Flight Simulator’s performance update arrives
Microsoft released its groundbreaking Flight Simulator for its Xbox Series X and S on Tuesday, but PC gamers have a real treat as well: The significant performance upgrade Microsoft and Asobo Studios […]
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Windows 11 might tank Ryzen CPU performance, AMD warns
AMD said Windows 11 can cut game performance on Ryzen CPUs by 10 to 15 percent, and the operating system may not utilize AMD’s “preferred core” technology, but a fix in the […]
Windows 11 hurts AMD Ryzen performance even more than we thought
Windows 11 might have just had its Chernobyl moment. AMD and Microsoft already confirmed that the new operating system increases L3 cache latency by 3x on Ryzen CPUs, but it can actually […]
How the Alienware Aurora R13’s chassis boosts performance
Alienware has debuted its new flagship gaming desktop the Aurora R13, which has a radically different design from previous generations. The new desktop sports a rounded Legend 2.0 chassis that Alienware says […]
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 promises 85% more PC performance
On Wednesday, Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor platform for PCs at its Snapdragon Tech Summit, claiming that the chip will offer up to 85 percent more performance than the […]
There’s a simple fix for Windows 11’s slow SSD performance
One of the biggest technical issues keeping a lot of people off of Windows 11 is that it seems to seriously impact the speed of some types of solid state drives. Some […]
Processor cores and laptop performance: What you need to know
The laptops hitting store shelves in 2022 will have a lot of cores. Intel’s 12th-gen Core processors for mobile, revealed at CES 2022 and starting to hit the streets now, pack up […]
Apple’s new M1 Ultra ‘monster’ chip offers scary performance potential
Apple added “a monster of a chip” to its Apple M1 family on Tuesday: the M1 Ultra, which reflects some familiar approaches to chip design and presents a high-end contender for the […]
AMD admits to Ryzen performance stuttering, a fix will take months
AMD said this week that customers with Ryzen-based PCs may experience intermittent performance “stuttering,” due to an integrated Trusted Platform Module, or TPM. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t expect a fix to be […]
Why can’t Apple be clear about the M1 Ultra’s performance?
Apple’s new M1 Ultra will be an impressive processor. There’s no doubt of that since the M1 Ultra is, well, pretty much two impressive M1 Max chips joined at the hip. That […]
