tweaking legit? . PcO tweaking is a tweaking provider!

The Discord Server of PcO tweaking seems legit (https://discord.gg/MW8Uy8uW) but idk

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2024/10/30
17:18 UTC

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Is this a decent desktop for PC gaming at 1440p (2k)?

https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-000Z-001M7

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700x

GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070

Ram: 32 GB DDR ram

Storage: 2 TB

Some games i have in mind are FF 7 remake, AC odyssey, AC Valhalla, Grandblue Fantasy Relink, God of War Ragnarok, Baldur's gate 3, Last of Us part 1, Horizon Zero dawn, Marvel's Spiderman, Mafia 3, Jedi fallen order.

3 Comments
2024/10/26
11:29 UTC

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Monitor freezes and i don't know why.

I recently installed my first gaming PC with a friend, but although initially everything seemed ok, now it has a big problem: the monitor occasionally freezes for even 30 seconds. So I installed Afterburner and I noticed how, despite the FPS being good and stable, sometimes when the CPU goes above 75 degrees (which doesn’t seem so much tò me) this happens. I’m not totally sure yet that it’s issue of CPU (Could be monitor problem that is old) so if you have better theories tell me. Anyway now what do i do? Sorry for the bad English.

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2024/10/22
03:14 UTC

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4070TI Super vs 7900XTX. Undecided between the two.

Where I live these two cards are priced similarly.

Which of both will be better in the long run? I don't feel like upgrading again in a couple of years.

Is DLSS overrated? Is 24GB more important vs 16GB?

Thanks in advancd

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2024/10/18
17:54 UTC

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Why does my laptop have inconsistent performance when I open my game?

So I have an Aspire 7 with Ryzen 5500u with GTX 1650 WITH 12GB 3200MHZ RAM.

My problem is that when I open a game it sometimes has a hard time reaching 60fps even with LOL.

Idk how to solve the problem.

I noticed in Warzone that the CPU ms suddennly peaks from time to time.. so i think its a cpu problem.

Maybe it lacks cooling?

Idk... asking for some help.

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2024/10/14
13:12 UTC

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What is a good pc to buy for my boyfriend?

I want to surprise my boyfriend with a pc but I want to know what a good brand is. I don't want to ask him and ruin the surprise. Please help and give suggestions. I know of a few popular YouTube gamers who use logitech for keyboards and mice. Is logitech a good brand? Any ideas help.

2 Comments
2024/10/12
03:55 UTC

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should i get new parts or get a new pc at this point ?

here is some info i have on this pc

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Nvidia Geforce RTX2060s 8GB

DDR4 16G

HDD 1TB

SSD 512GB (M 2 PCIE )

i got this pc at the end of 2020 it was a prebuilt pc from best buy.

my first thought would be to replace both processor and graphic card

I'm having issues streaming game like valorant, hardly play d4,

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2024/10/10
16:39 UTC

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Is this a good pc for the price?

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2024/10/05
07:02 UTC

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I have a geobook 1e laptop , what can I run

GEOBOOK 1E specs are My processor is Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3450 @ 1.10GHz

I have 4.00 GB of ram

My system type is 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

I have been playing fallout new vegas with mods and it runs okay so I wanted to know what else I can run ?

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2024/10/01
22:37 UTC

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GPU upgrade, any recommendations?

Looking to upgrade my from my 8GB RX580 to something more modern, but ideally not looking to spend over $150. Looking at buying used as well, to keep cost down. What would be a good upgrade in that range? Outdated ish, but not too far gone it’s just not worth it.

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2024/09/29
17:29 UTC

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It might be a long shot but...

I recently got a PC for school and for when my boyfriend comes over. He keeps saying that he will teach me to play so we can play together when separate. He still hasn't. Is anyone willing to be patient and teach me how to play. I want to play so I can destroy him when it finally does happen.

4 Comments
2024/09/28
20:41 UTC

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Pisiform pain from mouse .. help?

For the past year or so I've been having pain in the pisiform area of my hand.

This it the part of my hand that drags on the mousepad when moving my mouse. Idk why it's started over the last year, I've had the same setup for years and never had an issue. Just getting older I guess.

I've tried wrist rests, gloves to reduce friction, changing the height of my desk/chair, different mouse pads/desk mats, icing it, taking two weeks off, and no matter what I do, as soon as I start using my mouse, the pisiform is in pain. Maybe it's neurological, idk.

But does anyone have other suggestions? Maybe a bigger mouse that keeps my palm off the mousepad could help.

