PC Gaming Setup

Seeing 165Hz or 240Hz selected in Windows does not necessarily mean a game will use that same refresh rate. A game can report 60Hz while Windows is set to 165Hz, or it can offer only a few refresh-rate options even though the monitor supports much more. In other cases, the numbers appear different because the … Read more

A PC game can sometimes launch on the integrated graphics built into the processor even when a dedicated NVIDIA or AMD graphics card is installed. The result is usually obvious: unusually low frame rates, poor graphics performance, high frame-time spikes, or a game that suddenly behaves as though the computer has much weaker hardware than … Read more