Granular volume mixing is nothing new to Windows. While most of the time, a quick swipe of the volume slider does the trick, there are certain scenarios where you might want to tune down specific apps.
[mai mult...]How to create Smart Albums in Apple Photos on Mac
Smart albums make it possible to create custom collections of images or videos within your Apple Photos library based on set criteria. Smart albums are useful for quickly recalling search criteria or building tightly curated photo collections.
Launch Apple Photos on your Mac then use File > New Smart Album and fine-tune your search criteria. Give your smart album a name then hit “OK” to save it. It will appear next to your other albums in the sidebar.
[mai mult...]How to Play Xbox 360 Games on Your Xbox One
Microsoft’s Xbox One can now play a limited number of Xbox 360 games. But it’s not as simple as inserting any old disc and starting it up. Only some games will work, and the Xbox One runs them in an emulator.
[mai mult...]How to Play Your Favorite NES, SNES, and Other Retro Games on Your PC with an Emulator
How to Play Diablo 1 on a Modern PC
With the arrival of Diablo IV just around the corner, there is no better time to blow the dust off the first Diablo game to experience the original story.
[mai mult...]How to Repair Disk and File System Problems on Your Mac
Modern versions of Mac OS X no longer need you to repair disk permissions. However, that’s not the only issue that can occur with a disk or file system. Mac OS X contains a variety of tools for repairing disk, partition, and file system errors.
These options work like chkdsk on Windows, checking for disk and file system errors and repairing them. You can perform a check from within Mac OS X, but it may sometimes be necessary to use recovery mode to fix problems. In a worst-case scenario, you may have to manually run fsck commands from a terminal in single-user mode.
[mai mult...]How to Fix Hard Drive Problems with Chkdsk in Windows 7, 8, and 10
Any time you have hard drive errors—or even strange behavior you might not at first associate with a hard drive—Check Disk can be a lifesaver.
[mai mult...]How to check your Hard Drive or SSD’s Health with S.M.A.R.T.
You can check your SSD health (or hard drive health) with S.M.A.R.T. These attributes can show you critical information about the health of your mechanical and solid-state drives. Regularly checking the attributes will help you prevent data loss due to drive failure. Hard drives and SSDs use S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) to gauge their own reliability and determine if they’re failing. You can view your hard drive’s S.M.A.R.T. data and see if it has started to develop problems.
[mai mult...]Review: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
The new RDNA3 graphics architecture releases today, and leading from the top are the new Radeon RX 7900 XT (in this review), and the RX 7900 XTX flagship, which we’ve also reviewed today. Both these graphics cards are designed to take the fight to NVIDIA’s high-end: the GeForce RTX 40-series “Ada,” but at highly competitive prices. The RX 7900 XT from this review targets a slightly lower price-point than the RX 7900 XTX flagship, while being designed for the exact same class of gaming—4K Ultra HD maxed out with ray tracing.
The “Navi 31” silicon on which the RX 7900 series is based, features six of these, and hence has a 384-bit wide memory interface. Five of these are enabled on the RX 7900 XT, hence it ends up with a 320-bit memory interface. Each MCD has a 16 MB piece of the GPU’s 96 MB Infinity Cache, the RX 7900 XT gets 80 MB of it.
[mai mult...]Review: MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the green team’s flagship card based on the Ada GPU architecture. The card was released in October 2022 and has established itself as “the best, at a price.” During our original launch day coverage I reviewed eight (!) GeForce RTX 4090 cards, today we’re checking out the ninth one. Last year I’ve tested the MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X and the RTX 4090 Suprim X Liquid.
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