Tag: cleaning

RivaTuner – Taking Control of Graphic Card Fans

As graphics cards get a bit long in the tooth they may have to work at their peak performance for longer to let you play the latest games at an acceptable level compared to the latest cards which might use less of their overall capacity (which may also run cooler). As such, your old graphics …

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Stabilisation Tips for Your Gaming Rig

GPU Temp Readout

For about a month now my desktop computer has been working fine after I had dropped in the OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 solid state drive but since then I have experienced some instability when playing games on it (particularly Team Fortress 2 or TF2 for short). The system wouldn’t crash but the screen would go blank …

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Spring Cleaning the Inside of Your Computer

Another quick tip for tonight. For those of us with desktop computers a good deal of us probably don’t open it up once the unit itself has been removed from the box (or once it has been put together in the first instance for the system builders out there). You might open it up quickly …

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