AMD tech cuts shader load times by up to 95%
Many’s the time I’ve downloaded a big, fancy new game, just waiting for the moment I get to flex my graphics card on the latest graphics… only to have to wait another ten minutes for…
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Chrome 148 will ‘lazy load’ video and audio, closing a long-standing gap
Google has announced that it’s currently testing a new feature for Chrome 148 that could speed up day-to-day browsing. The feature is called lazy loading and it’s actually a lot more helpful than it sounds.…
Intel joins Microsoft in a push to load PC games faster — up to 37X
Intel is joining Microsoft in releasing precompiled shaders for its own graphics cards, which will save you time in loading and then playing PC games. Intel said earlier this week that it will store precompiled…
Windows 7 took ages to load if you had a solid background. Now we know why
Windows 7 came onto the market in 2009 and put Microsoft back on the road to success after Windows Vista’s annoying failures. But Windows 7 was not without its faults, as this curious story proves.…
Windows 7 took forever to load if you had a solid background. Now we know why
Windows 7 came onto the market in 2009 and put Microsoft back on the road to success after Windows Vista’s annoying failures. But Windows 7 was not without its faults, as this curious story proves.…
Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup
You know how every annoying Windows program wants to launch as soon as you boot up your computer? Well, now Office is going to do that, too. A new “Startup Boost” function will set Office…
If Apple Mail won’t load images due to ‘network settings,’ here’s why
If you’ve opened your Mail app this week on your iPhone or Mac and had an issue loading images, it’s not your network. And it’s seemingly related to a feature you might not even be…
Can you load Windows 11 on a Raspberry Pi 5?
There are some very capable operating systems available for the Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer — Raspbian and Ubuntu are two that come to mind — yet some Pi 5 owners may still want to…