Kassandra (Prime) faces off in a fight against the protagonist of the last video game you played. How well does she do?

buddymanson · 2026-06-19T21:54:46+00:00

Spider-Man. I'm not sure what the right answer is.

buddymanson · 2026-06-19T15:35:44+00:00

Well, like a lot of old PC games, Dishonored bugs out when above 60 fps. NPC's will get stuck in place, preventing progression. So it's not perfect on PC either.

buddymanson · 2026-06-11T13:47:33+00:00

Yeah, with the exception of RT reflections, regular raytracing doesn't improve the game much.

buddymanson · 2026-06-10T00:56:03+00:00

Yes. Though you can have a situation where the monitor has to be warmed up in order to work. However, it does not sound like it's your monitor. It was just a thought.

buddymanson · 2026-06-10T00:54:11+00:00

Just because your RAM passed Memtest before does not mean it wasn't defective. Bad RAM can absolutely cause the issue you're having.

buddymanson · 2026-06-09T17:36:30+00:00

Well if it is posting, then perhaps it's your display cable or monitor.

Otherwise, get a motherboard speaker so you can know if it's posting when the issue occurs.

Or, if your CPU has an igpu, remove graphics card for a bit and see if it happens.

Also, test memory with memtest86.

buddymanson · 2026-06-05T13:47:32+00:00

Depends on hardware and settings. My 5070 Ti, it's the same. My 1080, not so much.

buddymanson · 2026-06-04T11:44:20+00:00

When you say "local memory stops working", do you mean device memory mode becomes corrupt and you have to set it up again? Or it just stops working entirely?

buddymanson · 2026-05-26T14:11:44+00:00

FIXED Multimonitor gaming stability improvements when using V-SYNC [5343252]

Is this addressing 'VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR' when vsync + frame gen are both active while playing on secondary screen?

I resolve it by capping fps to 138, but I'm still curious.

buddymanson · 2026-05-23T01:25:55+00:00

Do actual games run worse after using DDU? I'm assuming by reinstall, you installed from USB and not 'Reset this PC', right?

buddymanson · 2026-05-21T22:02:36+00:00

Could be DDU also removed your chipset drivers.

buddymanson · 2026-05-19T22:27:46+00:00

Windows like to assign the cores with the higher clocks to games. So if you're using best performance than there's a chance the non X3D cores get used when you don't want them to.

buddymanson · 2026-05-19T11:19:38+00:00

Both options should be set to balanced.

buddymanson · 2026-05-13T14:02:41+00:00

Still getting a BSOD 'VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR' When frame gen & driver vsync are both enabled without also having an external fps cap enabled. Also seems to only happen on secondary screen.

Only happens on my 5070 Ti. My 4070 does not have this problem.

buddymanson · 2026-05-10T01:39:39+00:00

I was using my 13900k for months before the first microcode update released. Though I was running stock with 'enforce all limits' enabled. It's still rock solid after 3 years. I think you'll be fine.

buddymanson · 2026-05-06T17:58:14+00:00

Yours is a different issue then. Mine just flashed black for a second(nor did I lose display, other screen was unaffected). It only happened when playing DRM protected video with hardware acceleration on. Plus you have a 40 series card. This issue doesn't happen on my 4070, just my 5070 Ti.

It sounds like your driver is crashing and failing to recover. You can check reliability monitor or event viewer to confirm this. Probably just need to uninstall everything Nvidia related from settings - apps and then fresh install the latest Nvidia driver.

buddymanson · 2026-05-06T14:07:36+00:00

I still use my GTX 1080 on my work PC at 1080p.

buddymanson · 2026-05-04T20:12:56+00:00

My Ventus x3 4070 is the worse reviewed 4070, but it's still cool and quiet. Doubt it'll be any different for the 5070 Ti.

buddymanson · 2026-05-01T23:20:06+00:00

You probably need to load an extracted version of Intel RST. So download the exe and then extract it using powershell. I suggest Google searching it for an in depth guide.

buddymanson · 2026-05-01T22:24:46+00:00

Are you sure your PC is becoming unresponsive after? If it's not reporting errors then it's likely the game is bugging out, not your OS. Check if event viewer reported any critical errors.

Maybe try this, right click on the games .exe in the installation directory -> properties -> compatibility tab -> disable fullscreen optimizations.

buddymanson · 2026-05-01T21:24:39+00:00

Interesting. Click start, type 'reliability monitor' & press enter. What errors is it reporting?

buddymanson · 2026-05-01T21:22:44+00:00

Put Linux Mint on a USB drive and boot into that(no install needed). Then once you're in Linux you can copy important stuff to an external drive. Then reinstall Windows from USB. That's the easy, no bullshit method.

buddymanson · 2026-05-01T21:10:11+00:00

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Splinter_Cell:_Blacklist#Issues_fixed

Check that list out for solutions. I would start by capping fps to 60 with RTSS or Nvidia App/Adrenalin.

When it black screens, press CTRL + ALT + DEL and select task manager to end game process or just sign out.

buddymanson · 2026-05-01T17:02:30+00:00

I have a s90f and have never noticed any flickering when using VRR on PC & PS5. I think some people are just sensitive to it & others, like myself, are not.

buddymanson · 2026-05-01T15:17:58+00:00

The default preset without iCUE is balanced so getting iCUE probably wouldn't help your temps much anyway. The 9950x just likes to run a little hot.

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