Your monitor looks crap out of the box — here's why
…Related How your monitor’s color settings can be game-changing Get the most out of your display Most of the time, manufacturers tune their monitors so that they stand out in…
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These 4 PC drivers will tank your performance if you skip them
…The more I upgraded my setup with newer monitors, gaming peripherals, HDMI accessories, and external devices, the more I realized that drivers are not just optional software packages hidden in the operating…
I connected my dumb appliances to Home Assistant, and it felt like upgrading my whole house
…Stop letting appliance manufacturers push you into the cloud upgrade cycle. Keep your bulletproof dumb sheet metal machines. Spend $30 on a pair of local power monitoring plugs and let a home…
VRR flicker is the monitor problem nobody warns you about
…This is the main downside of OLED gaming Many people believe OLED monitors are perfect for gaming, and to be fair, they do come really close. But after years of using not…
Nvidia promised ray tracing would change gaming forever, but upscaling became the real revolution
…Then again, many gamers are trying to push triple-digit frame rates on their high refresh rate monitors these days, so they'd rather enable DLSS while keeping RT off to hit…
These $10 home lab upgrades solved problems I didn't know I had
…yelling at his friends in co-op games, and practicing guitar. Sign in to your XDA account When you think about home lab upgrades, you’d probably imagine faster NICs, enterprise-tier…
I switched to a 240Hz OLED, and I can't go back to LCD for anything
…closest I've gotten to an endgame monitor so far. Related A 360Hz display refresh rate isn’t worth the upgrade for most gamers High refresh rate doesn't equate to the…
3 signs you're not actually using your new GPU to its full potential
…Sign in to your XDA account If there's one thing PC gamers really look forward to besides new releases, it's upgrading their hardware. And nothing feels quite as exciting as…
I built my own smart TV setup with a monitor and a cheap device, and it turned out better than I expected
…I paired my gaming monitor with a 2020 Fire TV Stick 3rd Gen, which was basically lying around in one of my drawers. While it's old, it handled the smart side…
CPU bottlenecks are holding back modern GPUs more than you think
…re also expecting your games to feel smoother and more responsive, especially if you're gaming on a 240Hz or 360Hz monitor. But if you've ever upgraded your GPU only to…