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The Gaming Knowledge Base is a set of short plain-English explainers for jargon you see on PC, console, laptop, and peripheral product pages — FPS, input lag, ray tracing, DLSS, Hz vs FPS, and 1% lows. Each page tells you what the term means, when it matters for a buy, and when you can safely ignore the badge.

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The Gaming Knowledge Base is a set of short plain-English explainers for jargon you see on PC, console, laptop, and peripheral product pages — FPS, input lag, ray tracing, DLSS, Hz vs FPS, and 1% lows. Each page tells you what the term means, when it matters for a buy, and when you can safely ignore the badge.

Use these pages alongside Gadget Clash guides and product pages. Specs, game support, and driver features change by title and SKU — confirm on the exact model before you buy.

Gadget Clash does not bench-test frame rates, latency, or upscalers. These pages decode marketing language so our guides are easier to use — honest, buyer-focused, not lab scores.

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Plain-English explainers for the jargon on gaming product pages — open a term to decide whether it actually changes your buy.

What Are 1% Lows?

A 1% low (or “1% lows”) is a way to describe how bad your worst common frame-time spikes get — roughly…
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What Is DLSS?

DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is NVIDIA’s tech that renders a game at a lower internal resolution…
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What Is FPS?

FPS (frames per second) is how many unique images your PC, console, or game produces each second. Higher FPS…
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What Is Hz vs FPS?

Hz is how many times per second your display can refresh; FPS is how many frames your game produces. You feel…
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What Is Input Lag?

Input lag is the delay between you pressing a button, moving a stick, or clicking a mouse and seeing that…
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What Is Ray Tracing?

Ray tracing is a lighting technique that simulates how light rays bounce, reflect, and cast shadows for more…
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