What You Should Know about Computer Graphics Card?

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When you buy a computer, what is the first thing you are looking for? Is it a computer brand? Or, you look for a computer with a cool case design? You are looking in the wrong area. The first thing you need to see is that computer graphics card. Why graphic card is important and what its actual functionality for our computer?

Graphic Card Function

Graphic card is special hardware in your computer that has a job to maintain all kinds of the image displayed on your monitor. The image here isn’t only the still image like the photo. But, it is also including the moving image, like movie, game and even how you move the software window you’ve opened to other areas on your desktop.

Therefore, if your computer is equipped with a good-quality graphics card, the process to produce graphic and image can be finished much faster and smoother. The movie will run smoothly when you play it on your computer. When you play a game, you also can enjoy the game with a higher FPS (frame per second).

Moreover, if you use software or game that use 3D models, the quality of your graphic card will be easily seen from it. If you can move high-detailed 3D models with high definition quality image smoothly, that is the sign that your computer has a good-quality graphic card.

The Importance of Graphic Card

By looking at all those functions, we can easily say that graphic card affects the whole performance of your computer. Without a good-quality graphics card, your computer will run slowly. In the end, it also affects your productivity, especially if you use your computer for dealing with many high-definition image and graphic.

That is also the reason why in the list of computer component, graphic card is one of the most expensive components. It even can easily become more expensive part than the processor.

However, even though we say that the graphic card is the most important thing you need to look for when you buy a computer, you can’t ignore other hardware. A good computer (CPU) is a combination of the best graphics card, big RAM, high-quality motherboard, and amazing processor, plus hard drive with a lot of space, as well as a good cooling system.

If you can find all of those components installed in one CPU, do not hesitate to buy it. Or, you can always order the computer CPU with the hardware specification that you like.

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Overclocking Guide for Beginner

Overclocking Guide for Beginner

When you heard the word, overclocking, what kind of impression that you have in your mind? Most of you maybe think about something technical that only those who are expert in computer technology and programming do, right? That’s true. However, you also don’t need to be an expert to overclock your computer and get a faster performance like those experts.

What is Overclocking?

Before we go to the simple method to overclock your computer, firstly, let’s understand what overclocking is. In simplest words, overclocking is an effort to make a computer perform a bit better than the maximum limit of its capability. The expert uses many methods to make it happen. However, in an overclocking competition, mostly, they measure the highest point of the performance that last an only short time.

How to Easily Overclock Your Computer?

You won’t try what the expert does. You are going to try the method to improve your computer performance slightly, so you can work with it comfortably. How can we do that?

• Add more cooling fan – you can buy it and install it inside your CPU. More cooling fans may take more energy. But, it will cool down the temperature inside to make it run faster.
• Open the case – other than cooling fans, you also can open your computer case when you use it. It will give it a better air circulation to lower its temperature.
• Turning off the sound – when you click, open or close a program, and do other things in your computer, usually, it produces specific sound to tell you what is happening. You can turn this audio off and go mute, so your computer will focus on the program you are using. You can use this method when you just want to use your computer without enjoying the music.
• Turning off the unnecessary software – there are several programs that your computer system open automatically and run it in the background. Some of them are not important. So, turn it off by using the task manager or special software for managing this software.

As you can see, it’s simple and easy, right? However, those methods come with a limitation, such as you can’t watch a movie on your computer when you turn off its sound. Or, you need to clean your computer from dust, when you open the case too often. But, for better performance, overclocking with those three methods is worth to try.

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