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4GHz CPU Battle: Ryzen 3900X vs. 3700X vs. Core i9
IPC stands for "instructions per cycle" and it can be a good indicator of a processor's architecture...
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Long Live the Mouse and Keyboard, a Great Way to Control Video Games
For years, I only played PC games with a mouse and keyboard. For years after that, I played almost e...
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Metro Exodus Ray Tracing Benchmarked
It's time for us to talk about ray tracing once again, this time in Metro Exodus, the latest game to...
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Assembling a DIY PC Speaker System
I was bitten by the audiophile bug at a relatively young age. When I was in my early teens, my paren...
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Ryzen 5 3600 + RTX 3080: Killer Combo or Not?
Today we're taking a look back at AMD's value king, the Ryzen 5 3600, but this time with the GeForce...
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Is Virtual Reality Missing Its Moment?
When Facebook announced they were acquiring VR pioneer Oculus in early 2014 for $2 billion, I was a...
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Threadripper 3990X TRX40 VRM Torture Test feat. Asus ROG Zenith II Extreme Alpha
Today we're going to perform some AMD TRX40 motherboard VRM thermal testing using the powerful 64-co...
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What's Thermal Throttling and How to Prevent It
Heat is an inevitable byproduct of work. It's generated when you start a car's engine, go for a bris...
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Are More RAM Modules Better for Gaming? 4 x 4GB vs. 2 x 8GB
It's not unusual to have this kind of question debated in tech forums, so today we're having a look...
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What Ever Happened to AIM?
America Online had the whole digital world in its hands by the mid-1990s, but nothing can last forev...
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And Action! An Examination of Physics in Video Games
Video game physics are something that we often take for granted. If you make your avatar jump, you e...
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Navi vs. Turing: An Architecture Comparison
You've followed the rumors and ignored the hype; you waited for the reviews and looked at all the be...