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Random Mouse Lag Triggered by Video/Animation

I'm facing an intermittent issue that seems to occur during video or animation playback in browsers. Since I rarely use any software other than web browsers, I can't confirm if the problem extends ...
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How can I improve my laptop screen's video quality with dark scenes (color banding)?

I have an HP ZBook G2 laptop with a DreamColor screen, Nvidia Quadro K5100M graphics adapter, and Windows 10. When I bought the laptop in 2016, it offered multiple choices for screens and graphics ...
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105 votes
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Fake broken pixel on Windows 10

A couple of months ago I discovered that I have broken pixel on my laptop screen: The weirdness of it is that it isn't a broken pixel at all, because as you can see I'm able to screenshot it. The ...
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HP Omen desktop PC displays odd pattern on screen, then crashes

I have an HP Omen which I bought in January. It’s an HP Omen 870 with an Intel® Core™ i5-7600K processor, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 graphics card 8 GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM, and a 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA hard ...
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HDMI switcher causes screen to blink at 1440p on Windows

I use an HDMI switcher to easily switch my main monitor between my laptop and my desktop. It's a really simple standalone switcher with three HDMI inputs, one HDMI output, and an optional micro USB ...
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TV connected via HDMI for audio only?

Samsung TV has better speakers than my laptop. I want to have audio going through the TV without extra load on my video card. Is such a thing possible?
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LED Display control software

My university bought new big led display from chinese manufacturers. What I want to do is, show some visualizations (like Windows Media Player, Winamp, Itunes ... does) with music. I'd just drag the ...
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Add custom resolution to Control Panel in Windows

I have an ATI Radeon HD 4800 graphic card, when I open CCC I can select many different resolutions. When I open Control Panel > Screen Resolution, I only get few resolutions (1920x1080x, 1280x1024, ...
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Do I have a bad video card?

I think this is the right spot to post this question. Please don't flame me if it isn't. My work computer is a Dell Prescision M6400 laptop. I use the VGA output to a second monitor. There is ...
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19 votes
10 answers
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Force native resolution to Non-PnP monitor in Windows

I've got a 22-inch, 1680 x 1050 monitor. Brand X2gen, model MW22U. Connected by DVI cable to my NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT graphics card. Several days ago my monitor stopped working. It displayed ...
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