Maximum PC

Maximum PC is the magazine that every computer geek, PC gamer, or content creator should read every month. Get Maximum PC digital magazine subscription today for punishing product reviews, thorough how-to articles, and the illuminating technical news and information that PC power users crave. Maximum PC covers every single topic that requires a lightning-fast PC, from video editing and music creation to PC gaming; we write about it all with unbounded enthusiasm for our collective hobby.

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IT’S ALL COMING TOGETHER

Intel’s new monster • New world’s fastest processor reaches 6.2GHz

AI ROBOT ATTRACTS BIG INVESTORS

TRANSPARENT LAPTOP

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies • A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

AMD LAUNCHES RADEON RX 7900 GRE • $549 gets you 16GB for gaming

INTEL’S BIG BET • CEO says 18A is the “biggest bet we have ever made”

Smell-O-Game

Nvidia’s 5090 will be a Beast

Drop C++ says White House

AMD’s RX 7900 GRE goes worldwide • WE SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH done with new GPU launches from AMD and Nvidia for this generation, barring the possibility of something like a desktop RTX 4050. Both companies have a range of cards priced from around $250 up to $1,600 or more. But with Nvidia’s recently released 40-series Super models, AMD didn’t look quite as competitive as before.

THE LIST • THE BEST CPUS FOR GAMING

Why are graphics drivers so hard? • GRAPHICS DRIVERS ARE HARD. That isn’t news. Recently, however, Intel revealed details on its efforts to get its Arc GPUs running really fast. This candor makes me hopeful for its next-gen Battlemage graphics, which could appear this year. The takeaway is that Intel isn’t giving up on Arc, and there are reasons to think that Battlemage might just be the bomb.

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

MAXIMUM FLOW THE 4070 Ti SUPER • The perfect balance of RGB and style

Hardware Heaven

Hardware Heaven, con’t

Go With The Flow

BEHIND THE FANS

Smooth sailing

Take the power back

The future of cable management? • Is there a better way? The BTF form factor says ‘maybe’

NOT WITHOUT DRAW BACKS

BUILD YOUR OWN NAS 2024 • Build your own fast, low-powered, 24/7 server with the help of Nick Peers

OUR 2024 NAS BUILD SPEC

TROUBLESHOOT YOUR BUILD

UPS BACKUP

IMPROVE NETWORK PERFORMANCE

SET UP PODMAN

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THE ULTIMATE PC BUILD GUIDE • Strap in as we divulge 20 more tips on how to become the next master PC builder

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super

STATE OF THE PC INTEGRATED GRAPHICS • Can you get by without a dedicated GPU?

INTEL METEOR LAKE & ARC GRAPHICS

AMD HYPR-RX

CONSOLE GRAPHICS

HOW TO • STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

Apple Vision Pro

Use an open-source password manager

BROWSER PASSWORD MANAGERS

THE IDEAL PASSWORD MANAGER

MASTERING YOUR PASSPHRASE

Control your settings with the Nvidia app

Make Shortwave your AI Assistant

Turn on hidden Windows tools

Size matters, but not like that • What’s the point of high-performance gaming laptops?

Editor’s Pick: Asus ROG Strix XG27ACS • The monitor you’ve been waiting for?

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G Ventus 3X • Iterative change and 4K dominance

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT • As cost-effective as an RTX 4080 Super

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G • 1080p gaming with integrated graphics? Hell, yes

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