Intel Core i9-12900K and Core i5-12600K in the house Though the Core nomenclature will follow an iterative path, make no mistake that Intel's 12th Gen Core desktop processors, codenamed Alder Lake, are a big deal. These are the first high-performance chips to be built from a hybrid architecture which combines a number of powerful hyperthreaded cores (Golden Cove) alongside … [Read more...] about More Intel 12th Gen Core performance numbers emerge
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Microsoft Edge gets performance boost with updated sleeping tabs
Microsoft has tweaked the Microsoft Edge sleeping tabs feature to improve the web browser's overall responsiveness and performance. This feature started rolling out for Edge users running version Beta 88 in December 2020 to drastically reduce memory and CPU resource usage, four months after its initial unveil, in September 2020, as an experiment. "Beginning in Microsoft Edge … [Read more...] about Microsoft Edge gets performance boost with updated sleeping tabs
XPG Launches GAMER BOOST Performance Supplement
Taipei, Taiwan – April 1st, 2022 – XPG, an award winning provider of gaming and high performance systems, components, and lifestyle products, today launched the XPG GAMER BOOST performance supplement. As gaming grows into a more integral part of the mass entertainment industry, there is a clear demand for resources to help underdeveloped and less talented players of … [Read more...] about XPG Launches GAMER BOOST Performance Supplement
High performance open infrastructure comes to Ubuntu
Canonical has announced the general availability of OpenStack Yoga on Ubuntu 22.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Beta and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. What does this mean? Yoga, the latest version of OpenStack, provides a foundation for next-generation, highly performant infrastructure as needed by telco NFV (Network Functions Visualization), media streaming, traffic analysis and … [Read more...] about High performance open infrastructure comes to Ubuntu
How to improve your gaming performance with blazing fast NVMe SSDs
We've written before about how to build your own gaming PC but if you've not built one recently or haven't taken the time to look at the different storage options out there, you might not realise the possibilities. NVMe SSDs are the newest standard of Solid State Drive. These modules offer blazing-fast read and write speeds that can improve the performance of your games by … [Read more...] about How to improve your gaming performance with blazing fast NVMe SSDs
Interesting details of Windows 11’s performance feature Efficiency mode revealed
On any version of Windows, you will find a handful of processes running in the background and actively using the system resource even in the idle state. We can monitor the active processes or programs with Task Manager and use the “end task” feature if the process is slowing down the system. Task Manager is for performance control and it can tell you how much of your resources … [Read more...] about Interesting details of Windows 11’s performance feature Efficiency mode revealed
Mercedes EQE now comes in an AMG version, with performance tweaks
When Mercedes launched the EQE in 2021, it promised that a higher power version would follow along. That has resulted in the Mercedes-AMG EQE, coming in two versions the EQE 43 4MATIC and the EQE 53 4MATIC+. The 43 will be the entry point, but we've already heard that this model isn't going to be available in the UK, suggesting that regional availability will differ. The EQE … [Read more...] about Mercedes EQE now comes in an AMG version, with performance tweaks
Security feature required to run Windows 11 is causing performance issues
With Windows 11, Microsoft not only dropped support for many capable processors but also limited the operating system to hardware with TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module version 2). Unlike controversial processor requirements, TPM 2.0 mandate is actually not a big deal for most users as the vast majority of modern devices have this security feature. On AMD systems, TPM is also … [Read more...] about Security feature required to run Windows 11 is causing performance issues
HP Omen 16 review: Performance for a very fair price
The HP Omen 16 is part of a laptop trend even miserable old so-and-sos like us can get on board with. It's a powerful gaming PC - but doesn't look too much like one. This is part of why Razer's laptops caught our attention years ago. The concept of 'style' didn't start and end with making the laptop equivalent of a Lamborghini. As such the HP Omen 16 has become a gaming … [Read more...] about HP Omen 16 review: Performance for a very fair price
10 easy tips to get more FPS and better performance on your gaming PC
So you've got yourself a shiny new gaming PC or managed to grab a new graphics card, but do you know how to make the most of it? By default, your gaming machine may not be giving you as much performance as you'd expect. Aside from installing the latest graphics drivers, there are some surprisingly easy things you can do to improve your frames per second in-game and overall … [Read more...] about 10 easy tips to get more FPS and better performance on your gaming PC