Some PC upgrades deliver meaningful performance gains, while others are simply a waste of money. The key is to upgrade where ...

For decades, PC enthusiasts have run around their systems looking for and fixing GPU and CPU bottlenecks. The reason why is simple: A bottleneck might cut you off from extra performance in your PC.

I've had this homebuilt system now for almost a year and it's been suiting me fine except for the fact that when I play CPU intensive games such as Simcity 4 and FlightSimulator 2004, the performance ...

Unless you're already pretty familiar with how computers work, you may not have heard of bottleneck calculators — but you've probably encountered one without even knowing it. While the name implies ...

Bottleneck calculators are looked upon as useful matchmakers of PC hardware. Ostensibly, they help gamers decide whether certain CPU and GPU components should be shackled together inside their PC ...

You've heard of CPU or GPU bottlenecks, but monitor bottlenecks? Well, when you think about it, your monitor is where the rubber hits the road when it comes to gaming performance. Just like a ...

Processors continue to get faster and faster, but the frontside bus (FSB) remains one of the biggest bottlenecks on system performance. Most major manufacturers, including Intel, Motorola and AMD, are ...