Overclocking refers to pushing your computer components harder and faster than the manufacturer designed them to go. The initial pitch is seductive: Buy a slower, lower-cost CPU; juice up the clock ...

To get more performance from your aging computer or push a new computer to its limit, give overclocking a shot. Overclocking a CPU can help you get more performance from your system without spending ...

Overclocking is the process of forcing your computer to run faster than it's intended to go. You can overclock both your CPU and graphics card, which can help you run advanced programs on an older PC.

When AMD launched its Ryzen lineup of CPUs in 2017, it represented a redemption story for the company. It had been producing disappointing CPUs for a while before then. Performance on that first ...

There are three methods to overclock a laptop: tweak the BIOS settings, use generic overclocking software to adjust CPU voltage and timing, and with Intel and AMD programs designed specifically for ...

An increasing number of people are now gaming on PC, with estimates suggesting that more than a billion people play games on computers — a significant amount more than those who play games on consoles ...

Overclocking is not an exact science. Every processor is different for example and just because your friend's Core i7 processor hit 4.5GHz on air doesn't mean that yours will, even if using the same ...

In September, AMD added support for simple CPU overclocking to its graphics drivers. If you had a Ryzen 5000-series CPU and wanted to benefit from the extra performance, this auto-overclocking ...

While overclocking the CPU used to be an unsaid rule in the past, at least for gamers, it's not nearly as popular anymore. Most PC users are fine with running their CPU at the default settings, not ...

After users running both a Ryzen CPU and a Radeon GPU started reporting issues with their CPU BIOS settings being changed, AMD has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that a bug within its GPU drivers may be ...

Motherboard vendors have apparently been manipulating AMD's power management design to effectively overclock motherboards without end-user awareness. HWInfo is now designed to detect this behavior.