It’s been nearly a year since we last took an in-depth look at viewport performance with the help of SPEC’s SPECviewperf, and with the recent release of its 2020 v3.1 update, we felt now was a good ...

The recent January 2026 Windows 11 patch was rumored to have led to Nvidia GPUs underperforming, which has since been confirmed. The post Latest Windows patch affects Nvidia GPU performance appeared ...

Windows 11 can feel sluggish long before your hardware is truly outdated, especially if its power profile, drivers and graphics settings are working against you. With a handful of targeted tweaks, I ...

There are a whole bunch of ways you can make your games and apps run better in Windows 11. But one of the simplest ways, in theory, is to enable hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling (HAG). Switching on ...

The recently released Windows 11 22H2 update has done no favours in helping the reputation of the operating system. There are reports aplenty that accuse it of impacting the performance of gaming PCs, ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

In an age where flagship GPUs are said to cost $2,000 but, in reality, cost considerably more – and that's assuming you can even find one – we no longer feel excited for the latest and greatest games ...