Marcus Yam

Marcus Yam

Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.

Articles by: Marcus Yam

Pre-Black Friday Deals: up to 40% off Storage & Networking

By Marcus Yam last updated

Get your pre-Thanksgiving sale deals here!

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Joins Virgin Mobile Canada RE*Generation

By Marcus Yam published

Each Galaxy S5 sold means $15 goes to a good cause.

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Tom's Hardware Charts Update Mid-May 2014

By Marcus Yam published

Our hardworking benchmark team has the latest update ready for you all.

PSA: 5/19 Site Upgrade Will Temporarily Suspend Comments

By Marcus Yam published

Tom's Hardware is changing!

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The Past, Present, And Future Of VR And AR: The Pioneers Speak

By Fritz Nelson, Marcus Yam published

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Shield Remote GameStream: How Far Will You Go to Game?

By Marcus Yam published

Nvidia's KitKat update for Shield allows you to run GameStream from far, far away.

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Winners of the System Builder Marathon Q1 2014

By Marcus Yam published

Congrats to the winners!

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101: How to Make a System Image Backup in Windows 8/8.1

By Marcus Yam published

How Do I Create a System Image Backup?

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POLL: What Do You Think of Facebook Buying Oculus VR?

By Marcus Yam published

Sound off on your thoughts about Facebook paying $2 billion for Oculus VR!

Enter to Win Thecus N2520 NAS

By Marcus Yam published

Enter to Win Thecus N2520 NAS: World's First Intel Atom SoC Embedded NAS

USB Type-C Next Generation Connector Design Revealed

By Marcus Yam published

Meet the new and improved USB 3.1 Type-C connector.

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Sulon Cortex Blends Virtual Reality with Augmented Reality

By Marcus Yam published

Another player enters the growing VR headset arena. This one does it a little differently, though.

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Benchmark Cheaters Galaxy S4, Note 3 Absolved in 4.4 Update

By Marcus Yam published

Futuremark re-lists Galaxy S4 numbers in its benchmark database.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Slows Down Under Heavy Load in 4.4

By Marcus Yam published

Samsung's Android 4.4 update for the Galaxy S4 introduces aggressive CPU throttling.

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CastAR Shows New AR Glasses With Upgraded Projectors

By Marcus Yam published

CastAR leaps closer to being ready for developers. We take another look at GDC 2014.

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Tom's Hardware Charts Update March 2014

By Marcus Yam published

Our hardworking benchmark team has the latest update ready for you all.

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MSI GS60 Ghost & GS70 Stealth Now With GeForce GTX 800M

By Marcus Yam published

MSI updates its super thin gaming laptops with new Nvidia GeForce GPUs.

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Valve's Portal Coming as Tegra 4 Android App to Nvidia Shield

By Marcus Yam published

Prepare for this modern classic in the palm of your hand.

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Nvidia Shield Hits $199, Adds Remote GameStreaming in KitKat

By Marcus Yam published

Nvidia Shield Android 4.4.2 KitKat update will add a few new tricks to the Tegra 4 handheld.

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Nvidia Boasts New Driver Surpasses AMD's Mantle in Games

By Marcus Yam published

Nvidia's thinks that AMD Mantle isn't the answer to better 3D performance.

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101: How to Burn a CD or DVD on Windows 8

By Marcus Yam published

Learn how to burn a CD or DVD without any third-party application on Windows 8.

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Intel Shows Off OpenGL ES 3.1 Android Games on Bay Trail

By Marcus Yam published

Intel gets serious with mobile gaming and embraces OpenGL ES 3.1 support -- and more -- on Bay Trail.

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Project Morpheus vs. Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 (Updated)

By Kevin Parrish, Marcus Yam published

Better start saving those pennies.

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Which GeForce GTX 880M Gaming Laptop is Right for You?

By Kevin Parrish, Marcus Yam published

A comparison of all gaming notebooks running an Nvidia GeForce GTX 880M.

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Intel's Concept for AIO Broadwell PCs Codenamed Blackbrook

By Marcus Yam published

Intel's prototype for a portable all-in-one will be carried around like a briefcase.

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