PC bottleneck detection is made simple using Windows tools to find CPU, GPU, RAM, or storage limits and fix slow PC performance without benchmarks.

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Windows PCs come with a Performance Mode that changes how your computer manages power, but its real-world impact isn't always all that obvious in daily use.

AMD's RDNA 3 GPU architecture isn't quite as happy with the ray tracing settings as Nvidia's systems are, and the reason why ...

A blind test with over 1,000 gamers and six different titles shows that the majority preferred DLSS 4.5's image quality over FSR or even native rendering.

It’s not uncommon for a laptop to lose some of its pep over time. The good news is that there is often something you can do about it — whether that means updating drivers, goosing the processor ...

Microsoft's February Windows 11 update KB5077241 brings a built-in network speed test and fixes annoying sleep wake-up ...

A week into testing Intel’s new Core Ultra X9, the numbers are in. The CPU performance is steady, and the Arc integrated ...

In my experience, Windows PCs have gotten fast enough that I don’t have to worry about running too many apps or opening too many files at once. But there's always room for improvement, especially if ...

Counter-Strike 2 is built on the Source 2 engine, delivering improved lighting, volumetrics, and physics compared to CS:GO.