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Microsoft Says This Free App Speeds Up Your PC With One Click. Does It Work?

You can spend money on third-party PC optimization tools to improve performance, but Microsoft PC Manager claims to deliver ...
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How to Check FPS and Test PC Performance in Games

Resolution scaling is a sneaky trick to know about too. Lowering that scale can give you a decent performance boost without sacrificing too much visual fidelity. Oh, and don't forget to tame those ...
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I Tested Intel's Flagship 'Panther Lake' Laptop Chip: The Graphics Are the Real Upgrade

A week into testing Intel’s new Core Ultra X9, the numbers are in. The CPU performance is steady, and the Arc integrated ...
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Doom: The Dark Ages PC performance analysis: Always-on ray tracing isn't a problem and even a cheap gaming laptop copes just fine

Though once path tracing makes an appearance, all bets will probably be off. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Doom has been around ...
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Assassin's Creed: Shadows PC performance analysis: Ray tracing, upscaling, and frame generation are all optional, but only two of them are worth using, though not the ones you ...

Assassin's Creed is back with epic vistas, pretty graphics, and so-so performance. Same old, same old. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
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Best Gears of War Reloaded settings for optimized PC performance

If you're jumping back into the original Gears game with this new, definitive release, you'll need to know the best Gears of War Reloaded settings, so you can strike the ideal balance between frame ...