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Buying Guide to Graphics Cards

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

The graphics card is a vital performance component of your computer, particularly if you play 3D games, or work with graphics and video content. The graphics card sits in an expansion card slot in your PC and it is specifically designed to process image data and output it to your monitor, enabling you to see it. A graphics card works by calculating how images appear, particularly 3D images, and renders them to the screen. 3D images and video images take a lot of processing capacity, and many ...

Discover What Parts Make Computer Memory Options Different

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Memory is important for any computer. It works to help with storing temporary data in a computer. This is so that it will be easier to get programs to work faster. Many features will be used in desktop memory though. Here are some of the many parts of this computer device to watch for.The size of what is used wi...

DIY Guide- Using Dual PSU to power a single PC

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

DIY Guide-Using Dual PSU to power a single PC.So you got your processor pumping to 4Ghz+,A Raid 0 Array too!,Good.What? your 550W PSU hesitating to run those Voltmodded 7800 GTX SLi?Random reboots after setting up water cooling?Worry Not!!This guide shows how to use two ATX PSU to Juice up your Ultra end PC.Double the power,Double the fun,Right?#Disclaimer:As with every good guide, lets start with a Disclaimer.This ...

Gateway Fx530xt

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

High-end gaming systems usually come in huge, heavy cases, but the FX530XT packs its muscle into a more standard yet still stylish case that stands just 16.5 inches high. Gateway shipped our test system with its .66-GHz Intel Core Extreme QX6700 processor bumped up to 3. GHz (covered under the machine's one-year warranty). The CPU and the included 4GB of 667-MHz DDR memory helped the PC reach a solid WorldBench 6 Beta score of 16--putting it right in the middle of our rece...

Get a Pc That Doesn`t Look Like it Came Off a Pc Hypermart Shelf

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

When someone says 'mods' or 'modeling' to you, you probably think one of two things: A neon-lit, willy-waving offence to all that's good and virtuous, or an amateur craftsman possessing a skill with a Dremel and a soldering iron such as you could never even dream of. Both things, to a certain extent, are true. A great deal of moddingdom does, it must be said, transcend traditional ideas of taste and decency in favor of looking like the sort of garish monstrosity you'd find parked...