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Radeon VII & GeForce RTX 2080 using Ryzen 7 2700X & Core i7
Today we're looking at a few different hardware configurations to see if certain matchups work bette...
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Benchmarking Your PC: A Guide to Best Practices
Like millions of people around the world, you probably use your PC to play video games. You may well...
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Touring Logitech's Audio HQ
In searching for the perfect wireless gaming headset, I recently expressed my overall dissatisfactio...
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Using a U2F Key to Secure Your Google, Dropbox, and GitHub Accounts
Last week we discussed the basics of two-factor authentication (2FA) and why it's a good idea to tak...
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A PC Gaming Music Journey: From Doom to Terraria, System Shock, and More Memorable Soundtracks
A few years back, we published a feature highlighting memorable video game music from the 8-bit and...
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The History of the Microprocessor and the Personal Computer
The personal computing business as we know it owes itself to an environment of enthusiasts, entrepre...
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2016's $170 GPU vs. 2019's $170 GPUs
Today we're going to review the sub-$200 graphics card market and see how it compares to what we wer...
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4GB vs. 8GB: How Have VRAM Requirements Evolved?
A lot has been said about 8GB graphics cards over the past year, and much of that discussion was spa...
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Tips for Playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
PlayerUnknown's Battlegroundsis a battle royale game where players fight to be the last person stand...
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Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing, Explained
Every few years, it seems like there's an amazing new technology with the promise of making games lo...
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The Most Memorable Overclocking
Enthusiasts have been pushing the limits of silicon for as long as microprocessors have existed. Ear...
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AMD Ryzen 5000 IPC Performance Tested
Today we'll be taking a look at Zen 3's IPC performance. IPC stands for "instructions per cycle" and...