The AnandTech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware
Take your PC farther. The AnandTech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware shows you just how to choosethe right parts, assemble your new PC, and squeeze every last drop of performance from it.Tired of reading about hardware specs written for the masses? Grit your teeth no longer. TheAnandTech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware provides in-depth coverage of processors, chipsets,motherboards, and memory from a gamer's perspective.Although this book covers the latest advancements in PC hardware technology, it...
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Written for the PC hardware enthusiast, this guide focuses on hardware needed for building a gaming PC, covering the CPU, the chipset, the memory, the motherboard, mass storage devices, and the video card, and emphasizing benchmarking and testing to measure performance. The book also provides information required to understand aspects of performance, interoperability, troubleshooting, why things work as they do, and future technologies. Shimpi runs a PC hardware Web site. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Library Journal Shimpi, the force behind the popular AnandTech.com hardware site, has created a useful guide for gaming hardware enthusiasts who build their own systems. Besides covering current hardware from the CPU to storage options and tips on tweaking and overclocking a PC it also offers background and tools to evaluate future developments in terms of gaming needs for intermediate to advanced readers. Larger public libraries should consider. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Introduction11The Central Processing Unit: The Heart and Soul of the PC112The Chipset: The PC's Crossing Guard673The Motherboard: Low Rent Housing for the CPU and Chipset1054Memory: Your PC's Scratchpad1315The Video Card: A Gamer's Heart and Soul1616Sound: Waking Up the Neighbors2097Storage: The Slowest Part of Your PC2378Networking: Gamers Unite2799Cases and Cooling: Living in Style and Keeping Your Cool31310Monitors and Input Devices: Your Sense of Sight and Touch Restored33911Putting It All Together: Break Out the Hammers and Duct Tape35912Upgrading: Feeling the Need for Speed39513Operating Systems and Device Drivers: Making Your Hardware Work42114Tweaking and Overclocking: Turbo-Charging Your PC44315Troubleshooting: Something Is Wrong with My Baby461Index475
\ From Barnes & NobleThe Barnes & Noble Review\ Nobody pushes their PCs harder than serious gamers. For them, plain vanilla configurations simply won't do. Nor will plain vanilla books on PC hardware. They will, however, love The Anandtech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware. If you're in the demographic, you probably already know www.anandtech.com, which now receives some 50 million page views per month -- not bad for a site started by a 14-year-old on Geocities! \ That 14-year-old, now 19, is Anand Lal Shimpi, author of this book. Drawing on the extraordinary Anandtech community, he brings together up-to-the-nanosecond coverage of every aspect of PC performance. How do Athlons and P4s really stack up? Radeon vs. GeForce video? Intel vs. Via chipsets? What's the real deal with RDRAM, DDR, CAS 2 SDRAM memory?\ If you're gonna overclock, what's the best hardware -- and worst? How do you keep your hotrod from flat-out melting down? How do you keep your hard drive from becoming more of a bottleneck than absolutely necessary? Which audio cards and speakers are most likely to freak out the neighbors? You name it, it's here: upgrading, tweaking, building from scratch, and -- for that inevitable day when you go too far -- troubleshooting. (Bill Camarda)\ Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. He served for nearly ten years as vice president of a New Jerseybased marketing company, where he supervised a wide range of graphics and web design projects. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.\ \ \ \ \ \ Library JournalShimpi, the force behind the popular AnandTech.com hardware site, has created a useful guide for gaming hardware enthusiasts who build their own systems. Besides covering current hardware from the CPU to storage options and tips on tweaking and overclocking a PC it also offers background and tools to evaluate future developments in terms of gaming needs for intermediate to advanced readers. Larger public libraries should consider. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\ \
