The first thing I do on any Windows 11 PC to boost performance is adjust the visual effects. These include features such as ...

There are a whole bunch of ways you can make your games and apps run better in Windows 11. But one of the simplest ways, in theory, is to enable hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling (HAG). Switching on ...

Hidden Windows 11 settings can unlock better GPU performance, helping boost frame rates and smooth gameplay through system ...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has gradually become one of Microsoft’s key bridges for developers, data scientists, and power users who need Linux compatibility without leaving the Windows ...

The popular comparison benchmark Cinebench has a new version. It explicitly includes a test for Simultaneous Multithreading.

Star Wars Outlaws is a new open-world action-adventure game by Ubisoft, and not another god-awful Star Wars TV series, so for that, we're thankful. But is it a good game? Well, we're not here to ...

I have been interested in science and technology for as long as I can remember, spurred on by a fondness for video games. I learned to work in Windows and manipulate files to get buggy games to work, ...

TL;DR: CrystalMark Retro 2.0, a free benchmarking tool from Crystal Dew World, now supports Windows 95, 98, and Me, after a year of development. It allows users to compare retro and modern systems.

Apple’s M3 Max is an incredibly powerful chip, significantly increasing Apple Silicon’s CPU and GPU performance. It’s gotten a ton of press, but is it necessarily faster than the fastest Windows ...

Game developer Naughty Dog celebrated the release of The Last of Us Part 1 on PC less than a week ago, but based on early feedback, perhaps they should have spent more time fine-tuning the port than ...