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Should You Buy a Sound Card? An Enthusiast's Perspective
I've been on the fence about buying a discrete sound card since building my first PC in 2002. The eq...
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When SSD Performance Goes Awry
An unfortunate tale about Samsung's SSD 840 read performance degradationAn avalanche of reports emer...
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How to Balance Video Games with Real Life
Growing up sucks. Jungle gyms are replaced by cubicles and healthy almonds replace gobs of Gushers....
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Testing Windows 10 Performance Before and After the Meltdown Flaw Emergency Patch
The IT world was caught by surprise this week when it was disclosed that nearly every processor sold...
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Why Building a Gaming PC Right Now is a Bad Idea, Part 1: Expensive DDR4 Memory
The past twelve months turned out to be some of the most exciting times we can remember for building...
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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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What Games Can Ultrabooks Really Play?
Thin and light ultraportable laptops are not gaming systems. Focusing more on productivity and batte...
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How CPUs are Designed, Part 4: Where is Computer Architecture and Design Headed?
Despite continuous improvements and incremental upgrades taking place with each new generation, proc...
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Apple and Google Tablets Moving to Microsoft Territory
The common refrain has been that tablets are for consumption and that laptops are for productivity,...
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Nvidia Pascal Goes Mobile: GeForce GTX 1080, 1070 & 1060 Preview
Last week we were in Bangkok to attend Nvidia's special media event. The product to be unveiled was...
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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...