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Poll: Did you take Microsoft up on a free Windows 10 upgrade? Microsoft's free update offer for Windows 10 expired this past Friday. Most of the TR staff took that offer almost as soon as it became... Poll Question: • Did you take Microsoft up on a free Windows 10 upgrade? Type: News story Tags: Windows |
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What are your Windows 10 upgrade plans? Windows 10 arrives about a month from now, and many of you have no doubt seen the little "reserve your copy of Windows 10"... Poll Question: • What are your Windows 10 upgrade plans? Type: News story Tags: Software Windows |
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The TR Hardware Survey 2014: What's inside your main desktop PC? If you've been on TR for long enough, you probably remember our hardware surveys. Our first one went up way back in 2008, and... Poll Questions: • Processor series • If you have an Intel Core processor, is it a • Number of processor cores • Graphics card(s) • Number of graphics cards • Price of each (or only) graphics card at time of purchase • What's overclocked? • Motherboard manufacturer • System memory capacity • Solid-state drive capacity • Mechanical storage capacity (total) • Do you have an optical drive? • Do you have a sound card? • Do you have any expansion cards beside a graphics card and sound card? • PSU wattage • System form factor • Type of CPU cooler • Number of displays • Resolution of largest display • Panel type of largest display • Mouse type • Type of keyboard • Primary operating system • Home network Wi-Fi speed • Internet connection speed (down) • Internet connection speed (up) Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous The Tech Report |
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Poll: What do you use to apply thermal paste? Back in the day, applying thermal compound was a fine art. I used to spend entirely too much time making sure the surface of... Poll Question: • What do you use to apply thermal paste? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Cooling |
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Poll: What's the best premium upgrade? When upgrading their PCs, most enthusiasts seem to focus on swapping in faster CPUs and graphics cards. The CPU has the biggest impact on... Poll Question: • Best premium upgrade: Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Cooling Displays Input devices |
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Poll: The third dimension I went to see the new Harry Potter movie the other day, and predictably, the most convenient screening available at 9 PM on a Saturday... Poll Question: • When it comes to stereoscopic 3D, I prefer: Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Gaming |
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The TR Hardware Survey 2: Survey harder Just over two years have passed since we carried out our very first hardware survey, in which we asked our readers to answer 15... Poll Questions: • Processor • Number of CPU cores • Stock CPU clock speed • CPU socket type • Graphics processor • How much did your graphics card cost at the time of purchase? • Chipset • Motherboard brand • Memory size • Primary internal hard drive type: • Total internal hard drive storage capacity • Primary optical drive type • Sound card • Speaker config • Number of displays • Main display type • Main display size • Main display aspect ratio • Main display resolution • Do you have a stereoscopic 3D display and glasses? • Primary operating system • What mobile computers do you have? Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report |
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Poll: How big is your CPU fan? As CPUs have become more power efficient, the fans used to cool them have grown in size. That might seem counter-intuitive, but it speaks... Poll Question: • How big is your CPU fan? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Cooling |
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Poll: How much did you spend on your best PC speakers or headset? We'll have a new sound card review very shortly, and writing it got me thinking about how much folks spend on the speakers or headset... Poll Question: • How much did you spend on your best PC speakers or headset? Type: News story Tags: Multimedia |
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Poll: How do you buy your music? The music industry has changed a lot over the last decade. Online services have become huge, and MP3s have slowly clawed back ground previously... Poll Question: • How do you buy most of your music? Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report |
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Poll: Do you have a home-theater PC? With the exception of my desktop, the next most often-used PC in my home sits in the living room. I've had one in there for... Poll Question: • Do you have a home-theater PC? Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Systems |
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Poll: What audio setup do you game with? Our look at Psyko's 5.1-channel gaming headphones this morning has made us wonder... how many PC gamers actually use surround-sound setups? Even the most... Poll Question: • Poll: What audio setup do you usually game with? Type: News story Tags: Multimedia |
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Poll: Are you upgrading to Windows 7? So, Windows 7 is finally out in stores. What does this mean for TR gerbils? Are our trusty readers rushing to upgrade, or are... Poll Question: • When are you upgrading to Windows 7? Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Poll: What are you most looking forward to? Looking at the latest roadmaps, both official and not, it's hard to be indifferent about the wave of shiny new products coming this year. We... Poll Question: • What are you most looking forward to? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing Windows |
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Poll: How will Windows 7 compare? The positive hype surrounding Windows 7 seems almost as fervent as the negative reactions to Vista. Apparently, Microsoft's next operating system will fix all of... Poll Question: • Once Windows 7 is released, the best desktop OS will be: Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Poll: Will you get a Blu-ray player now? So, it's over. The HD DVD camp has admitted defeat, and Blu-ray has emerged as the victorious high-definition disc format, promising to take us... Poll Question: • Now that HD DVD has lost, will you get a Blu-ray player? Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Storage |
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The TR Hardware Survey: What's in your main PC? We're unveiling a new feature today, the TR Hardware Survey. As its name suggests, this feature's goal is to give both us and you, the... Poll Questions: • Processor • Graphics processor • How much did your graphics card cost at the time of purchase? • Chipset • Motherboard brand • Memory size • Total internal hard drive storage capacity • Primary optical drive type • Sound card • Number of displays • Main display type • Main display size • Main display aspect ratio • Main display resolution • Primary operating system Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Motherboards Multimedia Storage Displays Memory Operating systems |
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TR v2.1, the poll returns! As I'm sure you all remember we ditched our old poll software when we cutover to the new site design and CMS. The old poll... Poll Questions: • Did you miss the poll? • Are you glad it's back? • What is your favorite Team Fortress 2 class? Type: Blog post Tags: The Tech Report |
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