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The Last Mile to Civilization 2.0: Technologies From Our Not Too Distant Future
Developments in big data and bio-tech are ushering in a new age of consumer electronics that will br...
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Then and Now: 5 Generations of GeForce Graphics Compared
It may not seem like it, but we've been gaming on DirectX 11 graphics hardware for half a decade. Th...
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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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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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Intellivision: Gone But Not Forgotten
One day in 1979, during Christmas break, I sneaked into my parents' bedroom while they were away, ho...
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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Optical 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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2016's $170 GPU vs. 2019's $170 GPUs
Today we're going to review the sub-$200 graphics card market and see how it compares to what we wer...
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Are We Reaching GPU Normalcy? The Answer is (Almost) Yes
It's time for another look at graphics card pricing and this month it's particularly exciting as we...
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Explainer: What is SSD Trimming?
Have you ever noticed when you go into Windows to optimize your storage drives, it says retrim for S...
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Update your BIOS: Utilities from Top Motherboard Makers
PSA:Enthusiasts building their own PCs are accustomed to keeping up with latest drivers, especially...
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Graphics Card Pricing Update: December 2018
Time is running out for 2018, so this will be last update to our series that explores graphics card...
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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...