Michael has been writing about entertainment since 2016, but he's been a gamer since playing Pac-Man in the arcade, Kings Quest 3 on the PC, and the Sega Master System he got from his late father. In ...

The latest Steam update adds a new performance monitoring feature The overlay can display FPS values, monitor CPU and GPU usage, and more Valve says the overlay is designed to help players understand ...

The Steam Deck might have a fancy OS that makes it easy to browse and play Steam games, but it's essentially just a standard handheld PC. That means anyone with enough tech-savvy can modify the device ...

There has been a major emphasis from hardware vendors lately, especially NVIDIA, on the technique of interpolation, better known as frame generation. Whether using AI as in NVIDIA and Intel's methods, ...

Steam has released a new in-game monitor to help players understand the causes of bad PC game performance. In a blog post, developer Valve explained that the new performance overlay will show you ...

Users can also adjust the overlay's detail level, screen position, contrast, saturation, and background opacity. A Steam Support page outlines how Valve calculates each data point. One of the most ...

Valve, the company behind Steam, says that the standard Windows Task Manager doesn't capture all of the GPU processing and can underestimate GPU usage, especially during game launch. They're planning ...