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30 Years of Civilization
"Just one more turn," an expression that's become synonymous with the game Civilization. It's a feel...
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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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How CPU Cores & Cache Impact Gaming Performance
At some point you may have heard someone say that for gaming you need X amount of cores. Typical exa...
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A PC Gaming Music Journey: From Doom to Terraria, System Shock, and More Memorable Soundtracks
A few years back, we published a feature highlighting memorable video game music from the 8-bit and...
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We Cannot Live Without Cryptography!
You're about to wind up your day and use your smartphone to check what's in your smart fridge to dec...
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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 to Boot to BIOS in Windows 11
The Windows 11 POST (Power On Self-Test) process happens quickly for improved startup times, leaving...
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Anatomy of a Power Supply Unit (PSU)
Every single desktop PC, console, or laptop has one of these. It doesn't boost your frame rate or ch...
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Screen Tearing or Input Lag? To Vsync or Not to Vsync?
Screen tear or input lag? To vsync or not to vsync? For the longest time, this was an either-or ques...
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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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Rob's Alder Lake Windows 11 Rig Build Log
Here's a confession: I haven't built a PC from scratch in almost a decade. Sure, I've replaced RAM,...
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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...