To check computer speed boost clocks, use CPU-Z (Windows) or Intel Power Gadget (Mac). This article explains how to check the base clock speed and computer speed boost clocks on Windows and Mac ...

A computer's processor speed is an important consideration when upgrading hardware or migrating to new software. Without a fast enough CPU, programs may run slowly or not at all, which can be ...

A computer motherboard's bus speed has no effect on the installed CPU's speed. In a computer, the motherboard and the CPU are two separate components and do not impact the performance of one another.

What affects a computer’s performance? Overall, the performance of a computer is dependent on how well it works together as a whole. Continually upgrading one part of the computer while leaving ...

Windows 11 can feel sluggish long before your hardware is truly outdated, especially if its power profile, drivers and ...

Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen has explained another Windows oddity – this time, why the operating system can appear to report two different CPU speeds.… The behavior can be found in the ...

There was once a time when a processor ran at a single, set clock speed. It ran at that speed all day, every day, unless it was purposely over or under-clocked by a user. In this simpler time there ...

Hack #26 from PC Hacks by Jim Aspinwall (O’Reilly Media). Adjusting the power supply voltage to your CPU can make all the difference between an erratically performing speed-hack and a stable screaming ...

Arm Holdings on Wednesday raised the clock speed of its Cortex A9 processor to 2GHz, with the aim of boosting application performance while drawing less power. Arm designs processor cores that are ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Sept. 13, 2011 - A longtime favorite of performance enthusiasts and overclockers around the world, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it has achieved the Guinness World Record for the ...