Counter-Strike 2 is built on the Source 2 engine, delivering improved lighting, volumetrics, and physics compared to CS:GO.

Real-time ray tracing has been one of the biggest advances in GPU rendering and PC gaming in the past decade. Due to the sheer hardware grunt required to achieve it, it kickstarted the push into the ...

AM4 continues to rule budget gaming ...

PC bottleneck detection is made simple using Windows tools to find CPU, GPU, RAM, or storage limits and fix slow PC performance without benchmarks.

TL;DR: Valve's new Steam Beta client update introduces a comprehensive Performance Monitor tracking FPS, CPU/GPU usage, clock speeds, temperatures, and RAM. It distinguishes true rendered frames from ...

AMD’s 7800X3D successor is also better at non-gaming workloads this time around. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a senior editor ...

Team Australia Extreme Overclocking set a new record for CS2 fps by overclocking the brand new Intel Core i9 14900KF to 8GHz at SXSW Sydney 2023. The enthusiasts from Down Under pushed the processor ...

Over the past year and especially the last few months, we have gathered a significant amount of new CPU data, much of which we have continued to update with improved BIOS revisions and game updates.

I will shortly be upgrading my CPU and motherboard from an i5-6500 to an i5-9600K, and a B150 board to a Z390 board (Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X). I currently have 4 x 8 GB DDR4-2133 DIMMS in there. I was ...

We're certain many of you already have a solid understanding of how we perform CPU benchmarks, but as new people develop interest in PC tech and start to read our content, or content similar to ours, ...