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Making a Fast Quad
In a recent hardware deep-dive, we took a look at how CPU cores and cache impacted gaming performanc...
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A Decade Later: Does the Q6600 Still Have Game in 2017?
Launched over a decade ago, the 65nm Core 2 Extreme QX6700 was Intel's first quad-core desktop proce...
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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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Mastering Gmail Search
When Gmail debuted 12 years ago it made a shift in how we thought about email. At a time when the no...
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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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A Brief History of the Multi
It's hard to overemphasize how far computers have come and how they have transformed just about ever...
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Why Upgrading a Gaming PC Right Now is Almost Pointless
Earlier in the week, we were discussing why building a new gaming PC right now isn't a bad idea, as...
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Anatomy of a Gamepad
Input devices have a key role in the computing and gaming landscape. Today we'll finish our autopsy...
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How USB Works
Editor's note:An updated version of this article has been published.For 25 years, the USB port has b...
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Rendition: Gone But Not Forgotten
Today's PC gamers can consider themselves lucky when it comes to choosing a graphics card (relativel...
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Overclocking Intel Non
We're revisiting Intel's locked Alder Lake CPUs with a special sneak peak of an upcoming MSI motherb...
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The People Who Only Play One Video Game
Video games are changing. Increasingly, we're seeing a subset of players focus their attention on on...