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Archives for August 2022

"Rubber-banding" issue in Valorant (currently only Valorant)
Recently I have been facing an irritating issue where my ping in Valorant would spike to 100 ms from around 20-30 ms. I do not think it is memory loss, as memory loss occurs after I have my game opened for a rather long time. If anyone has any tips or helpful insight regarding my issue it would be greatly appreciated.…
? Old vs New GHz nums for cpus ?
It's been quite a while since I shopped for a computer (laptop) and I'm looking to replace it. But the GHz numbers on the laptops these days are confusing: My old laptop that I bought in 2014 has an intel i-7 4710hq which is rated at 2.50 ghz. But I see laptop cpus now that are in the 11th and 12th gen of i-7 or i-9 but…
Reduce Fan Noise
I recently got a computer built at MicroCenter, for the computer I chose Lian Li SL120 fans. Whenever I run anything, they tend to run quite loud regardless if I’m running anything, they run at 900rpm but I can’t get it any lower, any tips to make it quieter through the software?

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