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I gave my old computer to my father-in-law a couple of weeks ago. I built this thing in 2000 or 2001 so it's a bit long in the tooth but plenty fast for email and internet stuff which is all he does ...

Now that we’re one day removed from Nvidia’s huge announcement for desktop gamers, I trust many of you are feeling tempted to make a September splurge and upgrade your graphics card. Whether you’re ...

Choosing the best graphics card for upgrading your aging board is difficult. Ultimately, you want a balanced setup: Too much power, and the graphics processing unit just sits idle in a game, waiting ...

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 ...

I recently upgraded my PC thanks to some encouragement from my French bulldog, Remy. Turns out there are only so many times a 37-pound dog can enthusiastically slam his bodyweight into a desktop tower ...

Graphics cards or graphics processing units (GPU) are crucial if you are building a PC or looking to make a graphical upgrade to your current computer. Many computers get by with an integrated ...

As a primarily Mac user for years I've been out of the graphics card market for quite a while and was looking for some suggestions on what card to get for an older machine to allow me to play some ...

As PCs get more powerful and easier to use, the challenges involved with upgrading them have remained about the same. For the novice, a hard drive upgrade can appear downright daunting. For more ...

PC Building Simulator, as the name implies, is all about crafting your very own personal computer. You’ll have plenty of tools to work with, from RAM to motherboards, making it the perfect game for ...

Macs – and Apple itself – are famously resistant to many forms of user upgrade. But can you upgrade the graphics card in a Mac, and give your gaming performance a boost? In most cases, unfortunately, ...