6 Comments
2024/09/26
01:42 UTC

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ISO Friendly Game Award Ideas

I'm having a discord game night, we'll be playing 5-7 different games, each game with a different challenge... it's meant to be funny and goofy and not tilting. I want to hand out awards, enough awards to give all 7-12 players a decent shot of winning something. I'd love some suggestions for game award ideas, so far I'm thinking Funniest Clip, Best Execution and Completion of a Challenge, Best Duo etc. Possibility of games we'd play are: Valorant, Chained Together, Among Us, Jackbox Party, Lethal Company, Fall Guys, Lockdown Protocol. Also drop game specific challenge ideas if you have any!

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2024/09/14
22:37 UTC

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Horza forizon 4 is it worth it?

Is it worth buying, it's currently on sale for 259inr on steam, should I go for ultimate Edition or Standard edition is worth it?

I heard forza 4 will be delisted from all online platforms from Dec 31st.

3 Comments
2024/09/14
10:22 UTC

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Is this a decent combo? Question

I’m planning to get a 4070 super, 32 gb ddr5 ram, and Ryzen 9 7900x. Will this be a decent combination for vr games as well as some other cpu heavy games like tarkov? I’m just wondering because X3d chips are hella expensive at the moment and want to be on the am5 platform

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2024/09/09
23:28 UTC

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should i buy a new pc or taking an eGPU and an SSD will be enough?

i would like to play total war warhammer 3 and su wukong but my pc is surely not up too the task.

my processor is a 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H 2.30 GHz, My ram has 15.7 usable Go and my gpu is an intel iris xe Graphic. my budget is limited and i would like the pc to be portable.

any good pc/eGPU/ssd?

the pc has to be a labtop

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2024/09/03
21:50 UTC

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*Need help* Guy who doesn’t know a single thing about computers

I got my first pc yesterday (it was a prebuilt) It working fine but the VGA light on the motherboard turned on what does this mean ? Does this mean i have to return it ? Is it a software problem ? I don’t know but any here are the specs from the box:

Processor & Memory: Intel Core Processor i5-14400F 2.5GHz (Max 4.7GHz) 20MB L3 Cache 32GB DDR5 Memory (4 Slots, 128GB Max)

Motherboard: Intel B760 Chipset Motherboard

Hard Drive: 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD

Graphics:
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060, 8GB

Communications: 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN 802.11AC WiFi Bluetooth 4.2

Audio: Integrated 7.1 High Definition Channel Audio

Expandability (Total Bays / Slots): 2 ( 2 ) x Internal - 3.5" 2 ( 2 ) x Internal - 2.5" 1 ( 0 ) x PCI Express x16 2 ( 2 ) x PCI Express x1 1 ( 0 ) x M.2 (SATA / PCI-e) 4 ( 2 ) x DIMM 288-pin

If you need more information feel free to dm me (I really need help)

3 Comments
2024/09/02
05:19 UTC

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Upgrading my graphics card for my old PC

I want to upgrade my graphics card from Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB to RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, but I'm not sure if my build will work with it or not as it is 7 years old.

My build is Asus Prime B250 Plus, Intel i5-7500, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB NVME SSD, 500W PSU.

Appreciate your support and thank you.

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2024/08/29
02:55 UTC

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NFS unbound lagging and crashing after a few mins. Please help

I have an I7 12th Gen and 4 gb 3050ti the game clearly runs at 90fps on medium/low graphics without a single issue till now. I had already finished the game and it was working fine till about a month ago. Now I can barely play 10 minutes before the game crashes and the fps drops to 5. I've tried every solution on the internet and did a clean boot of the Pc nothing seems to work. Now I tried optimising it in the Nvidia panel and the game is not launching now. I'm desperate to play Vol.8 update and the online PVP someone please help

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2024/08/28
18:14 UTC

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Se desconectan todos mis dispositivos en el Administrador de Dispositivos y eso hace que se deje de escuchar audio.

Specs:

-Ryzen 5 2600

-Mother b450m

-Gtx 1660 super

Explicación:

Básicamente hoy prendí mi PC después de haberla usado horas antes sin ningún problema, pero esta vez al encenderla y meterme a un juego note que se cortaba el audio y volvía, y en llamada de discord se me dejaba de escuchar por unos segundos, me puse buscar soluciones pero no encontré a nadie con mi problema especifico o no supe encontrar una solución, pero básicamente pasa eso, cada unos segundos se desconecta una o varias veces todos los dispositivos, o mas bien desaparecen del administrador de dispositivos, cuando pasa eso lo único que se ve afectado es el audio y micrófono, pero el teclado, mouse, etc. siguen funcionando con normalidad, no hay ruido de desconectado de Windows ni de conectado, no parpadea la pantalla ni nada, probé actualizar drivers y nada, no se que pueda estar generando este problema, gracias a el que lo leyó hasta el final.

