Although “mouse acceleration” may be an unfamiliar term for you, fact is that it can play an important role in your overall gaming performance, as well as general mouse use.
The reason for that is mouse behavior, which differs depending on whether the acceleration is on or off. To be precise, when the acceleration is on and you slowly move your mouse, the cursor will replicate your hand…
Today’s article is based on the premise that building your gaming rig instead of buying a “brand one” is a better choice both in terms of money and performance for the buck spent, hence we’ll discuss a hot issue: what’s the best custom gaming pc builder? It’s true that if you know a thing or two about IT, i.e. you’re an experienced engineer or a PC enthusiast…
If you ever needed to share the signal between the multiple screens, you are probably more than aware of the importance of having an HDMI splitter, and how this little gadget can help you with your business or home entertainment.
However, being aware of its importance and finding the best HDMI splitter for your needs are two completely different things, and this is why this guide was made in the…
Although the refresh rate isn’t as important as, for instance, a monitor’s resolution or color accuracy, it still plays an important role in the overall viewing experience, especially when it comes to gaming.
A higher refresh rate means that your monitor’s image will update faster and, as a result, provide a smoother picture.
Everyday office or home monitors have a refresh rate of 60Hz or…
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…
You might know how to clean your screen, give your keyboard a thorough scrub, and even the ins and outs of keeping a PC running in perfect health – but when we take a break from all this, we realize that the mouse pad has, in our neglect, become a part of that cesspool exemplifying the point of no return.
Or, you know, it’s not that dramatic and we can guide you how to clean a mouse pad, right…
Webcams have many uses but are of no use when they keep bombarding you with error upon error. While there are alternatives that let you avoid this problem in and of itself, the usual smart choice is to test your webcam either after you set it up or before you’re going to be using it, just so you can take care of any problems beforehand and not have to deal with them when you’re in the middle…