Maximum PC

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Maximum PC

‘CLOCKING CRAZY

Processor war kicks off again • Zen 4 lands, with Raptor Lake hot on its heels

THE GEFORCE BEAST • THE 4090 TI BOASTS IMPRESSIVE STATS

WI-FI SPEEDS TO DOUBLE • Wi-Fi 7 is on the way

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

INTEL’S ARC STRUGGLES • Hardware delays and driver problems

GRAPHICS CARD PRICES FINALLY STABLE • There are even some bargains to be found

Quest 2 gets a $100 price rise

HDDs to reach 30TB

Ethereum goes PoS

Nvidia’s Monstrous AD102 on Approach

THE LIST • THE TOP FIVE DDR5 RAM

Alas Intel? Don’t panic, it’s not that bad…

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES..

BUILD IT, UPGRADE IT, ENJOY IT • Overclocking may be a dark art but there’s no better way of getting free power upgrades and taking your PC to its limits

WHAT’S IN THE BOX?

FREE POWER? COUNT US IN • PIECE TOGETHER AN OVERCLOCKING GAMING MENACE

PRE-OVERCLOCKED BENCHMARKS

PRE-OVERCLOCKED ADDITIONAL BENCHMARKS

IN CONCLUSION

FREE POWER WITH OVERCLOCKING • LEARN THE BASICS AND UNLOCK THE FULL POTENTIAL OF YOUR NEW SYSTEM

HOW TO START OVERCLOCKING

SO HOW DID WE DO?

ADDITIONAL RESULTS

WAR OF THE UPSCALING ALGORITHMS • Rendering fewer pixels to boost framerates

UPSCALING, HOLLYWOOD STYLE

A CLOSER LOOK AT DIFFERENT UPSCALING ALGORITHMS

INTEL XESS TAKES THE BLUE PILL

DLSS GROWING PAINS

PER-GAME INTEGRATION REQUIRED

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THE FUTURE OF STORAGE • As SSDs get faster and cheaper, Jeremy Laird investigates how much more flash memory has to give and whether something better is around the corner

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO INTEL’S OPTANE TECHNOLOGY? IT WAS ALL SO PROMISING…

COMPUTATIONAL SSDs ARE “SMART” SSDs THE FUTURE?

PCI EXPRESS TRAIN GEN 5 IS ALMOST ALIVE…

BEST FREE SOFTWARE FOR VITAL PC TASKS • Some PC jobs are just too important to keep putting off, so you need to know the best programs to execute them correctly. Nik Rawlinson recommends 16 you should learn

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

Reboot Windows 11 File Explorer

MAP LOCAL FOLDERS

FILE EXPLORER UPGRADE

TRACK DRIVE SPACE

Docker tips & tricks

ANATOMY OF A CONTAINER

DOCKER 101

REVERSE PROXY CONFIGURATION

Machine of the Month: Tandy TRS-80 (1977)

Tomb Raider Live Experience • Becoming Lara Croft

Editor’s Pick: HP Elite Dragonfly G2 • This x86 power problem really needs sorting

SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB • Welcome to the big league, SK Hynix…

Colorful GeForce GTX 1630 • Party like it’s 2019 with this blast from the past

NZXT H7 Elite • The best of the best from NZXT?

Framework Laptop • Do-It-Yourself Upgradeable Laptop

ASRock RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming D • Graphics prices falling down, falling down…

BenQ Mobiuz EX3210U • The monitor for all occasions?

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