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2024/08/28
03:35 UTC

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Lag in the middle of matches

Lately my laptop (Acer Nitro 5) would very severely lag in the middle of Fortnite matches even after having seemingly no connectivity issues throughout the match. The lag would affect not only the game but also my discord voice chats too. PC/game would have a severe drop in performance and any audio would become stuttery and scratchy(?). So far to fix it i’ve only been force powering down my laptop. It doesn’t happen very often and only does when I play with friends in a different server than mine. What type of lag is this and how can I fix it?

Edit: Just added a bit more details

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2024/08/19
03:00 UTC

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Two DualShock 4 controllers to play A Way Out on PC

So… I had to install the emulator “X360CE” in order to play A Way Out on my PC with my spouse. The thing is: can I connect a second DualShock instead of playing on the keyboard? The emulator only works fine for the 1st controller. I need to know if there’s any way possible for us both to play with controllers.

P.S.: I bought the game throw Steam, and created that Steam account only to play that game because it was cheaper than the PS Store version.

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2024/08/10
17:38 UTC

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War of rights for console (Xbox and Playstation)

Please every one who love this game sign the petition

https://www.change.org/p/war-of-rights-for-console-xbox-and-playstation/exp/cl_/cl_sharecopy_490156589_en-US/7/1345123475?recruiter=1345123475&recruited_by_id=cb469a20-4fed-11ef-a6ae-c9aa3076d30c&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=cl_sharecopy_490156589_en-US%3A7

one of the best simulator games in the world and still not available on consoles? Please everyone sign this petition so that console players can also enjoy this wonderful game

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2024/08/01
10:44 UTC

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What UPS should I buy?DOES 1000 VA is okay? What watts? Gaming pc .. isa lang monitor... Please give me recommendations. Hindi ko po kasi alam anong bibilhin ko. Thank you sa help!

DOES 1000 VA is okay? What watts?

Gaming pc .. isa lang monitor... Please give me recommendations.

Hindi ko po kasi alam anong bibilhin ko. Thank you sa help!

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2024/07/31
02:54 UTC

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trying to connect ps5 controller to pc

I just got a bluetooth dongle for my pc and the first time I tried connecting my ps5 controller to my pc it worked and it said connected but I had to remove it because it wasn't actually doing anything when I used it. Now when I try to connect it, it connects for 2 seconds then turns off and says paired. When I turn it on it blinks 1 or 2 times then turns off. Anyone know what the problem might be?

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2024/07/24
02:28 UTC

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Need Help with asus tuf a15,

So I have an asus tug a15, 8gb ram. But I’m confused as to why it’s slacking a little bit, it’s slow on basic web browsing, and struggling in Roblox???? I meddled with trying to get free games from dodgy sites in the past, could that be a contributing factor to underperformance? It also can’t even open forza 4, just crashes. Does anyone know if this is just how the laptop is? Or is there anyway to fix this?

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2024/07/21
04:13 UTC

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Obs Advanced Scene Switcher Audio Mixer Settings

Hello guys a small tutorial to control audio in different scenes automatically.

https://youtu.be/H25uuJUyY2c

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2024/07/20
07:13 UTC

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Pc games recommendations for me

Hello everyone. Can you please recommend me some games to play? I love RPGs but it would be nice also if you can recommend some other genres 😄 I have HP 15 laptop. Processor - Intel i3 6006u Graphic card - AMD Radeon 520 Ram - 4 GB RAM

2 Comments
2024/07/15
19:43 UTC

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Can I restore a Steam account in any other way?

One of my friend is trying to reach his Steam Account after a half a year of leaving his account, so he tried to sign in to the account, putting his email and the right password, so steam chose to send a code to the mobile phone number to double check he is the rightful owner of the account (idk why it chose not to send to the email).

Anyways, My friend waited and waited even more and the message didn't reach his phone for some reason (Contacted the phone company but they didn't help either), so he tried to reach Steam which asked him to verify his account with any transaction or a game key, that's fine and all, except that he unfortunately he can't do that, because he lost all of his Game Key reach, he doesn't have steam guard authentication codes or any CD keys he activated .

Adding to this problem is the fact that of him being in a heavily sanctioned country (Syria) which made him use a lot of turnarounds to buy games, and those who bought those games for him couldn't help (or didn't cooperate idk). of course he received gifts from a lot of people but that's doesn't count as a verifier.

So he is in this hard position to lose his account that stayed all of his steam gaming life, and with no way to verify his ownership, even though me and all of his friends know pretty well that it's his account, in addition to steam having history of us contacting him and all of that,.

My question is, Couldn't steam try to verify in this special case that he is the owner through us? or through any other means?

3 Comments
2024/06/28
21:07 UTC

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