BasicDog

As I am sure you have noticed I have redesigned the site and have decided to use a content management software called Drupal, with this change I am also shifting the focus of BasicDog.co.uk a little as well. The new BasicDog.co.uk has more of a blog feel to it where Iwill share opinions and experiences of technology and computing, which will include ‘How-to’ articles and technology reviews, and in turn you can post comments on any of the articles you read.

Checking the performance of your PC for gaming is something that thousands of people around the world do on a regular basis and it worth millions. It can be stressful and very adictive (Of that I have first hand experience) but the end product can be a very stable computer, and in my case an empty wallet and enough experience to write an article about it...

Using an Frames Per Second (FPS) display in games is the most common and is generally the bread and butter of any passionate PC gamer, however it is a very crude and somewhat inaccurate way of determining how well your system performs as a gaming machine. I will explain how you can use FPS first, but will put the emphasis on how to benchmark your system for an accurate representation.

This is one of my old articles which has stood the test of time and to my knowlegde still stands true, hopefully someone will find it useful.

This article aims to show the different ways in which you can upgrade your system hardware to increase the performance of your PC.

Due to sytems being used is many different fields (especially windows) I have developed a relevance table to the right of each upgrade, this shows how important each one is to your computers performance for each type of use. The relevance is rated from 0-10, where 10 is crucial and 0 is pointless.

Okay, so along the same lines as the last post as I have developed another table to help people identify the steps they need to take to speed up thier computers.

This article aims to show the different ways in which you can make changes to windows to increase the performance of your PC.

Due to systems being used is many different fields (especially windows) I have included a relevance table to the right of each tip, this shows how important each one is to your computers performance for each type of use. The relevance is rated from 0-10, where 10 is crucial and 0 is pointless.