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Bigger Than Godzilla: Why Are Games Using So Many Gigabytes?
If you're a devoted PC gamer, you've undoubtedly noticed that many of today's titles demand vast amo...
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Explainer: What Are Processor Threads?
In the beginning, it was just one. Years went by before it became two, and then four. Now you can ha...
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4 Years of Ryzen 5, CPU & GPU Scaling Benchmark
In our last massive CPU and GPU scaling benchmark, we put Zen 3 series processors to the test, and w...
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Explainer: Number Representations in Computer Hardware
As Shakespeare would have it, "that which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet...
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Building a Budget PC: Should You Buy a Used Graphics Card?
At a time when graphics cards are extremely overpriced, AMD's new Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G of...
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GPU Pricing Update: Was AMD's Radeon RX 7000 Launch a Success?
Our final GPU pricing update of the year brings some interesting data points considering we've final...
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How to Boot to BIOS in Windows 11
The Windows 11 POST (Power On Self-Test) process happens quickly for improved startup times, leaving...
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Top 10 Hacks for Microsoft Excel
Millions of people around the world use Microsoft Excel to handle all kinds of office and productivi...
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AMD Smart Access Memory Tested, Benchmarked
Today we're taking a detailed look at how AMD's Smart Access Memory (SAM) technology influences perf...
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Patched Laptops: Testing Meltdown & Spectre Patches on Ultraportable
You've probably seen our coverage and tests over the past few weeks on the Meltdown and Spectre vuln...
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17 Years of Far Cry
The video game landscape is filled with long-running first-person shooter franchises, from the incre...
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Explainer: What is SSD Trimming?
Have you ever noticed when you go into Windows to optimize your storage drives, it says retrim for S...