While Windows 11 provides a decent enough out of the box experience—atrocious new task bar aside—it handles so much better after tweaking just a handful of settings to make it feel more like the Windows…
The hits just keep on coming for Intel. AMD’s Epyc chips are gobbling up market share in data centers while Intel’s desktop chips are frying themselves after years of being stuck on a stalled architecture.…
AMD’s Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme chips power this generation’s popular Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go gaming handhelds, while a less-potent custom sibling of the chip shines inside Valve’s Steam Deck. With Intel’s…
For months, internet rumor mills have claimed that AMD’s next-generation Radeon RX 8000 graphics cards would cede the high-end market to Nvidia’s GeForce lineup, after the GeForce RTX 4090 stomped all over the competition this…
Berlin’s annual IFA electronics show isn’t typically a hotspot of PC news, since it follows hot on the heels of the computer-centric Computex in June. Instead, it’s usually more of a mobile and smart home…
The best free PC software programs aren’t about the cost (or lack thereof), they’re about a fresh opportunity—collections of code that put the dumb hardware in your computer to smart use, tools that can accomplish…
How hot is your PC’s graphics card temperature? During normal operations, your GPU temperature shouldn’t matter much—your graphics card should simply drive monitors and play games without overheating and shutting down. But if you have…
AMD’s hotly anticipated Ryzen 9000 desktop processors launched earlier this month, and well, the gaming performance improvements seen by independent reviewers weren’t as hot as expected – or as hot as AMD attested to in…
I never really thought you could have too many power outlets or USB ports — but then I saw today’s deal. Amazon is selling this SUPERDANNY Surge Protector for just $25.99, a 28 percent discount…
This year’s Computex was one of the most monumental in ages. Funnily enough, that made it feel both insanely packed and curiously quiet on the PC front. Qualcomm’s imminent entry into the premium PC space…