Intel's Arrow Lake refresh should have arrived months ago
…speeds and cache performance are good, certainly better than expected for this price point. The latency hit is still present, but this didn't show as a detriment in most testing workloads…
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The best networking upgrade in your house costs $20 and only needs to be connected for a few seconds
…You'll see random packet loss, speeds that fluctuate for no obvious reason, or a connection that drops and reconnects every few hours. Run a speed test, and it might look fine…
I tested Nvidia's flagship GPUs for gaming, and the RTX 5090 wasn't the winner
…Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC Let's talk test platform Because a GPU is useless on its own All testing was performed on the same system, with only the GPU swapped…
4 one-click BIOS changes that unlock the PC performance you paid for
…Running your memory at these JEDEC standard speeds can affect performance in both productivity and gaming workloads, especially in CPU-bound cases. XMP, which stands for Extreme Memory Profile, is Intel's…
I ditched my expensive CPU cooler, and my gaming PC got quieter instead
…Still, the air cooler handled the test loads well enough that I decided to keep it installed. There wasn't a performance drop, which matches the notion that most consumer-grade processors…
Stop blaming your ISP: most home networks are failing you in ways speed won't fix
…Or, maybe the speed tests are checking out, but streaming still stutters, gaming latency spikes constantly, and file transfers are sluggish. Either way, the experience is frustrating, and while it might be…
GPU prices shelved my upgrade plans, so I pushed my 5-year-old GPU to its limits
…The average and minimum FPS were mostly the same as before, but the lower temperature and fan speeds were welcome changes. Undervolting may not vastly improve my GPU's performance in the…
Your PCIe expansion card might be running at half speed, and your motherboard probably didn't warn you
…This tool is mostly known for its stress-testing capabilities, but it can also show you the maximum and current link speed for all the PCIe devices installed on your PC. You…
Your cheap USB-C cables will fail with USB4
…An easy test to determine how good the USB-C cable is will be speed tests using an SSD and a benchmark suite. But there's another way. A USB-C cable…
This $10 fix made my expensive TV's internet way faster
…However, during a speed test, I noticed that my TV refused to go beyond roughly 100Mbps on my 250Mbps connection. After some digging, I learned why, and that led me to a…