How do graphics cards work

Say you are trying to melt ice. Well, you could just leave it out in the open to melt. Or you could channel your inner Walter White (the good chemistry) and add some table salt which lowers the freezing point of ice causing it to melt faster. Why? Why not.

A graphic card acts like salt in the computer system. Basically, it speeds up the rendering and creation of computer images. Additionally, it ensures you get the best quality of whatever is displayed on your screen or adds taste to your images (just like salt!). read more

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Gaming Laptop: How to Choose the Right One

Short story, I bought a core 2 duo ‘gaming laptop’ in 2015, yes a Core 2 Duo. Keep in mind that its release date was way back in 2008. And to make it worse this machine was supposed to save my gaming problems, at least that is what I thought.

It handled some games pretty well(low to medium settings of course) but struggled on newer titles. This would have been avoided with a little bit of research.

The moral of the story, don’t be like younger me. And shoutout to the people reading this on a Core 2 Duo machine. read more

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