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I’ve just asked him about the DX11/12 reflex boost and he tells me he’s using ‘performance’ mode which is an option which so say makes it run better? im watching the fps part but it does appear to stutter for want of a better term when the rate drops so it’s very noticeable. He’s now on gta...

I'm glad you've said that, as my lad & his mates keep banging on about the cpu is the issue, I can imagine the cpu would hold it back somewhat but not to make it the same or possibly worse than the 680. I've just ran that DDU app & re-downloaded & installed the drivers from Nvidia, popped the...

now you're asking!.. it's 1080p resolution Settings we kept the same just now with both, Just asked him what fortnite was set to: Performance mode Distance - high Texture - high fps wise, it does get to 144 (which he's capped it at for the monitor) but it dips down to 80 all the time and...

What better place to ask for PC issue than CS :) So, my lad had a 'gaming' PC specs: MSI B450 Carbon something or other Motherboard AMD Ryzen 5 2600 cpu 16GB Corsair Vengeance 3000Mhz (2x8GB - in correct dual channel slots) E-VGA GTX680 2GB GPU Some random ssds Too many light up fans! So...

Makes me want to build a stand for the xbox steering wheel as it never gets used, being that we need to bodge it onto a coffee table. Sadly for me, in my house we have an xbox one, xbox one s & now a gaming PC that I built with my eldest lad.. guess what.. I don't get a look in on any of it...

(y)I think I preferred your wording actually

Maybe log into the admin settings on your new router & see what IP address the TP link has been given (assuming your new router is dishing out an address to it) You might find they are both on the same address, so you might have to log into the tp link locally & set it to dhcp/to a unique IP address

Yeah it's been brilliant. Mileage is just over 170k now, just recently had cambelt done for the 2nd time. 😄 I bought 2 parking sensors, never fitted them...

Looking lovely that.. you certainly know how to clean a car!.. the Mrs still comments on how clean the A4 Avant was when we bought it off you & that it's never been that clean again. We've still got it too!

I kind of followed some of the advice that suggested the higher refresh rate if planning on upgrading from the Xbox 👍

Well looks like it was money well spent. He's been on it since getting home from school with his little brother and cousin. I can't see it, but he says it's way better than on the TV, his cousin now wants one too, much to my sister's disgust 😁

I'm glad i'm not alone in this! I went with https://www.box.co.uk/AOC-Gaming-24G2UBK-23.8-Full-HD-IPS-Fr_2766293.html we looked at the 24" and 27" msi & the acer 27" but my lad quite liked the smaller one (luckily for me price wise!) I was always ruling out anything non IPS (not that I know...

That was my original thinking, just the cost increase that puts me off, I'm trying to talk him out of pc gaming.. mainly as it'll be my job to research/pay for and build the thing! Thanks for the advice, never looked at monitors quite this in-depth

Just got one of the original Xbox one's, he does want a pc at some point too but that won't be anything ground breaking if it happens.

Yeah, after reading this thread I've been looking around and 1ms for an IPS screen seems a bit too good to be true for the price. The refresh rate is 65 not the higher 144 but I'm not about to spend that much for fortnite! I'm just undecided if it would be 'that' much better for gaming than...

You could get yourself a Nas drive, this is a hard drive in a box that connects to your router so you can access it from laptop/phone/ smart TV. I use one to back up photos and stream films to the TV. Mine is a cheap dlink enclosure with a 1tb drive installed, I can add a second drive if desired...

This any good? IPS with 2 hdmi & crappy speakers https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8558994 Would this be better for xbox gaming than a cheapish led TV? Wouldn't normally look in Argos for this type of thing but it's a decent price from what I've seen elsewhere.

Thanks for the info, i'm in the same boat as Willo40, my 11 year olds birthday coming up & he wants a TV, but reality is, he wants his xbox one in his bedroom, so thinking maybe a monitor would be better. I'm assuming you could plug in a firestick & use that for tv/films if he wanted to & I've...

So... mrs has once again dropped her mobile & smashed the screen. The last time it happened I bought a cheap screen off ebay & replaced it, but it was never as responsive & not very good to use. As the phone was pretty old we just bought a cheap (samsung j3) pay as you go phone to put her sim...

That was my first thought, but on removing the gear gaiter & seeing the end of the cable & the working of the stick It appears that the stick is stuck and doesn't look like it is even trying to move the gear linkage, you literally cannot move the stick side to side.

Hi All, Apologise & Please remove if this isn't allowed.... as it's a renault Scenic (not clio) problem, but i couldn't think of a better/more reliable place to ask. Anyway, 2010 renault scenic 6 speed manual, the gear stick will not move left/right (side to side) it moves fine forwards and...

I did have a bit if that while trying to remember how to do Chun-Li's spinning bird kick! lol got it in the end, by that time I got beat by a 6 year old. I'm still not very good at street fighter! I did find it good fun, but as with everything game related, I do get bored of it pretty quickly...

Well I picked up the mini snes on Saturday night... thinking I'd wasted my cash. Fired it up last night, me & my 6 year old lad had a great time playing the games. (was it wrong to let a 6 year old play street fighter?) The Mrs obviously thinks I'm sad & what a waste of money etc... but I love...

had a text from Smyths toys late last night saying my pre order is available. Need to get down there in the next 2 days... not sure I can be arsed.. doubt i'll ever use it after obviously showing my 2 boys what real games used to be like for me as a kid! On looking at Smyths in Bristol this...

Nice one, cheers TomSx, It's the mini convertible she's gone and ruined the wheel on. I should have driven it to work today...wouldn't have happened then.. lol

Any recommendations on Alloy wheel refurbishing shops in Bristol / north Bristol area. The mrs has just text me, she has driven her car for it's 1 outing of the week... and managed to badly curb a wheel! As all 4 were previously unmarked I think we need to keep on top of it & get it sorted, but...

Was just trying to get that point through to my kids last night, as they downloaded the 1millionth game onto their tablet! They flit from one game to the next never really playing much of any of them, free to download & on the device within a minute, without even moving from the sofa (they don't...

Yeah back to skool.. love it, writing on the black board, catapults.. think i'd be disappointed firing up a spectrum emulator now though!! The spectrum zx was also where I first delved into programming too, probably around the same age I guess.. used to make my own little text based "adventure...

So... who remembers, the INPUT magazine!?.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_(magazine) They used to publish a magazine with code in it to make your own games.... such as pong lol, I remember sitting for days copying code for pong on a ZX Spectrum 48k (still at my parents house) only to run...

damn, argos/Nintendo site is £10 cheaper than what smyths are advertising them for (where I've pre-ordered) They'll reduce the price.....won't they.... God knows why I've ordered one though, i'll use it once!