To run Windows 8, your computer needs at least a 1 GHz. Of course, that doesn't mean that the operating system will run well; on a single-core 1GHz CPU, Windows 8 will always perform poorly. You can, ...

Microsoft has made a point of advertising the performance enhancements and optimizations being made to Windows 8. Although Windows 7 was well received and typically offered better performance and ...

In an odd turn of events, Windows 8 has been banned from HWBot, one of the world's top benchmarking and overclocking communities. All existing benchmarks recorded by Windows 8 have been disqualified.

There’s an unassailable rule of computing: No matter how fast your computer is, and no matter how well it runs, you want it to run better. If you’re looking to improve Windows 8, help is on the way. I ...