January 25, 2013
There was always some amount of lag in the game, especially when there were lots of players logged in. That's an experience you can have only so often before you realize that it's either time to optimize your PC to reduce lag as much as possible, or don't even bother playing at all. To really optimize for gaming, you'll need to take a very focused approach to fine-tune the areas of performance that really matter.
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December 10, 2012
Whatever you think of Windows 8 (at MakeUseOf, our opinions are mixed), it’s certainly speedy. Windows 8 boots faster than previous versions of Windows, has lower memory usage, and has a desktop that feels nice and snappy. Like all versions of Windows, Windows 8 has a variety of settings you can tweak to speed things up and make it even faster. Some of the tips here also apply to previous versions of Windows, but Windows 8 has some new tricks up its sleeve.
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June 7, 2012
While I'm no Windows or Microsoft fanboy, I do use Windows more than any other operating system. It has had its ups (XP, 7) and its downs (ME, Vista), and it's set to be tested when Microsoft re-imagines it with the new Metro UI in Windows 8, but it's still the Windows we know and love. Or hate, depending on your point of view.
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May 7, 2012
File system fragmentation is a major cause of sluggish performance on Windows. The default Windows Disk Defragmenter does a passable job of the basics, but Auslogics Disk Defrag Pro ($29.95) goes above and beyond. We’re giving away 25 copies of Auslogics Disk Defrag Pro for Windows worth a total of $750 to 25 lucky readers this week! Read on for your chance to win.
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April 30, 2012
At $49.95 per license, Paragon Hard Drive Manager 12 Suite may be out of reach for some of you. Through this giveaway, we'll be dishing out 25 copies of the ultimate disk management and partitioning tool, Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 Suite retailing at $1250, for free! If you're interested, read through this review of the software and learn more about the participation details of this giveaway near the bottom of the post.
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March 19, 2012
Is your PC running at a fraction of the speed it used to? Enter Auslogics BoostSpeed, a tried and tested method of breathing new life into an ageing Windows partition. Today we’re offering another chance for you to win one of 25 copies worth a staggering $1,248!
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March 6, 2012
As some of my more loyal readers may know, I’ve been using a dual-monitor setup for years. Over time, I tried dozens of different tools, both free and commercial, for making the best use of my screen real estate. I wanted tools that would let me move and resize my windows with ease, as well as a wallpaper switcher that would work well with multiple monitors.
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December 29, 2011
Let’s face it, if you are reading this, you’re a geek. People come to you for tech help, whether you like it or not. It could be family, friends, or maybe your significant other. Whether or not you help them is up to you, but Soluto is one tech company that is trying to make your life easier. It's a truly innovative tool and it's free.
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December 19, 2011
It can't be denied. We at MakeUseOf, along with most of the world, still love Dropbox dearly. It's the synchronization tool of choice because it simply works like you expect it to. However, using just the basics of the software may make you miss out on some useful stuff that could make your life even easier.
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December 5, 2011
Whether we do it as a hobby or just out of plain curiosity, benchmarking has become almost an art. People always try to find the best ways to benchmark a piece of software or hardware in order to increase the ease of replicating those results and to be more accurate. Although benchmarking has been criticized, it is still a good indicator of how powerful or fast something is.
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November 21, 2011
This week, we’re giving away 25 licenses for Auslogics BoostSpeed. Stick around to read more about what BoostSpeed can do and to find out how you can win your own free license!
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October 6, 2011
Over the last two years, CCleaner has changed quite a bit in terms of version numbers...up now to version 3.10 at the time of this writing. While visually the program actually hasn't changed much (it's good, why break something that's not broken?), a lot of additional features have been included behind-the-scenes to make it more functional than ever.
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September 20, 2011
Sometimes, the gaming experience can be legitimately distorted by computer hiccups caused by background processes or problems with a game’s files structure. One solution that we’ve reviewed in the past is Game Booster, which has just received an update to its third incarnation.
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September 7, 2011
Last time I showed you how to speed up your newly acquired HP TouchPad with a number of patches and tweaks. There’s no denying that the performance increase is noticeable but the device still seems to lag and stutter at points. If you’re still disappointed with performance and are looking to turbo-charge your TouchPad, then a 1.5GHz speed bump might just do the trick.
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September 5, 2011
Welcome to WebOS, an operating system that will never compare to iOS for speed. Many believed that WebOS 3.0 would have real potential in the portable market - but HP WebOS went wrong somewhere. Luckily the homebrew community is here to patch up WebOS and get your TouchPad running faster, smoother and better than it did when it left the factory.
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