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

NOT CONSOLING MYSELF

AMD releases its 3D cache chip • A big cache, with big gaming performance claimed

RADEONS GET RSR & FSR 2.0 THIS YEAR

STADIA GOES ENTERPRISE • Streaming service opens up to third parties

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

GPU PRICES FALLING FASTER • We aren’t back to normal, but things are finally getting better

SIX HUNDRED WATT GRAPHICS • New ATX standard clears the way for next-generation GPUs

Microsoft trying adverts in Windows, again

Tabs in Explorer

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, finally

Nvidia Unveils Hopper H100 Datacenter GPU • WE’VE KNOWN NVIDIA has been working on next-generation GPUs for some time, but it officially unveiled its Hopper architecture and the H100 datacenter GPU at GTC 2022. Hopper H100 will replace the Ampere A100, which replaced the Volta V100. Designed for supercomputers, with a focus on AI capabilities, H100 provides numerous updates to the current A100.

THE LIST • THE TOP MICROPHONES

Affordable graphics cards here at last? • IGNORE THE CATASTROPHISTS, graphics card pricing is finally returning to normal, or rather a new “normal” thanks to MSRPs that are higher than ever before. But however you slice it, graphics cards are now cheaper than they were a few months ago.

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

MINI MEDIA MASTERPIECE • A shelf-sized home-theater and couch gaming machine? You can count us in

ENTERTAINMENT EXCELLENCE? • ALL YOU NEED FOR A CAPABLE HOME THEATER

SO SOLID CREW • Rejoice, for ridiculously quick PCIe Gen 4 drives are now almost mainstream. Jeremy Laird chooses from six of the speediest NAND SSDs

Crucial P5 Plus 1TB

Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB

PNY XLR8 CS3140 1TB

Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB

Samsung 980 Pro Heatsink 1TB

XPG Gammix S70 2TB

THE FINAL RECKONING

WD’S SN850 BLACK

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

ULTIMATE GAMES PREVIEW! • In a sea of new PC games due out in 2022, Ian Evenden has picked 35 worth waiting for

Backforce One

SECURE YOUR VPN • Jonni Bidwell casts doubt on the highly profitable VPN business, and explains how you can do better…

The why and wherefore of VPNs • It’s not VPNs that are bad, rather people’s unrealistic expectations of privacy. And, in a pay-per-click age, honesty

ENTERPRISE AND PERSONAL VPNs

Run a WireGuard VPN • WireGuard is the newest, leanest, meanest VPN protocol on the scene. Let’s get those wires guarded!

Tor and other VPN alternatives • Tor has long been regarded as the gold standard for privacy and anonymity. Let’s see how easy it is to go dark

OTHER WAYS TO VPN

Extra measures • See what VPNs don’t and can’t protect against, and bolster your privacy with a layered approach

BROWSER FINGERPRINTING

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

AUTOPSY • THIS MONTH WE DISSECT…

Advanced Windows 11 tips: Task Manager

TASK MANAGER AT A GLANCE

TERMINOLOGY 101

TRACK YOUR SYSTEM

Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer (1980)

GIMP color restoration

THE GIMP...