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.

Maximum PC

TRIPLE THREAT TIME

AMD refreshes three 6000-series GPUs • Flagship GPUs launched ahead of RDNA 3 this fall

GEFORCE RTX 40-SERIES SHAPES UP

EIGHT ZEN 3 CORES IN A CHROMEBOOK

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

INTEL’S MOBILE MONSTERS • Fancy a desktop chip in your laptop?

FBI SEARCHES DATA WITHOUT WARRANTS • And Facebook’s data collection is a mess

Nvidia’s anti-crypto limiter broken

The passing of passwords

No more iPods

AMD Seeking Zen, Round Four • THE PROCESSOR DEVELOPMENT cycle takes a long time, from initial goals and planning through early simulations and hardware revisions. When AMD started working on the Zen 4 architecture, switching to a DDR5-exclusive memory controller probably seemed like a sensible choice.

THE LIST • THE TOP FIVE WIRELESS GAMING MICE

The danger of dabbling in Alchemy… • CAN INTEL FINALLY DO IT and produce a competitive graphics card? The answer should already be in hand. But the release of higher-performing versions of Intel’s Arc graphics cards is likely to be delayed. For how long Alchemist could be held back isn’t clear, but from a company with a dismal record for delivering dedicated graphics products, it hardly bodes well.

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

BENCHMARKING BUSINESS • Christian Guyton is testing, testing, one two three…

THE 1080p BUILD COMPONENTS

THE 1080p BUILD STEPS

THE 1440P BUILD COMPONENTS

THE 1440p BUILD STEPS

THE 4K BUILD COMPONENTS

THE 4K BUILD STEPS

TEST DUMMIES

BENCHMARK BOUNTY

RYZEN AGAIN THE RESURRECTION OF AMD • Five years ago, AMD nearly went to the wall. Now, it has the edge on Intel and Nvidia, and billions in the bank. Jeremy Laird investigates its dramatic resurgence

NEAR BANKRUPTCY TO BILLIONS • THE LISA SU STORY

SHOW ME THE MONEY • JUST HOW BAD DID IT GET FOR AMD?

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE 76% • PLUS GET A FREE COPY OF THE BOOK AMAZING TECHNOLOGY

PCs VS CONSOLES: GAME ON • Games consoles have become more like PCs, and with subscription services such as Xbox Game Pass blurring the lines between PC and console gaming, which is the better platform for gamers in 2022? Guy Cocker investigates

HARDWARE

SOFTWARE

DIRECTSTORAGE

CONTROLLERS & PERIPHERALS

ONLINE/MULTIPLAYER

GAME STREAMING

LONGEVITY

EASE OF USE

GRAPHICS

LIVE STREAMING

UPGRADEABILITY

OVERALL

CENTERFOLD • PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

THE RACE TO EXASCALE SUPERCOMPUTERS • Powering AI, medicine, weather, and more.

SIMULATING THE HUMAN BRAIN

AMD’S EXASCALE AMBITIONS

INTEL’S AURORA, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

NVIDIA GOES ALL-IN ON AI

GPUS AREN’T JUST FOR GAMES

MEET GOOGLE’S TPU V4, KIND OF

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

Advanced Win11 tips: Command Prompt

CUSTOMIZE WINDOWS TERMINAL

COMMAND PROMPT 101

COMMAND PROMPT TIPS AND TRICKS

Machine of the Month: Apple Macintosh II

GIMP neon line emphasis

HDR10+ PC gaming is coming • Samsung goes big on...