PC Gaming
Launchers, settings, controllers and the PC gaming life.
ok so my friends are waiting in the lobby and I literally cannot join, an online looter shooter wont get past the launcher, and I got this: It mentions a driver being incompatible with teh anti cheat. i have never used a cheat in my life. i suspect an old…
ive been fighting Windows for two evenings... apparently an MMO needs the latest Windows update, so I tried updating: the update downloads, installs, restarts, and then rolls back. my prebuilt PC has plenty of space. whats the next thing to try? ive tried…
im literally losing my mind here first time seeing this one. Setup: a recent remake, RX 6600, frame generation enabled. After a while: textures also got blurry and stuttery for a minute before the crash, id love to understand whats going on before I just…
ugh. quick background: new build, RX 6700 XT, everything stock. Two days ago an open world RPG started crashing after alt tabbing back with this: event Viewer shows a display driver error right at teh same timestamp. im not overclocking anything 😅 before i…
every year i have teh same debate with myself. this year i have a one big purchase budget and i play alot of big single player games. friends on PC say its teh only way. friends on console say it just works. and my currnet PC runs on a potato 🤦 whats ur…
First time seeing this one. Setup: a big budget shooter, RTX 3070 with 8 GB, 4K with upscaling. After a while: textures also got blurry and stuttery for a minute before the crash ;) id love to understand whats going on before i just lower everything to…
okay, i'm confused lmao playing a recent remake on my RTX 4060 with 8 GB is smooth, but every so often: im using frame generation enabled. the in game VRAM meter says Im under the limit, but clearly something goes over lol is the meter wrong, or is something…
help!! i found a box I found in teh attic for an old adventure game and got really excited. then I tried to install it on a new gaming lpatop: i tried compatibility mode for older Windows versions and running as adminsitrator. no luck, i really wanna play…
Honestly embarrassed to ask, but I've been at this for an hour. an old school shooter remaster won't start, just this error: Missing MSVCP140.dll. My friend told me to just copy teh file from his PC into the game folder. That sounds wrong to me. Can someone…
honestly embarrassed to ask, but Ive been at this for an hour. an old school shooter remaster wont start, just this error: missing VCRUNTIME140.dll. my friend told me to just copy the file from his PC into the game folder. that sounds wrong to me. can…
im literally losing my mind here has anyone else had problems since teh newest driver? for me, a racing sim crashes after about ten minutes: Im on a RTX 4080. Before I start uninstalling things, is there a log I can look at to see whats actually going on?…
Ive only ever played on console, but Im curious about PC. i play competitive shooters and have a mid range budget. Is it worth switching, or is teh console better for me? Bonus question: does anyone else feel like GPU prices make me laugh nervously? bonus…
ok so i bought an old school shooter remaster on sale, was super excited, double clicked it and got this: It says VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing. This is after moving my library to a new drive, so maybe something didnt get installed? :) A quick search shows a…
ok so honest question for people whove been through this. im running a six core CPU from a few genertaions ago paired with a GTX 1660 Super. games feel sluggish, but i cant tell which part is the problem. my target is 1080p ultra. did you ever upgrade one…
honest question for ppl whove been through this, im running an older quad core paierd with an RTX 2060.. :D games feel sluggish, but i cant tell which part is teh problem. my tagret is 1440p high settings.. 🤷 did you ever upgrade one part and regret not…
Little rant: why is depth of field on by default in sooo many games? Its the first thing I turn off. On a gaming laptop, Im also hunting for less input lag. Whats your settings routine? id love to build a little checklist for new games from this therad.…
This is so frustrating 🔥 I paid for a fighting game, but teh anti cheat treats my PC like a criminal 👍 It clsoes instantly and shows this: Im not comfortable just turning random security features off. How do i find out which driver it actually hates? i'd…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts this is driving me up the wall. an open world RPG runs beautifully on my RTX 3070 until in busy city areas, then black screen, then the crash dilaog: Ive reinstalled the driver, verified game files and even turned off my…
ok weird one a live service shooter has been stuck on update failed for two days, it always stops at 0% and shows: I restarted the PC and the router and logged out and back in to the storefront client... nothing changes, is smth on my end blocking the files…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts every time I start a new game, teh first thing I do is turn off film grain. Then I go through the rest of the settings for smoother frame paicng. Im running a PC that runs on a potato. Im curious what everyone else does.…
ok weird one nostalgia trip gone wrong. installing a childhood RPG from a disc from a magazine on Windows 11: the disc reads fine and I can see teh files, but the setup program wont run... is it the disc, teh installer, or Windows?? I'm comfortable with a…
hmmmm ok please help. My family PC can't finish a Windows update: and a new online game won't start without the latest Windows update. I'm not super technical, where do I begin? any step by step help is appreciated. ill report back with the results of…
so annoyed rn last night i updated the driver for my RTX 4080, and now a survival game crashes after about ten minutes with this: before the update it ran perfectly for months, nothing else changed, as far as i know... should i roll back, do a clean install,…
ok so im losing my mind with this update. the games own patcher says it failed, retry, fails again at 0%: the game folder is on a second SSD... other games on the same drive update fine, what makes this one different? id really prefer not to delete and…
ok weird one every upgrade video ends with it depends, which doesnt help me much... so heres my real situation: a six core CPU from a few generations ago, an RTX 2060, aiming for high refresh esports. what would you do with one upgrade, and why?? im not in a…
