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Building a modern gaming PC

What makes a gaming PC different from any PC? Actually to help us answer this question more effectively we need to know what a video game is really and how it differs from other tasks we use a computer to perform, like surfing the web, typing, reading, watching video, listening to music and editing etc. The majority of end user programs these days that run on a PC have some type of GUI (Graphical User Interface) through which the user interacts with the computer using audio, visuals, animation and texts etc., called multimedia. However a video game is considered even more multimedia as it involves much more complex user interactions. Photo by Resul Kaya on Unsplash Video games are very complex programs They are very complex because they combine a lot of physics and math calculations and 3D graphical rendered elements. For console gamers who think they are not running a program they are misinformed. Consoles are actually optimized and specialized computers for running games and nowadays

Introduction to the GTA Series

  The major 3D titles in the franchise since GTA III with included expansion packs One of the most successfully video game franchises to date The Grand Theft Auto (GTA) video game franchise by Rockstar Games, formerly DMA Design, has been around for more than 25 years since 1997 and is one of the most popular triple-A title video game franchises in the world. It is an action-adventure game series with seven stand-alone titles and four expansion packs (as of 2020). The first two releases GTA (1997) and GTA II (1999) were both open world, top-down view games played from a third person perspective and both achieved commercial success.  However, when GTA III was released back in 2001 it was phenomenal and unlike anything ever really seen in the history of video games. It is an open world game and allows players to virtually move any where in 3D space both on foot and to a large extent, in a variety of in-game vehicles. To date, it is largely considered by many game developers

GTA Online Beginners Guide and Tips & Tricks for Newbies

Welcome to San Andreas where criminals are made their best! Upon launch, you had to own a full copy of GTA V in order to play online as the online option was part of the main game. Within recent years this has changed and you can now purchase it as a separate standalone component from STEAM, EPIC and the likes for a greatly reduced price.  That being said, the online aspect of the game is where Rockstar really adds the newest, latest and greatest content so by not playing online you are virtually limited only to the base game with the three protagonist in story mode and the assets that were released with the game plus a few minor additions to the in-game store and additional game tweaks and patches. All the latest vehicles, map additions, add-on and game modes etc. are part of only GTA Online, making it virtually a totally different game all together that utilizes the same map of the story mode game and adds a ton of features and assets to it. So let's get started felons! The game