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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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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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How to: Taking Pictures of PCBs
I've been taking pictures of circuits as part of the (now defunct) Omzlo One Kickstarter and the new...
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What Are Chiplets and Why They Are So Important for the Future of Processors
While chiplets have been in use for decades, they've been employed sparingly and for very specific p...
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Nvidia Ampere vs. AMD RDNA 2: Battle of the Architectures
For GPU enthusiasts, it's been a long wait. Nvidia kept the Turing line going for two years before r...
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When SSD Performance Goes Awry
An unfortunate tale about Samsung's SSD 840 read performance degradationAn avalanche of reports emer...
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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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The Sims: 22 Years and Counting
Every gamer who was alive at the turn of the millennium has either played, or at the very least hear...
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12 Ways Black Friday 2013 Will Be Different
As the official starter for the holiday shopping season, Black Friday is expected to be a frenzy of...
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How to Keep Using Internet Explorer in Microsoft Edge with IE Mode
This year, Microsoft finally and officially retired Internet Explorer, the legacy web browser. If yo...
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AMD B450 or B550 Motherboard for Ryzen 5000 CPUs?
With the announcement of AMD's Ryzen 5000 desktop CPU series, we noticed a lot of chatter about B450...
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Halo Infinite PC Graphics Benchmark
Today we're taking a look at Halo Infinite's graphics performance by testing over 30 Nvidia and AMD...