Time for a new rig to replace my current (ancient, but bulletproof!) PCS 9 year old rig - an i7 4770, GTX 1060, 16GB RAM which is holding up remarkably well for its age!
Budget (excluding GPU): ~£1,200 (absolute maximum £1,300)
Use: Gaming - Hunt: Showdown, Elden Ring, Red Dead Redemption 2...
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I’ve been experiencing lag spikes between my PC and router for some time now (lag spikes are apparent when pinging the router). It’s not terrible, but it is annoying when playing online games.
After much investigating and testing, I’ve come to the conclusion that the problem lies with...
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Have started getting a crash that seems to be getting more frequent. Basically I'll be playing a game ("Hunt: Showdown") and the screen will go black and nothing is responsive. From what I can make out, it seems to always be related to the kbdclass.sys file, bug check code 0x000000d1...
Had a BSOD on my new laptop - it was the:
"Driver_Irql_not_less_or_equal (kbdclass.sys)" system error.
Doing a quick Google suggests it's a driver problem with the keyboard. I'm not using an external keyboard, so it must be something to do with the built-in one. I've installed all the drivers...
Advice on a suitable laptop please, purely for gaming. Budget around £1,100.
I'm torn between the Optimus Pro and Nova. I understand the Nova is a DTR, which doesn't bother me too much, but the Optimus seems better value - the i7 10875H seems to outperform the Ryzen 5 3600 for gaming and the...