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By and large, PC enthusiasts are a very spoiled, greedy bunch. Many of us expect our machines to forever be at the top of the mountain when it comes to performance. Perhaps because we put so much into our machines -- money, time in research, effort in making tweaks -- we expect plenty in return.

If we use our machines to play games, we want every single last FPS we can squeeze out of it.

If we do media encoding, we want to get the job done in the very shortest time...

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There's something to be said about rooting for the underdog. In some ways, I suppose it's a bit like the rush a gambler feels (not that I'd really know): Knowing that the odds of a favorable outcome are against you naturally exaggerates the tension before any kind of resolution occurs.

Of course, a distinction must be made between rooting for an underdog and hoping against the inevitable. There is a fine line between optimism and baseless hope.

Rooting for the...

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