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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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4GHz CPU Battle: AMD 2nd
For the unaware, IPC (instructions per cycle) provides a good indicator of how fast a processor is a...
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How CPUs are Designed, Part 3: Building the Chip
This is the third installment in our CPU design series. In Part 1, we covered computer architecture...
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: A Ray Tracing Investigation
Critically-acclaimed game Shadow of the Tomb Raider has been updated to receive support for both Dir...
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We Test a $1,000 CPU From 2010 vs. Ryzen 3
Today we're going to have a bit of benchmark fun as we test out a processor we reviewed in 2010. Rec...
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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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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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What's Your Old Graphics Card Now Worth?
Today we're exploring the used graphics card market, something we don't often cover, but with the la...
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Ray Tracing & DLSS with the GeForce RTX 3080
With Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3080 out the door, it's time we take a deep dive into ray tracing and DLSS...
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Explainer: What are MMX, SSE, and AVX?
Computer technology is no strange to acronyms: CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD, BIOS, CD-ROM, to name but a few....
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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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Testing AMD's new Radeon Image Sharpening: Is It Better than Nvidia's DLSS?
Today we're taking a deeper look into one of the new features that shipped with AMD's latest Navi GP...