Your old Nintendo 64 games are finally getting unofficial PC ports, and they run better than emulators
… The game code is actually running natively on your hardware, so there's lower overhead and better performance than emulation. …
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Valve isn't ditching Windows or x86, but it's quietly making both optional
… The performance isn't native, as you'd expect, but it's still surprisingly good. …
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
… There's no emulation overhead eating up your CPU cycles. For many applications, you're looking at near-native performance because, in a very real sense, the code is running natively on your actual hardware. …
I stopped recommending the 3GB Raspberry Pi 4, and here's why
… The used mini PCs sell for $100-$150 and offer better performance than any Pi model. …
You can build a Steam Machine right now, but Valve's optimization is the part worth waiting for
… These mini PCs I keep banging on about will charge you a small fortune for the luxury of some high-performance gaming. …
Valve's Steam Machine delay forced me to DIY, and honestly it's better this way
… Bazzite made more sense to me, as it's more actively supported with frequent updates for Linux itself, and it targets a much broader range of hardware. …
Microsoft has spent six months turning Windows Terminal into a rival to Warp, and it's working
Ty Sherback May 18, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer. …
Lossless Scaling works with every game, and it's the DLSS alternative I actually use
… You can choose fixed rates for generated frames, or use an adaptive approach that targets a specific framerate, similar to DLSS 4.5 . …
The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn't selling it yet — they're asking for help to build it
… My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry in some way or another since 2017. …