Summer heat is coming for your PC’s performance. Here’s what actually helps
When heatwaves strike in summer, any chance to cool down is welcome — whether at the lake, in an ice-cream parlor, or at home in front of a fan. What’s a relief for us is…
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Roborock Saros 20 review: Strong performance at a steep cost
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Powerful suction Effective mopping Quiet operation Cons Expensive Too many cleaning modes Heavy base station Our Verdict The Roborock Saros 20 is a premium robot vacuum that cleans well…
Apple A20 Pro preview: Performance, design, AI, and more
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld explores Apple’s upcoming A20 Pro chip, expected to power the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra as Apple’s first 2nm processor manufactured by TSMC. The chip…
HP OmniBook Ultra 14 review: OLED brilliance meets flagship performance
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Attractive design Excellent performance in all areas Enjoyable keyboard with good key feel Large and responsive touchpad Attractive OLED touchscreen Competitive pricing given RAM, storage provided Cons Not as…
Xbox Ally X gets performance boost from Microsoft’s DLSS alternative
The Asus ROG Xbox Ally is more powerful than the aging Steam Deck, even if you go for the cheaper, non-X variant. But it’s still based on an AMD laptop chip with integrated graphics. Squeezing…
Valve is giving Steam Deck game devs real player performance data
The Steam Deck and other PC gaming handhelds can squeeze a shocking amount of performance out of relatively old integrated graphics hardware. But they’re still essentially tiny little laptops without dedicated GPUs. If you’re developing…
Steam is building a game performance estimator for your PC
How well will a new game perform on your system? It’s a question that’s never far from the minds of PC gamers, and it’s only getting more relevant as hardware upgrades become expensive, shading to…
Asus TUF Gaming A14 review: Great performance, just not for gaming
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Lots of USB connectivity including USB-C and USB-A Well-rounded CPU, GPU, and AI performance 32GB of RAM Cons Boring look and feel 165Hz, 1600p IPS display does not impress…
Intel’s new performance tool casts doubt on benchmark scores
A popular benchmark tool, Geekbench, says it will issue a warning when Intel’s new “Arrow Lake Refresh” desktop chips enable Intel’s new IBOT feature. Why? Because the benchmark vendor can’t be sure that scores reported…
Boost GPU performance in Windows 11 with this quick setting
Windows 11 offers a feature called hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, which distributes graphics processes more efficiently, thus reducing latency. As a result, the system runs more smoothly, especially in games and graphics-intensive applications. However, the feature…