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Ray Tracing & DLSS with the GeForce RTX 3080
With Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3080 out the door, it's time we take a deep dive into ray tracing and DLSS...
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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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5 Affordable Last
It's always tough to recommend budget smartphones to prospective buyers. For less than $200 (and no...
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10 Big Misconceptions About Computer Hardware
With technology advancing so rapidly around us, sometimes misconceptions can work their way into our...
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Guide to HEVC/H.265 Encoding and Playback
For years, H.264 has been the go-to video compression standard. Whenever you download a film or TV s...
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Building a Budget PC: Should You Buy a Used Graphics Card?
At a time when graphics cards are extremely overpriced, AMD's new Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G of...
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How Deus Ex Predicted the Future
Warning:If you haven't played Deus Ex, but have maybe bought it in a Steam Sale as something you're...
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Estimating CPU Performance Using Amdahl's Law
If you are in the market for a new computer, or thinking of upgrading your current system, choosing...
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How CPUs are Designed, Part 4: Where is Computer Architecture and Design Headed?
Despite continuous improvements and incremental upgrades taking place with each new generation, proc...
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Nvidia DLSS in 2020: Stunning Results
We've been waiting to reexamine Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling for a long time, partly becaus...
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RAM Matters: How Much Do You Need for Gaming? 4GB, 8GB, 16GB or 32GB
About this time each year we set out to see how much RAM is required to play the latest and greatest...
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Explainer: L1 vs. L2 vs. L3 Cache
Every single CPU found in any computer, from a cheap laptop to a million-dollar server, will have so...