With the new year closing in, and tech sales aplenty, now is the perfect time to upgrade your PC. The good news is that you don’t need to spend a lot of money to get the most out of your current setup ...

When your computer slows to a crawl and struggles with even basic tasks, like switching between apps, it’s often a sign that your system is running low on RAM. A lack of free memory on Windows or Mac ...

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To check computer speed boost clocks, use CPU-Z (Windows) or Intel Power Gadget (Mac). This article explains how to check the base clock speed and computer speed boost clocks on Windows and Mac ...

AMD has confirmed that the Windows 11 preview optimisation that provided massive gains for its Ryzen CPUs, but was limited to the future release 24H2 version of Windows 11, will in fact be made ...

Overview: SSDs drastically improve boot time, app load speed, and multitasking performance. NVMe drives offer faster data transfer, while SATA drives are more b ...

PowerVia should speed up Intel PC processors and could help persuade other companies to use Intel to build their chips. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

Microsoft is improving Office startup speed with a new feature called "Startup Boost". The feature will optimize performance and load-time of Office applications. Startup Boost will first roll out to ...

China has achieved a massive leap in computing power, spearheaded by a new optical quantum chip capable of accelerating ...