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The Future of Computer Power Supplies

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Power Supply

Since the birth of computers, technology has been progressively been getting faster and more energy demanding. To quench this need for power, power supplies have been getting larger. Power supplies convert high voltage alternating current, AC, from the wall, to lower voltages of direct current, DC, which computers and electronics can use.
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Extend the Life of Your PC – Care for the Power Supply!

August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Maintain, Power Supply

One key way to keep your PC in tip top condition is to make regular checks on the power supply unit (PSU). Usually situated in the top of your PC tower and distributing power to all of your PC hardware, the PSU is one vital component you cannot do without.
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How to Upgrade Video Card Drivers

August 21st, 2010 · No Comments · How To Maintain

Upgrading drivers for your GPU (a.k.a. video card model) is a simple task, mostly involving spending some time downloading software (the correct software of course.) If you have no clue on how to do this read onwards for step-by-step help.
After having installed a new card on your system, it is common that it may cause [...]

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Building a PC: Installing Graphics and Other Expansion Cards

July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Setup

Expansion card installation is pretty straightforward, which is good: it is the most frequently performed upgrade, in addition to being an important step of a PC build.

Where Do These Things Go?
Though the procedure for installing different kinds of expansion cards is largely identical, we need to make sure the cards are going in the right [...]

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Diagnose Video Card Problems

May 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · How To Diagnose, Video Cards

The computer video card is the device that takes output and interprets it; instructing the monitor on which of the tiny dots on the screen to light up to produce the right graphic image for you to see. In other words, the Video Card, also known as the graphic card, is the graphic powerhouse of [...]

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How Graphics Cards Work

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Q & A, Technology

The images you see on your monitor are made of tiny dots called pixels. At most common resolution settings, a screen displays over a million pixels, and the computer has to decide what to do with every one in order to create an image. To do this, it needs a translator — something to take [...]

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NVIDIA SLI Technology Explained

February 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Video Cards

NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFire have been around for quite a while now, but it’s only lately that the industry has seen a significant breakthrough and advancement in the technology.
If you don’t know what these 3D performance enhancing technologies do exactly, I’m sure you’ve at least heard of SLI and CrossFire before. In this article [...]

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What Is An External Video Card

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Video Cards

One of the most recent inventions in video card technology is that of the external video card. These external Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) plug directly into one of your computer’s USB ports and can potentially increase your 3D graphics performance.
External graphics cards are mainly targeted at those looking for high-end performance and those who want [...]

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