How to future-proof your hardware for Windows 8
It’s like a special consumer-tech corollary of Murphy’s law: Your PC will inevitably die just before a new Windows OS is about to ship. You need a new laptop immediately, and you […]
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How to speed up your PC games without buying new hardware
Swapping out old hardware for better, faster components is a surefire way to improve gaming graphics. But despite what stereotypes may lead you to believe, not everyone who prefers PC gaming to […]
Keep it stable, stupid! How to stress-test your PC hardware
Modern-day PCs are more reliable than ever before, but that doesn’t mean they’re infallible. Equipment failures still happen, however rarely, and even the beefiest of computer components aren’t worth their weight in […]
Let’s chat with Paul’s Hardware about Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and more
Hey, did you know there are new Nvidia graphics cards on the way? It’s a pretty big deal. Such a big deal, in fact, that we’re still processing what we saw at […]
6 big PC hardware myths, exposed
A dedicated sound card always “sounds” better than an integrated sound chip on the motherboard! A PC with extra RAM is always “faster” than a PC with less RAM! A long HDMI […]
Hardware acceleration: A turbo button for PC software
Hardware acceleration uses specialized hardware components of your computer to perform certain tasks more efficiently than the system’s main processor (CPU) alone could. This is particularly useful for graphics- or audio-intensive tasks […]
