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Not all computers are designed the same way. Though two computers in your office may have on-board graphics chipsets, it may be that only one of them would take a video card. The devil is in the ...

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...

Like computers, graphics cards use RAM to store active data -- and like PCs, in many cases, the more RAM available to a card, the better the card will perform. Video memory contains data about each ...

My father still has a Abit BX133-RAID still kicking and fighting and still performing quite well considering it's age. I'm trying to find the parts to max out the RAM and processor along with some ...

There was a time when no PC could play a decent game unless it was outfitted with a discrete graphics processor. Today, most off-the-shelf desktop rigs—and nearly all notebook PCs—rely entirely on the ...

From blue screens to constant lag, these PC issues can reveal whether you need a new part, better maintenance, or a new ...

In the olden days of the 1990s and early 2000s, PCs were big and videocards were small-ish add-in boards that blended in with other ISA, PCI and AGP cards. These days, however, videocards are big and ...

There are several methods you can use to check graphics card specs on Windows 10. At the basic level, you can do this using the Command Prompt. If you need more information on the GPU you can use ...

Roblox is a very popular and fun game platform that gives access to several games. So if you are trying to launch Roblox to play games but are getting the Your ...

A boutique builder has launched a new lineup of "no GPU" enthusiast PCs, specifically intended for gamers who already have a video card but need to buy everything else. So far, only one company that ...

In a setup where you want your PC to use the dedicated GPU, you need to connect your monitor to the graphics card because if the monitor is connected directly to the motherboard, the system uses the ...