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I Inherited my fathers computer from like 2015 or so and the graphics card stopped working. It is a XFX 290A. I know its a old graphics card but it worked amazing for me to this day. I play all low specs game on max settings and had no issues. So overwatch and LOL and many other non demanding games. I'm wondering if in now a days market if there is a card that could just replace it. No boost needed or extras really. Just something similar. I tried to find just the identical card but did not find any. Just looking for some guidance here.

I am looking for the newest software updates for Realtek. I am looking for a trusted reliable link or website. The ones i was finding seemed sketchy AF

If you could give me the link that would be awesome. I have no idea where it is or what exactly i'm looking for.

Windows 10. I inherited this PC back in 2014 from my father and recently have been starting to learn about PCS.

What is the official website for Realtek. I am not computer savvy. The drivers probably have not be updated since like 2014 or earlier.

The headphone jack on the back of my motherboard is not working properly all of a sudden. I have used the headphone jack for years and never had an issue. Since yesterday when I was trying to get my new headset all hooked up all the sound that comes out of the headphone jack sounds hollow. It sounds like the music is being played in a super big room and im hearing the music faintly almost. Voices sound like god talking to me directly. The jacks on the front of my PC have not been working for years so i have been using the rear ones. Just wondering what the best solution is. I'm looking into a complete rebuild of my pc. But that wont be for awhile. I was wondering if there is a temporary audio something i can install in my PC and plug it in. Have decent ishh understanding of PCs but not enough to know how to fix the problem. I have tried fiddling around with the sound settings to no success and also tried multiple head sets and still the same hollow sound, So it has to be 3.5mm jack

The headphone jack on the back of my motherboard is not working properly all of a sudden. I have used the headphone jack for years and never had an issue. Since yesterday when I was trying to get my new headset all hooked up all the sound that comes out of the headphone jack sounds hollow. It sounds like the music is being played in a super big room and im hearing the music faintly almost. Voices sound like god talking to me directly. The jacks on the front of my PC have not been working for years so i have been using the rear ones. Just wondering what the best solution is. I'm looking into a complete rebuild of my pc. But that wont be for awhile. I was wondering if there is a temporary audio something i can install in my PC and plug it in. Have decent ishh understanding of PCs but not enough to know how to fix the problem. I have tried fiddling around with the sound settings to no success and also tried multiple head sets and still the same hollow sound, So it has to be 3.5mm jack

I have the MSI software installed and set up my keybindings so in game it will show the stats or anything. But no matter what the key binding i set the MSI will not show up over the game to show me the stats. No my father isnt here to help me with this, I will watch a variety of videos and learn how to do it myself. Id prefer not to take of the CPU fan and have to remove the thermal paste and have to re apply it. im still working on cleaning out all the fans and such. The most demanding game i have is currently Rainbow Six Siege, But at this point il just wait until tomorrow for the Anthem betta.

Okay that was super freaking easy. Thank you for those links they are super handy.

The Beta will be open this Friday again to play. I have downloaded the MSI software and will do as you instructed me. Thank you so much for the help and advice. The case is very simple to open and clean. There most definitely is dust in the PC. Both of my air compressors are broken ATM. Its nothing insane but could be a lot cleaner. My bios has a temperature gauge in it the settings. As soon as i start playing anthem the fans all kick on and start blowing and sucking. There is 5 fans on the case. One large fan on the front and another on the side. one medium size fan behind the GPU on the back top. Then two fans in one unit sucking air from the top. Also the CPU fan( corsair) it has two tubes running from them to some mount on the side of my two fan unit on the top of my pc. My PC case is huge and is much easier to clean section at a time. I also enjoy taking it apart somewhat to clean it and understand how it was put in and how to clean and maintain my own stuff. i just want to be able to disconnect the cooler from my cpu and clean the top two fan section thing. My PC Fills with dust very easily and very often. I know i cant take the fan part thing of my CPU. i just want the tubes disconnected to clean the top fans. My case is Thermaltake LVL 10 GT.

I inherited a custom PC my father head created in 2015 ish. I am wanting to upgrade my PC to get better frame rate for playing Anthem. In game on max settings or medium setting was getting between 10 fps when a lot of action was happening and 20-30 when moderate action was happening. I know pretty much nothing about PCs. I have been doing some research on my PC and figuring out what components it has. It has a XFX R9 290 Double Dissipation edition 4GB with GDDR5. Intel I7-4770K 3.5 GHZ (8CPU). From what i understand in the bios the CPU is not being over clocked. Have zero idea how to do that. My motherboard is GIGABYTE GA -Z87X-UD3H all powered with a 850 watt thermaltake Toughpower Grand power supply.16 GB of DDR4 RAM. I just want to know if i can just slap in a better graphics card like a GTX 1070 Ti would make me get better FPS. Or should i get a new CPU? I just want to replace the least amount of parts and get better frame rates. Any suggestions of new CPUS or GPUS that would work would be awesome.