gaming experience

10 Tips for Turbocharging Windows 7 Gaming

Extremetech  Tue, 06/09/2009 - 05:15

While gaming on the release candidate of Microsoft's shiny new OS, we've discovered a few tips to improve your Windows 7 gaming experience.


 

The GPU-CPU Balancing Act--SLI on X58

Extremetech  Tue, 02/24/2009 - 06:45

Does adding a second or third graphics card improve your gaming experience? Does SLI benefit those with slower CPUs?

Let's find out.


 

Top Tip: Poor results with GFX 260 video card!

Extremetech  Thu, 09/11/2008 - 11:00

The reason I even overclocked the CPU and ran these tests was with the purchase of my new monitor, WoW, which isn't that video intensive really, started running at around 35-60 FPS, compared to 80-140 FPS with the 8800 GT and the 20" monitor.

I was expecting a better gaming experience with the combination of upgraded monitor and video card, not a worse one.