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Post by tangent on Mar 2, 2011 13:37:17 GMT
Check to see if you have the most recent drivers. Which you probably do, but check anyway.
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Post by X'o'Lore on Mar 2, 2011 18:06:17 GMT
I'm a computer nut who obsesses over computer hardware but I have no knowledge of what you have for a computer, what you have for a graphics card and what your old graphics card was. As such my hands are tied and I can't tell you if the new thing should be faster or not.
Additionally more detail on the slowness is good to have. Do games which would rely on a speedy graphics card run slow, or do they run fine, but everything takes a long time to load? What kind of slowness are we talking about?
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Post by Emily on Mar 2, 2011 21:40:55 GMT
uhhh... it was pretty powerful when i built it, but I've since forgotten what I put in (next door's teenage son gave me a list of what parts to buy then i put it together). Basically I haven't tried it for gaming but everything else is running slow, takes longer to start up, mouse lags from time to time, opening windows are slower, photoshop takes ages to execute commands, can't run as many programs at once as I could before.
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Post by X'o'Lore on Mar 3, 2011 19:45:33 GMT
A change in graphics card shouldn't cause that. That's more a sort of thing I'd expect out of issues with the hard drive, processor, and/or RAM.
Sadly that's a tougher situation to track down. A cable or the processor heat sink could have come loose somewhere, maybe the RAM is messed up for some reason, the hard drive could have decided movement was bad and started to go. Maybe it's some malware thing. I can't really guess.
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Post by tangent on Mar 3, 2011 20:40:56 GMT
To be honest, I've been having similar problems with a computer my friend built me. It lags. Especially when I open 30+ tabs on Firefox. ^^;; And the silly thing won't even run Civ V, despite being powerful enough for it. *grumbles*
Check your drivers. And check to see if anything is loose. (It could also be Vista or Windows 7 or whatever. Damn memory hog...)
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Post by Emily on Mar 4, 2011 8:16:11 GMT
I think it might be time to call in the pros.
(ps don't think it's malware, I've run a thorough scan and nothing came up)
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Post by Ally on Mar 11, 2011 21:02:53 GMT
Can anyone remember if the kingdom in Tangled had a name?
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Post by Emily on Mar 12, 2011 9:37:09 GMT
...sounds like an excuse to watch again.
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Yasha
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'I would not mind you in my head, if you were not so clearly mad.'
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Post by Yasha on Mar 12, 2011 22:43:32 GMT
Corona. Being Spanish for crown but also referring to the sun which is the symbol for the kingdom. Heehee, Tim isn't the only one who knows shit. ;D
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Post by stokerino on Mar 12, 2011 22:46:17 GMT
As usual, "knows shit" is code for "able to type 'Tangled kingdom name' into Google". >_>
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Post by X'o'Lore on Mar 13, 2011 4:29:16 GMT
So many opportunities to throw links to this into your posts huh?
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Post by Ally on Mar 13, 2011 9:58:09 GMT
Cheers Yash!
Although yep, I still may need to watch it again, just to confirm that. Not because it's awesome at all.
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Post by Ally on May 1, 2011 9:50:07 GMT
Is there a Leechblocker equivalent for Chrome? Because until I grow some willpower, I need it.
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Post by X'o'Lore on May 1, 2011 16:11:30 GMT
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Post by Ally on May 1, 2011 17:48:17 GMT
Yay, thank you! Haha, screw you procrastination-happy brain!
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Post by tangent on May 3, 2011 11:59:54 GMT
So. Is the favorite drink of the kingdom in Tangled a cheep beer? =^-^=
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Post by Ally on May 4, 2011 11:21:46 GMT
If you wanted to cool something (in this case a photocopier) down very quickly, but couldn't pour water on it because of electronics, would liquid nitrogen work?
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Post by Emily on May 4, 2011 12:04:11 GMT
Ally... your job is scary...
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Post by tangent on May 4, 2011 13:10:28 GMT
Ahem. NO!!!
Rapid cooling of any material can induce cracking due to the uneven cooling of materials. Thus if you pour liquid nitrogen on it, you risk breaking the electronics even if you don't short anything out.
Considering electronics also contain metals along with semiconducting materials, you'll have rapid shrinkage of metal components which could then separate from the semiconductor.
Mind you, someone who works with electronics and liquid nitrogen might know better. I'm just talking from the perspective of someone with a moderate knowledge of physics and material stresses. ^^;;
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Post by Ally on May 4, 2011 18:58:23 GMT
Fair enough. I was just thinking today, instead of waiting for ages for the photocopier to cool down when I have to fix bad paper jams, it'd be great if I could pour something on it that would cool it down and then evaporate away.
The only thing I've ever used liquid nitrogen for before was making ice-cream, which was awesome.
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