Are you a PC gamer and want the best out of your Graphics Card?

Written by Stephen Hames


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If everything goes according to plan you should see an increase in performance in your games and you will not need to go back to your restore point. If you do have problems, use your restore point to go back and fixrepparttar problems. Ifrepparttar 107716 problem persists, then contactrepparttar 107717 company that made your graphics card.

Step 2.

Make sure you haverepparttar 107718 latest version of DirectX. This can be done by going ontorepparttar 107719 Microsoft website http://www.microsoft.com and searching DirectX. Once you’ve downloadedrepparttar 107720 latest version, you will need to create another restore point. One person I know installedrepparttar 107721 latest version of DirectX and then had problems afterwards, and because they didn’t create a restore point they couldn’t fixrepparttar 107722 problem and so they needed to reformat their computer to solverepparttar 107723 problem. Again to create a restore point, go to Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools and then System Restore.

Once you’ve createdrepparttar 107724 restore point installrepparttar 107725 latest version of DirectX by double clicking onrepparttar 107726 file you just downloaded. Followrepparttar 107727 on screen instructions and once you’ve finished you will have to restart your Windows.

Step 3.

In this step I will guide you through tweaking Windows XP. The first step will be changingrepparttar 107728 performance of Windows, to do this right-click on My Computer and then Properties->Advanced->Performance->Settings and select ‘Adjust for best Performance’.

The next step is to change your Themes, so right-click on your desktop and select Properties. Underrepparttar 107729 Themes tab set your theme to Windows Classic.

I hope that’s helped you. If you have any problems or comments please contact me at steve.hames@gaming-archive.com

I run a small PC gaming website called Gaming Archive. I'm currently a student in England studying ICT.


Learn How To Diagnose Video Display Problems Fast

Written by Otis F. Cooper


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Checkrepparttar jumpers of any motherboard mounted card to be sure a jumper has not been lost or loose.If you have been inside your system,its always a possibility to have movedrepparttar 107715 card.

MONITOR WORKS BUT POOR DISPLAY

If your monitor works butrepparttar 107716 images appear fuzzy,or flickering often,andrepparttar 107717 text are hard to read,it may be time to adjustrepparttar 107718 video card's resolution andrepparttar 107719 refresh rate.

Right clickrepparttar 107720 desktop,select properties and openrepparttar 107721 display properties dialog box.Chooserepparttar 107722 tab for settings and adjustrepparttar 107723 slider to change your display resolution.Most 17-inch monitors will have a resolution of 800 x 600 but chooserepparttar 107724 best resolution for your eyes.

After adjustingrepparttar 107725 resolution,checkrepparttar 107726 display to see if all flickering and other problems have vanished. If not,optimizerepparttar 107727 refresh rate.The refresh rate isrepparttar 107728 rate in whichrepparttar 107729 video card redrawsrepparttar 107730 screen.Lower refresh rates sometimes cause flickering.

To adjust this rate,openrepparttar 107731 display properties dialog box inrepparttar 107732 desktop, and chooserepparttar 107733 settings tab once again.Clickrepparttar 107734 advanced button and chooserepparttar 107735 adapter tab if your operating system is Windows 98.

If you have Windows XP,chooserepparttar 107736 Monitor tab.And from there you can setrepparttar 107737 refresh rate to about 70Hz or 70 Hertz.Check your monitor's manual or web site to seerepparttar 107738 maximum refresh rate for your monitor.

To effectively maintain your video display,visitrepparttar 107739 supporting web sites for updated software patches and device drivers.Watch for new control software for your card that will greatly boost its performance.

Takerepparttar 107740 time to cleanrepparttar 107741 system unit case which will allow air to flow freely.This in turn will help keeprepparttar 107742 video components cool which will allowrepparttar 107743 cardrepparttar 107744 perform smoothly.

Rush over to www.ultimatepcrepair.com/photos.html and studyrepparttar 107745 video components.Then open your PC ,locaterepparttar 107746 video card,and know if it is motherboard mounted or not.To learn much more in great detail, getrepparttar 107747 PC Super Pack with detailed video all aboutrepparttar 107748 video display system.



Otis F. Cooper is solely dedicated to boosting the knowledge and confidence of every computer user that is serious about knowing computers.Use his informative articles and videos to understand every aspect about the PC. Read more about his formula for pc training at http://www.ultimatepcrepair.com


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