…After watching benchmarks, it was hard not to want the latest hardware. But the mistake I made was overlooking the rest of my PC, especially my CPU, which eventually became the bottleneck…
…At this point, the Steam Deck and its custom AMD APU are pretty old by PC hardware standards, coming in at roughly four and a half years. This means that the handheld…
…Unlike ASUS or Lenovo, Valve isn't primarily in the hardware business. As a storefront operator collecting a commission on every purchase made through Steam, Valve can afford to price hardware generously…
…Windows 11 on the same hardware. Even after sideloading newer, unofficial AMD drivers to equalize the performance and give Windows the best possible shot, the benchmark frame rates still came in anywhere…
…initialize, confirm PCIe lanes/gen, and benchmark with CrystalDiskMark. On the face of it, installing an SSD feels almost laughably simple. All you have to do is slide it into the slot…
…As you know, Apple Silicon lets both the CPU and GPU share the same memory pool instead of treating them as separate pieces of hardware. The updated engine makes much better use…
…and since they run on my hardware, they're fully private and secure. Here's what I'm using. Qwen3-Coder has consistently topped my benchmarks I couldn't find a better…
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
…Getting an emulator working for the first time on a piece of hardware is no small feat. The beginning may look quite rough, but despite how badly it performs, it's still…
…Microsoft views SteamOS as a performance benchmark as it preps Xbox hardware with Windows 11. Say what you want about Microsoft, but at the very least, it seems to know when it…