Overclocking modern GPUs is easy and mostly safe. Expect a solid FPS boost of about 5–15%. Risk is low, but warranty may void ...

Do you need a microcontroller that runs at 1 GHz? No, probably not. But that didn’t stop [Visual Micro] from trying, and the results are pretty interesting. Not only did the plucky little chip not ...

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 ...

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 ...

The latest version of Radeon Software adds an unusual (and welcome) new twist: The ability to automatically overclock your Ryzen processor if you’re rocking an all-AMD gaming desktop. Yes, your GPU ...

Believe it or not, you can make AMD's latest king of the gaming CPU world even faster, and it won't even cost you any money. In this guide, we'll show you how to overclock the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, ...

Although upgrading to the best graphics card (also know as a graphics processing unit, or GPU) is arguably the best way to improve your PC’s 3D rendering ability, you can eke out a little more ...

If you think that overclocking is solely for performance-obsessed geeks armed with bottles of liquid nitrogen, it’s time to reconsider! Even a small bump in PC performance can delay the need to ...

There are three methods to overclock a laptop: tweak the BIOS settings, use generic overclocking software to adjust CPU voltage and timing, and with Intel and AMD programs designed specifically for ...

In recent years, we have seen a boom in the popularity of high refresh rate monitors and overclocking. So much so that a high refresh rate is an essential standard for a monitor to classify as gaming.

Ask PC Gamer is our weekly question and advice column. Have a burning question about the smoke coming out of your PC? Send your problems to [email protected]. “Hello PC Gamer! I like to overclock ...