TechPowerUp! name

Deleted member 6693 · Jun 12, 2023

Out of curiosity - why this name?

W1zzard · Jun 12, 2023

Because I'm bad with names and couldn't come up with anything better (true story)

jesdals · Jun 12, 2023

I like the name - its catching

Deleted member 6693 · Jun 12, 2023

Me too - it stands out

Shrek · Jun 12, 2023

I might have gone with

Technologica

R-T-B · Jun 12, 2023

W1zzard said:
Because I'm bad with names and couldn't come up with anything better (true story)

It's also why we have nvcleanstall.

Honestly the name techpowerup has grown on me though... has a 90s vibe... lol

pavle · Jun 12, 2023

Nevertheless it's an unique name and it has always been clear through the years where to go for the cool bits.

Super XP · Jun 12, 2023

VulkanBros said:
Out of curiosity - why this name?

TechPowerUp
Technology Powering Up

sounds great 2 me.

64K · Jun 12, 2023

The name has always made sense to me. It's recognized all over PC gaming and hardware sites and often I see video card benchmarks and GPU-Z screen shots posted everywhere I go. Even TPU is clearly recognized to refer to this site.

As it turns out the name was a fortunate choice because TPU has a tech ring to it kind of like GPU and CPU.

P4-630 · Jun 12, 2023

64K said:
As it turns out the name was a fortunate choice because TPU has a tech ring to it kind of like GPU and CPU.

Now we only need a TPU-Z...

PLAfiller · Jun 12, 2023

W1zzard said:
Because I'm bad with names and couldn't come up with anything better (true story)

I almost can't believe it.

I mean, trying to register unique Youtube name and gotta say English/Latin/Spanish are quite used with words the SEO can recognize. Shooting out a brand name that will last is kind of a feat lately IMO. Time has come non-existing words are also sought after.

Space Lynx · Jun 12, 2023

Shrek said:
I might have gone with

Technologica

I like Techpowerup better, it reminds me of RPG systems in games, but for tech - in hindsight, maybe this is subliminal messaging causing me to upgrade my rig every year... jk haha

64K said:
The name has always made sense to me. It's recognized all over PC gaming and hardware sites and often I see video card benchmarks and GPU-Z screen shots posted everywhere I go. Even TPU is clearly recognized to refer to this site.

As it turns out the name was a fortunate choice because TPU has a tech ring to it kind of like GPU and CPU.

I never realized this, but you are right!!! Nice spotting good sir!

r9 · Jun 12, 2023

VulkanBros said:
Out of curiosity - why this name?

Waited a quick minute to ask the question.

R0H1T · Jun 12, 2023

VulkanBros said:
Out of curiosity - why this name?

But why the camel case?

R-T-B · Jun 12, 2023

R0H1T said:
But why the camel case?

Because web URLs don't like spaces.

bubbleawsome · Jun 12, 2023

I think it space less and with the exclamation point really does add something to the name. “Yeah I spend way too much time on TechPowerUp! it’s a great site”
Iconic

W1zzard · Jun 12, 2023

bubbleawsome said:
exclamation point

The exclamation point was removed when we switched from the green logo to the red logo many years ago, to make us look a bit more serious/professional

the54thvoid · Jun 12, 2023

@W1zzard - don't even think about apologising for the name you chose. It works, it's unique, and it's nerdy. It's perfect, and if anybody thinks they can offer a better title for this awesome website, I'll perma-bam those clueless mofos. TPU forever!

1freedude · Jun 12, 2023

Blast

from the past

P4-630 · Jun 12, 2023

1freedude said:
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The yellow dot could be have left out.

chrcoluk · Jun 12, 2023

Name is good, nice vibe, and suits what the site is about which is hardware releases and discussions related to that.

Frick · Jun 12, 2023

P4-630 said:
The yellow dot could be have left out.

Then it would have been technically incorrect, the worst kind of incorrect. tech Power Up!.com is euro-dork anno mid 2000's, tech Power Up!com is just weird. It was the dotcom era, not the com era.

bug · Jun 12, 2023

VulkanBros said:
Out of curiosity - why this name?

Because it's bada$$ to pick up a powerup and start shooting 3 projectiles instead of 1, that's why :rockout:

R0H1T · Jun 12, 2023

Frick said:
Then it would have been technically incorrect, the worst kind of incorrect. tech Power Up!.com is euro-dork anno mid 2000's, tech Power Up!com is just weird. It was the dotcom era, not the com era.

That logo reminds me of anime from the 80's or 90's not in a bad way of course.

P4-630 · Jun 12, 2023

Frick said:
Then it would have been technically incorrect, the worst kind of incorrect. tech Power Up!.com is euro-dork anno mid 2000's, tech Power Up!com is just weird. It was the dotcom era, not the com era.

Just the dot from the !

The ! was otherwise weird..

Anyway, w1zz got away with it..

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