How to see your PC game’s frame rate with Steam’s FPS counter
Do you need a faster graphics card? Only if your games aren’t running as smoothly as you’d like. Fortunately, Steam includes a feature that displays the current frame rate of the game […]
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Can you play games on a Chromebook? Here’s how
We’ve become used to thinking of Chromebooks as simple productivity machines: a web interface for classwork, online productivity apps, and not much else. But there are many ways to game on a […]
How to gift Steam games
No matter what the occasion, a new video game always makes a great gift. Luckily, you can gift games to other people directly from the Steam storefront, just as long as you’re […]
How to enable GeForce Integer Scaling and make retro games look great
Have you ever heard the phrase “You should never meet your hero?” If you’re a fan of old-school games, playing those classic titles on a modern monitor could have a similarly negative […]
How to install or move your Xbox PC games to any folder
For the longest time, Microsoft chained off PC games downloaded through the Xbox app. Users couldn’t modify or move the files. Unlike Steam and other services, storage management was nonexistent. But last […]
DOS games on Steam Deck: Here’s the best way to do it
Why did I suddenly want to play the original Duke Nukem on my Steam Deck? I can’t recall the exact reason, but I do know that after a hefty dose of Googling […]
PC bottlenecks: How to know if your CPU or GPU is limiting games
If your PC doesn’t deliver the desired performance in a particular game, it’s usually—but not always—due to two limiting factors. Either your processor (CPU) or your graphics card (GPU) is bottlenecking performance. […]
AMD’s FSR 4 could be a day-one upgrade for FSR 3.1 games
New AMD graphics cards are on the way, arriving sometime in the next couple of months, and they’ll be packing an upgrade to the company’s FidelityFX Super Resolution upscaling tech. But what […]
Play retro games on the PC: 3 ways to kick it old-school
Super Mario, Zelda (or Link), Purple Tentacle, Sonic—these are just a few of the heroes who have inspired gamers for over 40 years. Some of the original gaming devices from Atari, Commodore, […]
If your PC turns off while playing games, here’s what to do
One of the most common causes of a sudden and unexpected computer shutdown is heat. When a critical component like your CPU exceeds a safe operating temperature, it goes into self-preservation mode. […]
