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Fire TV vs. Roku vs. Chromecast: Between a set
As Amazon Fire TV ($99) bursts onto the market to compete with streamers like the Roku 3 ($99) and A...
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Explainer: What is an API?
Direct3D. OpenAL. Winsock. You've probably heard of these, you might have even usedthem before, but...
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The OLED Burn
Over the course of the last month, we have been purposefully using a 4K OLED monitor in ways that wi...
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Buying an MP3 Player in 2018
While most people who enjoy music on the go these days are listening from their phones, there are st...
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GPU Pricing Update, Year in Review: Price Trends Charted
Welcome back for our monthly GPU pricing update, the last one of the year. In today's article we hav...
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How CPUs are Designed and Built
We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is goi...
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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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Game Streaming Investigation: Which Quality Settings Are Best?
This is the first part of an investigation into game streaming, a topic that we've been requested on...
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Aiming for Atoms: The Art of Making Chips Smaller
In the realm of computer chips, bigger numbers are often better. Morecores, higherGHz, and greaterFL...
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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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Building a Hackintosh with Quo's Any OS Motherboard
Apple famously transitioned away from PowerPC processors in favor of Intel's back in 2006. The move...
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7 Ways to Screenshot in Windows 10
A few of you clicking on this article are probably thinking: "isn't it easy to screenshot in Windows...