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RAM prices are on the increase, with no relief in sight until later in 2017

RAM prices are on the increase, no relief until later in 2017

Posted on February 1, 2017 By Ricardo Botha

If you’re buying a new machine or upgrading the one you already have, you’ll need to set aside some additional cash for RAM as prices…

32-bit vs. 64-bit – what’s the difference, and what does it mean for your PC?

32-bit vs. 64-bit – what’s the difference, and what does it mean for your PC?

Posted on November 28, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

What are bits? The number of bits in a processor refers to the size of the data types that it handles and the size of…

Western Digital

Western Digital (WD) HDD Colours

Posted on November 11, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

What is the difference between WD Hard Drive colours? In this article we will compare and show you the main differences between Western Digital’s internal…

Updated Radeon drivers arrive with ‘Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’ support

Updated Radeon drivers arrive with ‘Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’ support

Posted on November 4, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

Today, AMD issued a press release announcing the latest version of its Radeon Software Crimson Edition, which includes the drivers supporting the entire line of…

Nvidia’s new Game Ready driver is ready for ‘Battlefield 1,’ ‘Titanfall 2,’ more

Nvidia’s new Game Ready driver is ready

Posted on October 22, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

On Thursday, Nvidia released a new GeForce Game Ready WHQL driver for its GeForce graphics cards, version 375.57. As always, the driver can be obtained…

Microsoft: Xbox Scorpio will support native 4K gaming

Microsoft: Xbox Scorpio will support native 4K gaming

Posted on September 20, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

The Xbox’s Project Scorpio is still a year away, but Microsoft is already making some pretty bold claims about the console’s computing power. Unlike the…

AMD’s newest APUs boost performance by 17 percent, go toe-to-toe with Intel Core i5

AMD’s newest APUs boost performance by 17 percent, go toe-to-toe with Intel Core i5

Posted on September 5, 2016September 5, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

In 2011, AMD introduced the APU, a single chip that crams CPU cores and GPU cores into a single-chip solution. Since then, the company has…

Nvidia’s latest GeForce drivers target ‘Deus Ex,’ ‘No Man’s Sky’ issues

Nvidia’s latest GeForce drivers target ‘Deus Ex,’ ‘No Man’s Sky’ issues

Posted on August 17, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

If you’re among the many players experiencing issues with the PC version of Hello Games’ interstellar exploration sim No Man’s Sky, Nvidia’s latest GeForce driver…

So long, dongles: Microsoft will build one into your next Windows 10 PC

So long, dongles: Microsoft will build one into your next Windows 10 PC

Posted on August 17, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

Xbox is phasing out unnecessary dongles for your Windows 10 PC, announcing a new line of computers that communicate wirelessly with your Xbox accessories without…

This tiny computer is a quarter the size of Raspberry Pi

This tiny computer is a quarter the size of Raspberry Pi

Posted on August 16, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

Hackers and tinkerers rejoice! There’s another single-board computer for you to build your next project with. The Onion Omega2 is a full-fledged Linux computer that…

Think a neighbor is stealing your Wi-Fi? Find out for sure

Think a neighbor is stealing your Wi-Fi? Find out for sure

Posted on August 15, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

Is your internet a little slow? Do videos on YouTube take too long to buffer? Do movies on Netflix show up in a lower resolution…

Impressive mod turns the Xbox One S into a laptop

Impressive mod turns the Xbox One S into a laptop

Posted on August 12, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

Unveiled at this year’s E3 event, the Xbox One S takes the power of Microsoft’s flagship home console and puts it in a smaller, more…

Two-step verification through texts might go the way of the dodo sooner or later

Two-step verification through texts might go the way of the dodo sooner or later

Posted on July 28, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

Even though the number of websites and services that use two-step verification as a way to secure accounts has increased over the years, the National…

AMD’s new $10,000 graphics card has its own built-in SSDs

AMD’s new $10,000 graphics card has its own built-in SSDs

Posted on July 27, 2016July 27, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

As much as gamers might be willing to spend on their PCs, their computers have nothing on the cost of high-end workstations, especially if those…

YouTuber creates virtual drum set, bangs out Pokémon theme song in VR

YouTuber creates virtual drum set, bangs out Pokémon theme song in VR

Posted on July 27, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

Why buy a drum set when you can use an HTC Vive and create your own perfect virtual setup? Well, that’s exactly what YouTuber Emre…

How Xbox One, Xbox One S, Windows, and Scorpio will work together

How Xbox One, Xbox One S, Windows, and Scorpio will work together

Posted on July 25, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

Microsoft had an eventful Xbox presentation for E3 2016, with major announcements for both new hardware and compatibility. It was also pretty confusing. We heard…

Want to upgrade your old PC? Here’s how to gain maximum speed at minimum cost

Want to upgrade your old PC? Here’s how to gain maximum speed at minimum cost

Posted on July 25, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

PC sales are down more or less across the board. That’s not necessarily a bad thing (unless you happen to be a PC manufacturer, of…

Windows and IPv6

Posted on November 2, 2012July 25, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

For those who know what IPv6 is all about and would like to get their computers ready for accessing IPv6 websites without any difficulty. I…

Arm Processor

What is ARM?

Posted on October 30, 2012June 10, 2016 By Ricardo Botha

We have all heard about ARM processors in some or other form maybe read an article or saw it in the phone specification etc. but…

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