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4GB vs. 8GB: How Have VRAM Requirements Evolved?
A lot has been said about 8GB graphics cards over the past year, and much of that discussion was spa...
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I have a confession to make: I've spent several hundred dollars on Steam Controllers
No, I'm not crazy, and I'm not a collector of failed tech, either. Over the past five years, the Ste...
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How CPU Cores & Cache Impact Gaming Performance
At some point you may have heard someone say that for gaming you need X amount of cores. Typical exa...
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4GHz CPU Battle: Ryzen 3900X vs. 3700X vs. Core i9
IPC stands for "instructions per cycle" and it can be a good indicator of a processor's architecture...
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Essential Apps to Install on your Windows PC or Mac
You just bought a new laptop, built a new desktop PC, or are simply clean installing on a new solid...
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Nvidia and AMD Price Cut Battle, Great GPUs Discontinued
For the return of our monthly GPU pricing updates, we took a break last month due to all the graphic...
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30 Years of Civilization
"Just one more turn," an expression that's become synonymous with the game Civilization. It's a feel...
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Explainer: What is a File System?
Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting...
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50 Years Later: The Revolutionary 8008 Microprocessor
Guest author Ken Shirriff is a Silicon Valley-based computer enthusiast who enjoys reverse-engineeri...
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Add Tabs to File Explorer and Other Applications Ahead of Windows 10's Sets Feature
While tabs have been a core part of web browsers for more than a decade (including Internet Explorer...
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Multitasking Benchmark: PC Gaming + YouTube + Discord
In today's article we're going to look at multitasking performance when gaming. This is a complex su...
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Not Intel, Not AMD: Alternative CPU Architectures from Around the World
It's easy to think of the desktop CPU space as a duopoly: on the one hand you have Intel finally tra...