Category - Practice

A look into the lab: Correctly recording render time, time between actual image changes and variances in benchmarks

In order to precisely measure the performance of graphics cards, the use of specialized benchmarking software is essential. These programs log demanding graphics processes in order to test the capabilities of the GPU under realistic conditions. Some of the best known tools are based on PresentMon, a low-level tool developed by Intel to capture [...]


ErgoHide height-adjustable Table Review – When wood costs a lot of money, but high-quality materials and excellent workmanship put the price into perspective

Anyone who works in an office has probably seen a height-adjustable desk or even uses one every day. I myself have only ever used one at work and at home I’ve only used the cheapest one that was available many years ago. Basically, it’s enough to do something for an hour or two, but since corona, the topic of working from home has come [...]


AVX512 throttling, clock stretching or something else entirely?! – 9800X3D with up to 35% less performance at the same clock | Investigative

Static overclocking of CPUs has been a thing of the past, inefficient and literally uncool, and not just since yesterday. Instead, dynamic OCs as an optimization of the boost behavior ex works are often the method of choice nowadays. Not least because AMD had completely deactivated static overclocking in the past with X3D CPUs especially popular [...]


MSI MPG321URX QD-OLED in test – A good monitor that unfortunately puts itself completely on the sidelines in terms of price

Today we have another UHD monitor with a Samsung QD OLED panel, the MSI MPG321URX. The MPG321URX is the big brother of the MSI MAG321UPX. You read that right, there are two versions of this model, whose names are so similar that there is basically no risk of confusion. Yeah, right! I’ll explain the differences between the two monitors at the [...]


Secret file thermal paste: Increasing layer thickness at high temperatures, ageing and differences in quality and their influence on benchmarks

What you always wanted to know about thermal paste, but never got a verifiable answer: How does such a paste behave when heated and what happens when it is heated and cooled several times under the usual pressure? Completely different from what most people think! That’s why I want to show you today what pitfalls can lurk when testing paste [...]


Thermal paste scandal with graphics cards? The hotspot problems on cards from various manufacturers have a common cause: greed

I have been and continue to be confronted with graphics cards from my readers whose initially good cooling performance dwindles after just a few months and whose hotspot temperatures are then well above the 100 degree mark. I have already published several articles on this topic, dealing with the symptoms and repair, but now I finally have the [...]


Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 in post-test – Firmware 1622 gives free rein to the AMD FreeSync Premium Pro pipeline with 1000 nits

Six months have now passed and Samsung has already carried out several firmware (FW) updates since then. My main criticism was that the Odyssey OLED G8 could only develop its full HDR potential – the 1000 nits peak – with an NVIDIA GPU. Despite a FreeSync Premium Pro certification. The FW updates released in the meantime have basically [...]