This “power-saving” setting is slowing down your Windows PC, turn it off now

Despite what some people might think, computers run on electricity and not magic fairy dust. Electricity costs money, and generating it usually has some sort of environmental cost too.

In short, most people would agree that it’s better not to waste more power than you actually need. But who decides? More power on a modern computer usually means more performance, and this has to be dynamically adjusted. It’s the operating system that sets the policy on how power is allocated, but if you’re a Windows user your computer might not be doing it right.

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