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

In brief: AMD's Zen 5 series chips arrived earlier this month to some salty reviews over the performance discrepancies that didn't reflect the promised uplifts. Not long after, the chipmaker announced ...

Microsoft is making significant enhancements to a core Windows 11 security feature, bringing performance improvements of up ...

The big 24H2 update improves the Windows Update stack and reduces install times, restart times, and CPU usage. The big 24H2 update improves the Windows Update stack and reduces install times, restart ...

In the blog post, AMD kinda dodges the entire thing... but it tries to explain why its new Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series "Granite Ridge" CPUs aren't performing as well with tech reviewers and gamers ...

The AMD Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors opened to lukewarm reception from reviewers as well as AMD fans and enthusiasts. That is because the company's Zen 5 architecture, powering these new 9000 ...

AMD's recent branch prediction optimizations, which significantly improved gaming performance on Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" and Ryzen 7000 CPUs, are now available for Windows 11 23H2 users. This update offers ...

Windows 11 looks gorgeous on the surface. Sleek rounded corners, a centered taskbar, smooth Snap layouts, and shiny Widgets, it feels like a fresh coat of paint on your PC. But once you start using it ...

Hi all, if I want to upgrade my older machine (I have a newer one but am still using the older one) so that I can upgrade it to Windows 11 the "legit" way instead of like this, what kind of ...

Reflecting back on a year of gaming, Steam's final hardware and software survey of 2025 indicates a couple of interesting ...