In 2026, Minecraft players are turning to optimized mod stacks, updated modloaders, and modular shader solutions to achieve higher FPS, smoother gameplay, and faster updates. From Sodium and NeoForge ...

Minecraft 26.1 mandates Java 25 and replaces G1GC with Generational ZGC, a collector designed for near-zero pause times. This shift, along with the bump to 4 GB default RAM, means old G1GC tuning ...

The importance of Java test frameworks in modern, Agile software development simply can't be understated. Of course, software developers tend to like writing code more than they like writing tests, ...

To enable Vulkan, players need to go to Options -> video settings -> graphics API -> prefer Vulkan. At the time of writing, this is an experimental feature and can be tested in Minecraft 26.1 ...

Abstract: The performance and scalability issues of multithreaded Java programs on multicore systems are studied in this paper. First, we examine the performance scaling of benchmarks with various ...

Gaming myths persist across forums, YouTube tutorials, and social media posts, often misleading players into chasing tweaks that deliver little to no improvement. FPS myths about RAM speed, VSync ...

The ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally are both Xbox-branded portable gaming PCs, but there's a big difference in performance between them due to the difference in the processors they use. In the ...

Sarah has been a writer all her life, and spent several years as a successful ghostwriter for numerous websites prior to becoming an editor and contributor for GameRant in 2015. She kicked off her ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Most AI benchmarks don’t tell us much. They ask questions that can be solved with rote memorization, or cover topics that aren’t relevant to the majority of users. So some AI enthusiasts are turning ...

Bruna is a contributor from Brazil. Although she's an advertising executive, she has been working as a pop culture journalist since 2004, and before Game Rant she worked as a contributor for TechTudo, ...