Author: H. Zak

A CPU socket connects a processor to the motherboard of a computer using a set of pins. A CPU that is attached using a CPU socket is not soldered and … Read More

The amount of memory that is stored on the CPU itself—either directly in each core or shared across some or all cores—is known as cache. It is a small portion … Read More

GPU scaling is a feature that allows the user to adjust the aspect ratio of the game according to the resolution of your monitor, in order to produce a higher … Read More

Threads are always created by the OS to carry out the task of a particular application or software. A thread is created every time you open a software and the … Read More

In layman terms, a core is a CPU’s processor. It carries out the instructions or commands received from the user.One core is only capable of carrying out one task at … Read More

Displayport 1.0 was released in May of 2006 and was introduced as a replacement for outdated connectors such as DVI, VGA, FPD-Link, LVDS etc. Soon after its release Displayport began … Read More

A peripheral device is a device that is used to either give data to a computer or get data from it. The term is used to define or classify any … Read More

Two types of screen surfaces exist: ·         Matte (which is textured) ·         Glossy (which is smooth) Matte screens make use of plastic … Read More

The term OLED is an acronym for ‘Organic Light Emitting Diodes’. OLED’s make use of organic molecules in order to produce light and these panels are considered to be the … Read More

Monitor ghosting takes place when an image article looks like a trail of pixels behind a moving item, resembling closely to motion blur. The trail of pixels bears a resemblance … Read More

The term glare is used to define a reflection from a reflective surface (such as a display or a mirror) that makes it hard to see what is happening on … Read More

The definition for Pixel walk/inversion is as follow: Pixel walk or pixel inversion is a result of changing voltages i.e.. positive to negative or vice versa which can cause visual … Read More

Every screen is made up of tiny elements called pixels. The resolution specifies the amount of pixels present on a computer screen. For example a 2560x1440p (2K) monitor contains 2560 … Read More

Input lag is the time it takes the GPU to send a frame to the monitor and the monitor to display it. It is measured in milliseconds. Input lag is … Read More

The color gamut describes the range of colors that a display can reproduce. Every monitor displays different color quantities depending on how wide the gamut of the display is, like … Read More

VA glow can be defined as a pale glow at the bottom of a display. The glow, however, is only visible when there are dark images or videos being shown … Read More

The definition for Gamma Shift provided by DisplayNinja is as follows: “Viewing angles of VA panel displays also affect the perceived gamma, which results in saturation and gamma shifts depending … Read More

Multi-stream transport, more commonly known as Daisy-chaining, is the concept of connecting two or more monitors with each other rather than directly to the system’s video output. The advantages of … Read More

Color uniformity as the name suggests means uniform color all over the screen, for example say if you are viewing a color, we can take the color green as an … Read More

A moving image on a display is constructed by displaying images consecutively. These images are called frames. So frame rate can be describes as a count of how many times a … Read More

Monitor Vignetting takes place when the monitor suffers from bad brightness uniformity. This bad uniformity makes the center of the screen brighter than the edges. The following picture can help … Read More

Aspect ratio is defined as the ratio between the width and height of the screen. It is written in the form of W:H, where W represents the number of pixels … Read More