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Learn How to Code: 22 Free Online Resources
Whether you're looking for something new to learn, or just want to refresh your memory on something...
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How Blizzard Saved Diablo III From Disaster
This is an excerpt from Jason Schreier's upcoming book, "Blood, Sweat, and Pixels," which comes out...
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Ryzen 5 3600 vs. 3600X: Which should you buy?
We were among the first publications to review the Ryzen 5 3600 and at $200 we found the 6-core, 12-...
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25 Years Later: A Brief Analysis of GPU Processing Efficiency
The first 3D graphics cards appeared 25 years ago and since then their power and complexity have gro...
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Performance
If you are in the market for a new PC, you're probably all too aware of the huge variety of differen...
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The Ideal Smartphone for 2017
2016 was another year where, for the most part, it was hard to pick a bad smartphone. Sure, the Gala...
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Metro Exodus Ray Tracing Benchmarked
It's time for us to talk about ray tracing once again, this time in Metro Exodus, the latest game to...
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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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Windows 8.1: Six Things Microsoft Got Right and Others That Are Still Missing
Not unlike previous releases of Microsoft's ubiquitous desktop OS, Windows 8 has faced a lot of scru...
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Is 6GB VRAM Enough for 1440p Gaming? Testing Usage with Nvidia's RTX 2060
Today we're investigating claims that the new GeForce RTX 2060 is not a good buy because it only fea...
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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...
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Refresh Windows 10 to its default state in a few clicks, keeping your files and settings
If you've been thinking about reinstalling Windows 10 because of stability issues, malware infection...