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GPU Sag

Ruben Romero — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:35:16 +0000

How the weight of a video card can affect a PCIe slot

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Small Form Factor Gaming

Ruben Romero — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:05:16 +0000

Several months ago I set a challenge for myself, build a small form factor system with a low wattage power supply to play modern titles at decent video settings. The goal was to use a low profile video card, modern components, and keep things as quiet as possible.

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Spanning Multiple Monitors

Ruben Romero — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:06:26 +0000

Early this year, I decided to purchase and setup a trio of monitors for a triple monitor display. The setup itself was going to be used in a span configuration with a resolution of 5760 x 1080 on an ATI 5870 Eyefinity Edition video card with the goal of being able to see more while gaming. I thought I'd share my experiences, and what I learned may help you with your own monitor configuration.

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Upgrading my wireless network

Ruben Romero — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:35:02 +0000

In the Romero home we have three systems that heavily use the internet in one way or another, two of which are connected wirelessly. Our trusty Linksys WRT54G has been our gateway to the world wide web, but recently the router has been suffering as heavier loads have been put on it. With a subscription to Netflix and a Steam account playing those highly addictive online FPS' games, the demand for internet among the three systems has become overwhelming, especially on the computers operating on wireless.

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Dedicated PhysX Comparisons

Ruben Romero — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:14:02 +0000

A few years back, Ageia Technologies launched a product designed to help handle the increasingly complex physics calculations which were becoming popular in modern games. They named this product "PhysX", and it was the worlds first dedicated physics card. Enthusiasts were excited, and many thought that this technology was set to be the next piece of essential hardware for enthusiast systems. We decided to independently test the Nvidia PhysX platform, and share our results.

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