When I first dropped into a heavily contested lobby in Call of Duty: Warzone, I expected the game to run without any frame drops and with immediate response to my commands. My in-game telemetry showed frame rates that were far lower than what my hardware should have delivered. I spent the entire day trying to solve different display driver issues after I first suspected that background processes were causing problems with my system performance. The system had enough processing power to deliver 1440p graphics at high refresh rates, but an unknown factor prevented the system from operating at it
My motherboard’s default BIOS settings were secretly killing my gaming experience…Instead, I started using my television's built-in Google TV operating system to watch everything. All external dependencies, such as streaming, are handled by a separate system. This is predictably a…
…Sure, seasoned gamers may know about XMP/EXPO, Resizable BAR, and GPU power limits, but the majority of users are unaware of these settings. I want to highlight some other PC settings…
…Sticking with the 5900X would limit how much FPS I gain from DLSS because the game is internally rendering at 1440p or lower, making it more CPU-bound. I can say that…
…The default fan curves of your CPU and system fans are unoptimized at best and terrible at worst. They are unsuitable for most gaming scenarios where you need a gradual ramp-up…
…The drive was tiny, barely enough for Windows and a few games, but the impact on the system performance was incredible. Shortly after, the price of NVMe SSDs started to come down…
…are limited, especially with third-party widgets. If Google is able to release highly customizable widgets for Android Auto, it would be yet another advantage the in-car operating system has over…
…design problem rather than a limitation problem. Windows 11 is not lacking in capability. If anything, it's one of the most flexible and powerful operating systems you can use today. But…
…The Apple Mac is a brilliant system, available in a few configurations depending on what it would be used for. We already have more limitations on this segment of the PC market…
…After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to technician for all computer issues, he found his passion for writing and decided to use his skill…
…Your GPU might have reached the performance limit In most cases, your budget CPU won't be the bottleneck you expect In the vast majority of gaming scenarios, the CPU isn't…