You plug in the controller, press every button, and nothing happens. The game does not see it, Windows does not …

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You click, and the shot fires a fraction of a second late. You flick the mouse toward a target, and …

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Learning how to check FPS in PC games is the first step to answering the question every PC gamer eventually …

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Learning how to enable the correct monitor refresh rate is one of those small settings changes that makes a surprisingly …

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There is a special kind of ugly that shows up during fast camera movement in games: a horizontal line rips …

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You fire up a brand-new game, everything looks great — and then the frame rate starts hitching every few seconds. …

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Few performance problems feel worse than a maxed-out CPU. The game stutters, audio crackles, your mouse feels delayed — and …

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There are few things more frustrating than watching your frame rate crumble while your graphics card sits half asleep. You …

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You are mid-match, the screen locks up, the audio stutters into a loop, and nothing responds — not even Alt+Tab. …

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Nothing kills a gaming session faster than a crash. You settle in, the game loads, and two minutes into a …

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