Hardware

Can a 1tb nvme gen4 upgrade reduce worldstream stutter and speed up level loads in open-world rpgs?

Jan 12, 2026 • by Léa Moreau

I’ve been chasing stutter and slow level loads in open-world RPGs for years — from dense cities in Cyberpunk-esque titles to sprawling fantasy landscapes that stream in foliage, NPCs, and object meshes as you approach. One of the most common upgrade recommendations you’ll see tossed around is...

ssd vs hdd for game installs: which titles benefit most from nvme speeds and why

Dec 02, 2025 • by Léa Moreau

When I build or tune a gaming PC, one of the questions that comes up again and again is: Do I really need an NVMe SSD for games, or is a SATA SSD or even an HDD still okay? I get it — storage is expensive, games are massive, and the difference between “it loads faster” and “I actually feel...

how thermal paste choice impacts gpu longevity and sustained fps in long sessions

Dec 02, 2025 • by Léa Moreau

When I first started tinkering with GPUs, I treated thermal paste like an afterthought — a dab of whatever came with the cooler and I was done. Over hundreds of hours of long sessions, tournaments, and hardware testing for Gameriously, I learned the hard way that thermal paste choice can be the...

benchmarking ram: does faster memory reduce stutter in cyberpunk 2077 and rpgs?

Dec 02, 2025 • by Léa Moreau

I ran a practical RAM benchmarking series to answer a question I get asked a lot: does faster memory reduce stutter in Cyberpunk 2077 and other big RPGs? As someone who obsessively tunes rigs for smoother, more responsive gameplay, I wanted a clear, repeatable look at how memory frequency and...