Check the Power Supply unit in your PC as well to make sure it can handle whatever card you buy.  It's pretty clear you didn't build this PC yourself, so I'm assuming you got it at a place like BestBuy which means the PSU is likely garbage.

whitey_rolls

im waiting for the new cards to be released. i think you should wait as well. see how they are (in terms of price/performance) then decide if you want to buy 7xxx series . Ribnarak

I currently have:

Windows 7 64 bit
i5 3330 @ 3.0 GHz
640 GT
8GB DDR3

I'm having some performance issues when running games. Mostly poor frame rate. I'm not incredibly concerned with running stuff on 'Ultra' or variations of that, but I do want to run it not too low and at max resolution with at least 30-40FPS. 

I've been told my GPU is the thing that's holding my performance back most. I currently run Dust: An Elysian Tale at 20FPS, State of Decay at 5FPS.

I know some cards are known for having good price-performance, but I do not know which ones. Budget is basically around 200 bucks. What am I best off with? 660GTX? 670? Is there much difference between the two? Or should I be looking at something else entirely?

Xbox One. 

I am getting both, already paid for both pre-orders, but Xbox One has games I want to play at launch. PS4 does not. Additionally, Xbox One has more exclusive games I want to play in the near future. PS4 only has 3 I want to play and those are next year.

I haven't decided where to play multiplatform games though. Perhaps if the PS4 actually performs better, it will be my multiplatform machine.

... you guys do realize most of those games are multiplatform if not out on PC already. Right?

Games for PS4 =/= games only on PS4.

So, I turned my Vita on last night after having it off for a long time. I went to the store, was prompted to update and did. After that, I went into the store and could access everything. I went to sleep, woke up and wanted to check the store again.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, I couldn't connect to the store. Checked the browser, nothing. I checked my settings and apparently I couldn't connect to WiFi anymore. 

I've tried everything from disconnecting and reconnecting, turning the system on and off completely, to even restoring the system settings to their defaults. Nothing. I cannot connect to WiFi anymore. It's really weird because I never had this problem before and 8 hours ago I could do it just fine. In that time I slept. I didn't change anything, didn't even download anything. 

When I try to connect, it says it 'couldn't connect within the time limit'. It only tried to connect for 3-5 seconds. I also noticed the Vita, for whatever reason, keeps refreshing the list of available connections every 5 seconds. Maybe it's related to that? Because sometimes I can connect to WiFi, but it's only for a second or two before it tried to reconnect to it itself.

Anyone else have this issue? Is this related to the update? It's weird that it worked completely fine hours ago.

Actually more interested why you would buy digital. Unless you are talking PC games, physical is:

1. Cheaper
2. Guaranteed yours forever
3. A collectors item

If you want a digital library for ease, I understand that. But I don't see how wanting ease vs wanting a collection needs any explanation. 

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Just to make sure... I need to use that air and spray it directly into the exhaust vents? I'm not sure how that would work... wouldn't that just blow the dust around a little instead of blowing it out?

JohnF111

Just to make sure... I need to use that air and spray it directly into the exhaust vents? I'm not sure how that would work... wouldn't that just blow the dust around a little instead of blowing it out?

My previous laptop died due to overheating and me not taking the steps needed to prevent it. I really didn't know at that time that overheating could kill it. 

Luckily, it wasn't a very expensive laptop. But, as I move around a lot and enjoy PC gaming, I have bought a serious gaming laptop a few months ago. It was expensive, it looks great, it feels great, it plays games great. I want to make sure I take care of this one. Which leads me to the question how do I best take care of the heat issue?

I've already invested in a good cooling pad, but I can mostly only use that when I'm at home due to carrying capacity. Are there other tricks to mimic a less good, but still effective method, this idea when I do not have a cooling pad?

Also, I heard I should clean the heatsink and fans of the laptop itself. I have no idea how to do this. It was suggested to use a can of compressed air and just spray that into the fan and presumably heatsink to blow away dust. Can this not damage the system?

Are there any other things I should be mindful of or can try?

Thanks.