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Should You Be Wary of All the Free Games?
It's not every day that you can get a free AAA game like GTA 5, Batman Arkham Knight or Star Wars Ba...
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GPU Prices Drop Even Further, Sort Of
It's time for our mid-month GPU pricing update and we feel like we say this every month, but honestl...
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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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Cyrix: Gone But Not Forgotten
Most of you are no doubt familiar with Intel and AMD, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and possibly even...
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Explainer: What is Chip Binning?
You just bought a new CPU or graphics card, and fired it up in your PC. It seems to run pretty cool,...
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Why Ryzen Was Amazing and the Haters Were All Wrong
We're currently in the process of testing the Ryzen 7 5800X3D on various first generation AM4 mother...
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Display Tech Compared: TN vs. VA vs. IPS
When choosing a new computer monitor, the type of panel used by the display is a key piece of inform...
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Supercharge Your Desktop and Mobile Productivity With These Clipboard Managers
The clipboard is a fundamental part of any modern operating system that even the least tech inclined...
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Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing, Explained
Every few years, it seems like there's an amazing new technology with the promise of making games lo...
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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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What Ever Happened to Winamp?
Recently I had a friend over to whom I offered to audition my DIY PC speaker system. The first thing...
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The Homebrew Litecoin Mining Project
It's hard not to be intrigued by Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer digital currency devised by the mysteriou...