PCIe stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, and it is a standard for internal devices on a computer. If you are curious as to what the difference is between PCI Express vs PCI on its own: PCI express refers to the actual expansion slots on the motherboard into which PCIe-based cards are inserted, and sometimes to the cards themselves as well. PCI, or conventional PCI, refers to the…
The importance of shutting down your computer properly is like prepping really hard for an exam. The more you go deep into the nooks and crannies of what you’re studying, the more it trips you up when the paper is simple, because you’re preoccupied with much more complex stuff.
We might know a lot about overclocking, the best apps for GPU scaling, motherboard chipsets, whatever, but the basics…
People who are serious about their entertainment will likely have heard the words present in our title many a time already, even if they’re still as confusing as the first time you came across them.
It doesn’t matter if you have the best gaming monitor or the cheapest thing you could find; it’s all contingent on the connector cables you’re using.
Gamers, movie buffs, and people with…
Back when consoles ruled the market for gaming mediums, the primary debate among users was that of Sony vs Nintendo, as PCs were simply left to some of the more hardcore gamers (such as those who played Quake 3 or the original DOTA). But PCs have come a long way as viable mediums for all sorts of games, so the debate on PC vs. Console is raging at a breakneck pace.
Both PCs and Consoles have their…
The M.2 standard for SSDs is new, exciting, and promising. First, let’s look into why it was needed in the first place.
SSDs, and the Need for M.2
SSDs or Solid State Drives are flash storage devices that have, for the most part, replaced their predecessors (the more traditional HDDs). SSDs are faster, lighter, and take up much less space inside your PC.
In the past few years, there have been…
CPU processors: the backbone to something that’s already been called the backbone of something. It’s trippy stuff, confusing to many, but today, we’re about to break it down for novice and expert alike.
Choosing between the lower-case i’s is a question of two factors and how much weight each might hold: your intended usage and your budget.
These can also be taken as the two steps in which…
With just about a never-ending number of permutations and combinations of tech specs resulting in different shapes and sizes of screens – either on phones, televisions, projectors, and weird and wonderful monitors – it’s important to have a little know-how of the differences between varying types of video resolution.
While most people might be aware of, say, 4k versus 1080p, not everyone…
DirectX is a preinstalled Microsoft software in Windows, and it serves as a programming interface that allows your computer’s software to communicate with its hardware. While the basic purpose of DirectX is to platforms such as the Windows OS to run smoothly, it is designed specifically for multimedia uses (rendering audio/video for games, movies, etc.)
Therefore, problems with DirectX mean…
The all-in-one computer is a testament to how far technology has come.
Gone are the days of computers that reportedly needed their own entire king-size rooms. Desktops now come with the monitor integrated with everything else (ports, processing, and most peripherals), giving the impression that all you need (with the display) is a simple mouse and keyboard.
An all-in-one computer sounds like an…
Way back, there was only one kind of video: few people considered the differences between FLV, WMV, or AVI. Now, however, everything is driven by what type of video quality you want; long gone are the days of low-quality videos that took their precious time to buffer and had you squinting.
YouTube, Facebook, and all the big names – from online news sites to educational resources – now offer…
VRAM simply means Video RAM, and it is a form of storage just like regular RAM. A VRAM is built directly into your graphics card and stores the relevant graphic data such as textures. The biggest difference here is that VRAM consists of faster RAM types such as GDDR5 and GDDR6, although VR and workstation GPUs use HBM or HBM2.
Everyone knows that GPUs are a very important part of gaming. If you…
When it comes to processors, there are two big names you might have to weigh the pros and cons of: AMD and Intel.
Of course, tech is all relative, which means that one size won’t fit all: neither literally, nor metaphorically.
A discussion about AMD vs Intel should also make note of an actual AMD vs Intel court case (any one of multiple such lawsuits filed) wherein Intel has been repeatedly…