AMD is using CES 2026 to add a new Ryzen AI Max+ processor and a new Ryzen 9000 X3D chip, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, to beef up its desktop offerings. But the real story might be in the software ...

The Core Ultra Core processors have been designed to offer massive processing power, which is just what gaming and creativity need. The Boost Profile enables users to dramatically improve the ...

If there are too many active processes hogging the system resources, you can prioritize the app you are working on, say a ...

It’s a testament to how odd the chip market is right now that personal-computer demand is actually a source of strength. PC sales have been in a downspin since early last year, following two years of ...

Struggling with sluggish startups and leftover app trash? This lineup of optimizers, uninstallers, and tweaks frees up your ...

There's no shortage of one-click 'game optimization' tools that promise miraculous frame rates and lag-free gameplay today. The catch is, most of them work about as well as blowing air on your GPU for ...

Even decade-old PCs from 2015 can still run modern games at 1080p 30–60 FPS after proper optimization, showing that software tweaks often overcome hardware limits. Gaming performance tips targeting ...

Yesterday Intel announced a free performance boost for its 200S processors in the form of a Boost Overclocking Profile that you can enable in the BIOS. But while boxed processors permit enabling this ...