A virtual discussion Oculus Rift is finally here, at least in pre-order form. It’s available to pre-order for $599 (read our thoughts about the price point), starts shipping in March, and comes with a few extra goodies, including Eve: Valkyrie, a multiplayer dogfighting shooter set in the same Eve universe as Eve Online. We met…
Taking a peek at Polaris AMD is moving to a 14/16nm FinFET process technology on its GPUs, that’s something we’ve known for some time now. But what exactly will it be and when? AMD’s next generation GCN architecture will manifest in Polaris, which is scheduled to arrive around the middle of the year. That’s a…
Don’t call it a Mac Pro When you’re informed that there’s a mighty vortex in the area, you do one of two things — run away or check it out with camera in hand. We opted for the latter, making our way to MSI’s booth at CES to check out its new Vortex desktop gaming…
On the case with Corsair Corsair recently announced an aggressively themed case, the Spec-Alpha, intended for gamers. It’s a unique design that’s unlike any previous chassis Corsair has put out, and to get a closer look, we sent out our seasoned CES sleuth Jimmy Thang with camera in hand. He met up with George Makris,…
It’s official: Klaus is coming to PS4 on January 19th! That’s in about two weeks, and we thought it would be the perfect time to talk about the new-and-improved Klaus. Before we get into the details, we’d like to show a cool little trailer we made for the launch of the game. We love making…
VR is actually happening for real now, and you can buy yourself an Oculus Rift today and be part of first few people to try a final Rift. There’s absolutely a lot of excitement now that everyone knows when they’re going to have a finished Rift to play with. But what about that sticker price…
Headsets can be incredibly personal devices, especially when you use them in places besides the computer chair. Polk Audio’s Striker Pro is a headset that we found ourselves wearing a lot, at—and away from—the keyboard. At a glance Hard-hitter: Great build quality; street-friendly styling; comes with connectors for PC, phone, and XBox. Sucker-punched: No surround…
You’ve probably used a Sound Blaster card in your computer at some point. These days, a lot of folks are likely using just the onboard sound on the motherboard. Onboard audio has improved greatly in the last couple of years, but the main component to make it all sound good squarely rests on the type…
CES always brings out some interesting products, and while many of them aren’t directly related to our normal Maximum PC coverage, there’s plenty of overlap. Case in point is Nvidia’s new Drive PX 2 solution, which the company is billing as a one-stop solution for in-car artificial intelligence, deep learning, and autonomous driving. Perhaps more…
Top Deal: Not every system has to cost several thousand dollars and come decked out with top shelf parts. If you’re just planning to mosey around the web and play in Word, you can get by with a more modest setup. For general purpose computing chores, one option with a low footprint is today’s top…