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The State of Nvidia RTX Ray Tracing: One Year Later
Time to revisit the state of ray tracing. It's been months since we last discussed ray tracing in de...
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What If Microsoft Had Released an Officebook Instead of the Surface RT
Ever since release I've been following Microsoft's Surface tablets, and when I say following I mean...
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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Hard Disk Drives
It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't going to be about a new superhero trio i...
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Anatomy of a Mouse
We've all seen and used them at home, school, and work. Computer mice are often inexpensive and basi...
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Then and Now: Almost 10 Years of Intel CPUs Compared
It's hard to believe 15 years have passed since I tested the Pentium 4 series for the first time. At...
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Impact of Temperature on Intel CPU Performance
If you're looking for authoritative information on how much cooling is enough for your CPU, you'll b...
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Interview: What is it Like to Develop a Game in VR?
The jump scare is a trope used in many horror video games. It features a build-up of suspense, the m...
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I Deleted All My Social Accounts: Three Weeks Without Social Media
To say that a lot of people use social media is an understatement. At last count, Facebook had more...
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How Hot is Too Hot for PC Hardware?
With power limits of CPUs and graphics cards climbing ever higher, and news reports of chips hitting...
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AMD B450 or B550 Motherboard for Ryzen 5000 CPUs?
With the announcement of AMD's Ryzen 5000 desktop CPU series, we noticed a lot of chatter about B450...
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What's Thermal Throttling and How to Prevent It
Heat is an inevitable byproduct of work. It's generated when you start a car's engine, go for a bris...
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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...