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How To Benchmark Your PC

Posted on 31. Dec, 2009 by UzEE.

Evaluating the performance of our computers is probably one of the most basic tasks everyone has to perform. Whether its to determine application compatibility or just for sheer bragging rights, everyone is interested to know exactly how fast their computer is. But how do you measure the performance of your computer? And no the answer just isn’t clock speed – the prime factor which most people consider solely while making buying decisions. And its not the number of processing cores, or the amount of RAM or hard drive or your graphics card.

The only correct way to measure the performance of your computer is to benchmark its execution, that is, measure the time it takes to run a program. For this purpose, we have benchmark applications, which are simply called benchmarks.  Let’s get started on determining how much better your computer is than your friend’s down the street.

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Find Out if Your Computer Can Run the Latest Games with Can You Run It?

Posted on 13. Nov, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

Playing most new PC games these days takes a state of the art rig, but there are some new games out there that aren’t as demanding as others.  Everyone wants to make sure their computer is going to be able to run a game before they go out and buy it.

Can You Run It? is a great resource that will test your computer’s hardware and determine if you can run the latest games by comparing your hardware to the recommended game specifications.  This tool will make sure you know where you stand on your chances to run the newest game.  It may also provide you with some good insight about what piece of hardware needs to be upgraded next.

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