Overclocking modern GPUs is easy and mostly safe. Expect a solid FPS boost of about 5–15%. Risk is low, but warranty may void. Control temps with fan curves, power limits, and do paste/pad swaps if ...

What did the above do for performance? Here's how the stock, GPU core only, VRAM only, and GPU plus VRAM overclocks fared at 4K RT-Ultra with DLSS Quality in the built-in Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark. We ...

Abhinav pivoted from a career in banking to pursue his first love in writing. Even while working full-time, he continued contributing as an editor-at-large, a role he has held for more than 7 years. A ...

You don’t buy one of the best gaming PCs because you just want to plug it in and have it run your games. That goes double if you built it yourself. You want it to put the pedal to the metal and give ...

Hamlin has been in the tech field for over nine years. Since 2017, his work has appeared on MakeUseOf, Android Police, OSXDaily, Beebom, and more. He served as the Senior Editor at Valnet's MakeUseOf ...

MSI Afterburner is one of the best tools for overclocking your graphics card, and for monitoring its temperatures and fan speeds. A largely one-person project, MSI Afterburner is a superpopular ...

When it comes to gaming on a PC, a lot of the culture is about maximizing the performance of your computer. PC gamers spend thousands upon thousands of dollars to optimize the perfect systems, and ...

An increasing number of people are now gaming on PC, with estimates suggesting that more than a billion people play games on computers — a significant amount more than those who play games on consoles ...

This is fantastic. While auto-overclocking systems have existed for a while on motherboards, they are generally hit or miss on reliability and ability to get a good overclock. The tedium and ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Hydra is a custom GPU overclocking and monitoring tool created by Yuri Bubliy (1usmus), and a notable 2.3B update is expected to drop next week for Early ...