In my last blog post, I shared five steps to help you get the most out of your gaming PC. But wait, that’s not nearly all: Here are five even more tuning tips and tricks that build on my previous list and that you’ll want to keep up your sleeve. “Perfect Gamer” [...]
Want to get the most out of your gaming PC (and games in general)? Well, read on for the ultimate guide to increase frames per second (FPS) drastically, reducing game lags, improving game quality and more! In part 2 of our “Perfect Gamer” series, you’ll learn to tune your PC to the limit. In part [...]
Who’s up for a round of Diablo 3 or the futuristic Crysis 2 end-of-times gaming spectacle? How about some Max Payne 3? Before firing up your mouse + keyboard combo, are you sure your PC can even handle these games? Many PCs are far too old or simply unequipped to optimize the gaming experience. In [...]
TuneUp charts new optimization territory each year with its releases of TuneUp Utilities. This year’s version lays a cornerstone in our development cycle, and introduces an entirely new approach to speeding up your PC and making it more reliable. It’s called: TuneUp Program Deactivator. In this week’s blog post, I’m going to share how I [...]
Remember the disaster that occurred after we installed 200 programs on a notebook? Our PC became so slow and was essentially unusable. The TuneUp Blog team then uninstalled all of the programs and compared the machine’s current performance to its original state. The results? Performance significantly improved, however, it was still not at the optimum [...]
This just in! The TuneUp Blog team has a very special update regarding our “200 programs” blog post series. Over the last couple of weeks, we have discussed the fact that installing too many programs will destroy the performance of your computer. Check out our two original blog posts and see for yourself: In Part [...]
Too many programs will slow down your computer to an absolute crawl. The TuneUp Blog team proved this theory, with a PC performance check that involved installing 200 new programs. The end result: The computer was basically unusable following the test. The experiment also left the TuneUp Blog team and our readers with more questions. [...]
There’s nothing more frustrating to gamers than when they lose a life or miss the next level because the frame rates (or frames per second) are in the single-digits area. But what can they do? This podcast discusses different ways in which gamers can improve their gaming experience—beyond just upgrading to a better graphics card—by [...]
Ever since Microsoft launched Windows 7, there’s been a lot of talk about what the best way is to install the new operating system. This podcast discusses the differences between a clean install and an upgrade of Windows 7 and the best ways to go about migrating to the new operating system. The podcast also [...]
It’s a proven fact: The more programs you install on your computer, the slower it will eventually become. Let’s revisit this almost two decade-old position in 2010 and see if it still holds true for today’s machines and the modern operating system Windows 7.
