If you've ever need to access your GPU SN (serial number) or PPID (piece part ID), and you're feeling stumped, you're not alone. While hardly ever a problem for laptop users, this is a question that ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

If you've ever called your carrier's customer service to activate a prepaid SIM card or troubleshoot a malfunctioning Android SIM card or iPhone SIM, then you've likely needed your ICCID number. The ...

If you bought an Nvidia RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, or (probably) the upcoming RTX 5070, you should check if it's missing ROPs and therefore you're missing out on performance. As many as 0.5% of all ...

If you've just spent your hard-earned cash on a brand new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 graphics card, the last thing you want is a hard-to-spot fault running your gaming performance. One such fault with ...

Simply using the best graphics card isn't enough if you want top gaming performance. Knowing how much VRAM your graphics card has is also incredibly important. Most games need a certain amount of VRAM ...