The evolution of the modern graphics processor began with the introduction of the first 3D add-in cards in 1995. This development coincided with the widespread adoption of 32-bit operating systems and ...

For the past few years, Chinese retro PC maker 8086YES! has been building and selling odd little computers that pack decades-old processors and other classic components into modern bodies designed for ...

EMU8086 is arguable the most powerful and popular 8086 Emulator for Windows 10. It has a simple user interface and tons of example codes for a beginner. The only caveat here is that it doesn’t emulate ...

Kevin Lipe, in a follow-up post to his Pocket 8086 series here on 512: MS-DOS Correspondent Kevin Lipe reporting again from the trailing edge of computing. When I was last with you, we discussed the ...

The CorelDRAW Graphic Suite 2025 is an excellent and decently priced bundle of applications for your Mac or PC. The tools are powerful, and simple to use - once you’ve acquainted yourself with the ...

Whether you’ve been playing PC games for years or you’re building your first gaming PC, picking the right graphics card is probably one of the most consequential choices. It doesn’t help that now ...

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post written by my buddy Kevin, and is the first in a series covering a weird and wonderful corner of retrocomputing. I’m Kevin Lipe, 512 Pixels’ somewhat-official ...

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Intel has the Arc "Battlemage" G21 GPU pending, marking a significant advancement in its discrete graphics portfolio. This GPU is built on Intel's Xe2 architecture and has been identified through ...

Graphics cards are still very expensive, and one of the best ways to get a low-cost yet capable GPU is by turning to the second-hand market. Thousands of used graphics cards are changing hands every ...

Napkin AI is a text-to-visual graphics generator that's great for cleaning up your presentations or spicing up a report. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including ...

Buying a graphics card has been a roller-coaster since the late 2010s: Precipitous price hikes! Steep hardware shortages! Here in 2024, only a few truly new GPUs pass for budget-friendly—and just ...