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  • The Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP)

    The Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP)

    17 July 2009, 14:03

    This HEXUS.help guide focuses on integrated graphics and describes the options that are presently available to consumers.

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  • The different types of computer mice

    10 July 2009, 00:00

    Today’s computer mice come in a variety of flavours, including mechanical, optical, laser and bluetrack. This HEXUS.help guide explains what each variety has to offer.

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  • Touchscreen input on the PC

    9 July 2009, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide briefly explains how touchscreens work, and why you may find yourself using a touchscreen PC in the near future.

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  • NVIDIA Tegra SoC

    26 June 2009, 00:00

    NVIDIA has ambitions of a mobile revolution late in 2009, led by its Tegra SoC (system-on-a-chip). We take a look at what Tegra is, and why it might be important ...

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  • Demystifying the multiple editions of Microsoft’s Windows 7

    24 June 2009, 00:00

    Microsoft will launch its Windows 7 operating system on October 22nd 2009, and it’ll be available in no less than six different editions. We explain what they are and which ...

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  • Intel's new CPU branding - Core i3, i5, and i7

    18 June 2009, 00:00

    Intel's new CPU branding - Core i3, i5, and i7

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  • NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision

    27 March 2009, 00:00

    NVIDIA hopes to reignite the world of 3D entertainment with GeForce 3D Vision. This HEXUS.help guide explains what it is, how it works, and what you need to know about ...

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  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260/280 GPUs

    23 February 2009, 00:00

    NVIDIA competes with ATI Technologies - now a wholly-owned subsidiary of microprocessor manufacturer AMD - in the discrete and integrated GPU market. Intel, too, has a significant presence which is ...

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  • AMD Phenom II

    12 February 2009, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide explains the technology and market positioning behind AMD Phenom II CPUs.

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  • ATI Radeon HD 4800 series

    5 December 2008, 00:00

    ATI Technologies, now part of AMD, is one of the big three players with respect to manufacturing GPUs (graphics processing units). GPUs can either be integrated (on to a chipset) ...

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  • GeForce GTX 260/280 architectural alignment

    28 November 2008, 00:00

    The purpose of this HEXUS.help guide is to explain how the current GTX 200 family stack up with respect to clock-speeds and, be they core, shader, clusters or memory pathways.

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  • How to upgrade to Windows Vista SP1

    25 November 2008, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide demonstrates how Windows Vista Service Pack 1 can be deployed on Windows Vista systems.

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  • Netbooks and Nettops

    20 November 2008, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide explains what netbooks and nettops are, how they work, where you''ll find them, and what the future holds for low-cost computers.

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  • Green computing at home

    20 November 2008, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide explains what Green Computing is, what it means to the consumer, and how energy-efficient components can be beneficial in the home.

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  • DDR3 memory

    17 November 2008, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide explains what DDR3 is, how it works, where you’ll find it, and what it means to the consumer.

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  • Intel Nehalem Family

    17 November 2008, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide gives a brief overview of Intel's new "'Nehalem" generation of Central Processing Units (CPUs).

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  • NVIDIA CUDA Technology

    22 October 2008, 00:00

    CUDA technology is the world’s only C language environment that enables programmers and developers to write software to solve complex computational problems in a fraction of the time by tapping ...

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  • How to upgrade your BIOS

    21 October 2008, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide explains what BIOS is and how it can be upgraded to the latest revision.

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  • LCD Monitors

    21 October 2008, 00:00

    The purpose of this HEXUS.help guide is to provide a basic understanding of how LCDs work, delineate their desirable features, and to offer basic buying advice.

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  • Installing laptop RAM

    21 October 2008, 00:00

    For many people reading this HEXUS.help guide, opening up a desktop PC and upgrading it, or even building one from scratch, isn’t that big a deal. If you know what ...

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  • Laptops

    21 October 2008, 00:00

    Laptop sales are booming, with industry analysts predicting that up to 70-million units will be shipped in 2006. The figure’s seto to rise by over 15% in the next 3 ...

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  • UMPCs and MIDs

    21 October 2008, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide explains what UMPCs and MIDs are, how they work, where you’ll find them, and what the future holds for the small, portable-computer devices.

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  • System Buses & Bandwidth

    21 October 2008, 00:00

    In computing terms, system buses are used to connect various components to the motherboard’s core logic and, often, to each other. Modern PCs run with a multitude of high-speed buses ...

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  • Human Input Devices (HIDs)

    21 October 2008, 00:00

    What’s the most important part of your PC system? Its processor? The mainboard? Maybe the power supply?

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  • The GPU (graphics processing unit)

    21 October 2008, 00:00

    Explaining how a modern GPU works in completeness would take a book. Or two. Per class of chip. Per vendor. They’re extraordinarily complex pieces of engineering and production, and the ...

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  • Firewire

    21 October 2008, 00:00

    You''ve probably read the USB HEXUS.help, and perhaps your intrigue, or product interest, has lead you to look up Firewire as well. The two are similar in some respects, particularly ...

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  • Wi-Fi

    20 October 2008, 00:00

    Home networking let’s you do great things that aren’t possible with standalone PCs. Printers can be shared between PC, so there’s no need to buy one for each machine.

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  • Chipsets

    20 October 2008, 00:00

    What makes a PC tick? Is it the processor, graphics card, RAM, or a plethora of other peripherals. It’s all those and more, but none would be much use without ...

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  • NVIDIA nForce 5

    20 October 2008, 00:00

    The recent release of AMD’s new unifying processor socket, Socket AM2, gave NVIDIA the chance to release new core logic to go with it, allowing its board vendor partners to ...

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  • DVI

    20 October 2008, 00:00

    Do you know how DVI works? This HEXUS.help guide seeks to teach you how.

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  • Intel Robson Technology

    20 October 2008, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide explains what Intel’s Robson technology is, why it matters and what currently supports it.

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  • Perpendicular Recording

    20 October 2008, 00:00

    With hard disk capacities reaching some tough physical limits with longitudinal recording, as manufacturers struggle to improve aereal density of HDDs as they approach 1TB in capacity, the disk vendors ...

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  • Solid State Drives

    20 October 2008, 00:00

    This HEXUS.help guide explains what a solid-state drive is, how it works, where you’ll find it, and what the future holds for the increasingly popular storage medium.

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