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My desire to power up a laptop with an external graphics card began in 2015, when I set out on a quest to get back into PC gaming—a beloved pastime I’d neglected since childhood. But the only PC I had ...

Want to switch to your PC's dedicated graphics card for the best in-game performance? The steps are pretty easy to follow, even for beginners. While a custom-built desktop gaming PC usually features a ...

Macbook Pros that have two graphic cards built-in have the option of switching between a more powerful card and less powerful card to conserve battery life. When you are traveling on business, it ...

Nvidia's Optimus technology, which allows a laptop to switch between integrated graphics and its discrete card depending on what type of application is running, was launched several months ago, but ...

Business owners that need to perform graphics-intensive tasks such as video editing or 3D modeling with their computers often buy high-end PCs with discrete video cards that have built-in, dedicated ...

Of all the components in a computer, your graphics card is usually the first to become obsolete. New graphics cards are released every year, each one boasting more power and features than the last, ...