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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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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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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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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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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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The Best Portable Apps for Your Software Toolbox
Portable apps usually offer the same functionality and advantages as the regular versions of your fa...
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Explainer: What Are Processor Threads?
In the beginning, it was just one. Years went by before it became two, and then four. Now you can ha...
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Should You Buy a Sound Card? An Enthusiast's Perspective
I've been on the fence about buying a discrete sound card since building my first PC in 2002. The eq...
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One of Android's Easter Eggs is a Flappy Bird
Need to kill some time off? Google loves Easter eggs and in Android Lollipop it introduced a hidden...
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TechSpot PC Buying Guide: Early 2024
How has the PC market evolved in the past few months?For gamers and mainstream users, not much has h...
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Explainer: What is Chip Binning?
You just bought a new CPU or graphics card, and fired it up in your PC. It seems to run pretty cool,...
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5 Ways to Access a Locked Windows Account
Coming to the aid of a fellow forum member, TSers recently shared around a dozen ways to handle a lo...