AMD Precision Boost: How To Disable It & What Else To Check

Setting manual CPU clock frequency in the Asus BIOS by changing the Ai Overclock value from Auto to Manual

Setting your own clock speed has gotten easier than ever thanks to performance tools like AMD Radeon, but what happens when you want to disable some of these built-in performance boosting presets? You can disable AMD Precision Boost by entering into your BIOS menu and disabling this feature in the Advanced menu. You can also … Read more

Will AMD GPUs Work With Intel CPUs (And Vice Versa)? What About NVidia?

The box of a AMD Sapphire RX 6700XT Radeon graphics card GPU

If you’ve got your eyes set on a brand-new NVidia GPU, but you’ve got an AMD or Intel CPU, will it work? What about AMD and Intel? Can those long-time rivals be combined into one PC? You can combine any brand graphics card with any brand CPU without worrying about compatibility problems. Currently, all brands … Read more

Why Is CPU Virtualization Usually Disabled By Default?

The SVM Mode CPU Virtualization option within an Asus motherboard on the AMD platform

There are a lot of reasons you would want to turn on CPU virtualization. Being able to spin a virtual machine opens up all kinds of new potential whether you’re running a Macbook or a high power gaming PC. However, you’ve got to turn on hardware virtualization before you can start spinning virtual machines. CPU virtualization … Read more