These 4 PC drivers will tank your performance if you skip them
…The easiest way to avoid unnecessary PC problems Driver updates may not be the most exciting part of owning a PC, and you certainly don't need to install every single update…
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You're accidentally throttling your GPU if you have never touched this one setting
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
Windows 11's worst problem on good hardware is death by a thousand background tasks
…It's an OS that's designed to be everything for everyone , yet it feels like it's optimized for no one . Out-of-the-box optimization has never been the platform…
I stopped chasing Ultra and my mid-range GPU became a powerhouse
Jasmine Mannan May 19, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
Microsoft’s Nvidia RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra will push Windows on Arm further than ever
…The RTX Spark is optimized for Windows and several specific apps, including Adobe, Copilot, Epic, and more. The laptop will release this fall, but pricing hasn't been confirmed yet. Following months…
Proton is better than ever before, but here's why I still prefer gaming on Windows 11
…A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM…
Your bad Wi-Fi isn't your ISP or PC's fault if you're following these 4 practices
…As such, you might often end up buying a USB dongle for Wi-Fi and perhaps another one for Bluetooth, much like I did when I built my first PC years ago…
Most "slow PC" advice you'll find online is 20 years out of date, and some of it is making things worse
…PC optimizers are the same trick in a bigger wrapper. Most of them are a registry cleaner, a temp-file deleter, and a startup manager bolted together, sold with a professional looking…
Windows is still the best OS for gaming, and these 4 things prove it
…The operating system with the highest desktop footprint inherently dictates development priorities, which means that all PC gaming, from competitive shooters to narrative-driven single-player titles will always be optimized for…
AMD just dropped a compact AI workstation that makes discrete GPUs look outdated for running LLMs
Rich Edmonds May 20, 2026, 8:03 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…