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Buying an MP3 Player in 2018
While most people who enjoy music on the go these days are listening from their phones, there are st...
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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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Why Do Image Files Need Different Formats?
Most of your digital photos are stored in the JPEG format (a.k.a. JPG), but when you download an ima...
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Video Games Are Better The Second Time You Play Them
Everyone remembers the first time they played a really good video game. The constant surprises of Ha...
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Why Building a Gaming PC Right Now is a Bad Idea, Part 3: Bad Timing
In the first part of this series we looked at DDR4 memory, discussed pricing and availability, and s...
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Anatomy of a Gamepad
Input devices have a key role in the computing and gaming landscape. Today we'll finish our autopsy...
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The Best Portable Apps for Your Software Toolbox
Portable apps usually offer the same functionality and advantages as the regular versions of your fa...
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How CPUs are Designed and Built
We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is goi...
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Using a 4K TV as a Desktop Monitor
Try as I might, I can't recall exactly what compelled me to connect a second monitor to my PC for th...
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Making a Fast Quad
In a recent hardware deep-dive, we took a look at how CPU cores and cache impacted gaming performanc...
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Nvidia DLSS in 2020: Stunning Results
We've been waiting to reexamine Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling for a long time, partly becaus...
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How 3D Game Rendering Works: Vertex Processing
In this first part of our deeper look at 3D game rendering, we'll be focusing entirely on the vertex...