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Why Refresh Rates Matter: From 30Hz to 540Hz
Are higher refresh rates better for gaming? Yes, they are. In this article we'll explain why refresh...
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How 3D Game Rendering Works: Lighting and Shadows
The vast majority of visual effects you see in games today depend on the clever use of lighting and...
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Explainer: What is an API?
Direct3D. OpenAL. Winsock. You've probably heard of these, you might have even usedthem before, but...
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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Optical Drives
It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't going to be about a new superhero trio i...
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Why Are Modern PC Games Using So Much VRAM?
Even if you're just a casual follower of tech news, you can't have missed that the amount of video m...
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What Ever Happened to The Million Dollar Homepage?
What are pixels? The display on your screen is made of them, and raster image file formats have been...
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11 Myths About Buying a New 4K TV
If you've looked into purchasing a TV in recent years, you've been perhaps overwhelmed by the jargon...
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Windows 11 vs. Windows 10 Performance: Gaming and Applications
Windows 11 is coming and some of you have been trying out the leaked ISO as have multiple media outl...
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Explainer: What is a File System?
Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting...
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Explainer: What Are Tensor Cores?
For the past three years Nvidia has been making graphics chips that feature extra cores, beyond the...
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GPU Availability and Pricing Update: January 2022
It's that time of the month, time to assess the current GPU market and see what on earth is going on...
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Game Streaming Investigation: Which Quality Settings Are Best?
This is the first part of an investigation into game streaming, a topic that we've been requested on...