PC Gaming
Slim, sexy, and limited Our normal reaction to anything that says “limited edition” is to roll our eyes, as if making tens or hundreds of thousands of something truly qualifies as limited. Yeah, right. And that would have been our reaction to the Asus Zenbook UX305 in “crystal white,” except that only 200 of these…
Uphill battle Several weeks ago, Microsoft unveiled a pair of SDKs intended to make it relatively easy for iOS and Android developers to port their apps over to Windows 10 (for mobile devices). Called Project Islandwood (iOS) and Project Astoria (Android), Microsoft envisioned its toolkits transforming Windows from an also-ran into the mobile space to…
AMD is calling HBM a “revolution in chip design” GDDR5 will soon stall GPU performance growth, says AMD. According to the red team, GDDR5 is entering an inefficient region of the power-to-performance curve. GDDR5 will soon reach a performance bottleneck. Historically, AMD would try and solve these power-to-performance issues by shrinking chips and integrating functions,…
A look at various Windows 10 upgrade scenarios Sometimes it feels like the closer we get to the release of Windows 10 (slated for this summer), the less we actually know. Yes, Microsoft finally revealed a list of Windows 10 editions last week, of which there are quite a few, but how exactly will upgrades…
Top Deal: Remember when single-core computing was awesome? Ya, neither to do we. The GHz race isn’t quite over, but by and large, we’re living in a multi-core world. If you want to take things to a whole other level on Intel’s side of the fence, then check out today’s top deal for an Intel…
First tablets, now phones Following up on its launch of touch friendly Office apps for Android tablets back in January, Microsoft today announced that a preview version of Office for Android phones is now available. That includes previews for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, all of which look similar to and share the same features as…
Better start practicing again Office workers have been playing Solitaire in Windows for the past 25 years as a means of getting through the day. Hard to believe, isn’t it? To celebrate Solitaire’s 25-year anniversary on Windows, Microsoft is holding a pair of tournaments — one for employees and a second one for everyone else…
Think small Dell apparently has big aspirations to compete in the mini PC market that’s gaining a bit of steam. Over on the company’s website, you can now configure an Inspiron Micro Desktop with Bay Trail-D inside and running Windows 8.1 with Bing starting at $179. That’s the first two available models. The $179 configuration…
You may have noticed that we look much like our sister site, PC Gamer. This is a good thing. The site is responsive now, and changes to fit whatever resolution and device you may be using to view it. More and more people are browsing Maximum PC on their phones, and we’re happy to say…
Is your PC up to the task? Hype has been high for the Oculus Rift VR headset ever since it first debuted on Kickstarter what seems like a century ago (in reality, it was nearly two and a half years ago). Know what else is high? The system requirements to run Oculus Rift (we would…