PC Gaming
Proving an expensive point Benson Leung, the Google engineer who took it upon himself to test and review USB Type-C cables and adapters on Amazon to call attention to the dangers of using ones that are out of spec, just sacrificed his Chromebook Pixel to the digital gods. No cheap lesson, Chromebook Pixels start at…
Budget drives by circumstance only Even if you have no plans whatsoever of overhauling your setup and upgrading to a fancy pants NVMe-based solid state drive, you should be super excited about the category. Why? Simply put, those stupid-fast drives that take advantage of PCI Express are pushing yesterday’s performance models into budget territory. Just…
In a recent interview with The Australian Financial Times, Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell revealed the company’s plans for entering the virtual reality market. However, don’t expect to see products from the company any time soon. Darrell indicated that Logitech intends to enter the VR market late rather than bust in “early and awkwardly.” “Just like…
War, War Never Changes… … the hardware and software you’re using, on the other hand, can change in rapid fashion, often rendering older results meaningless. This is the case with Fallout 4, which we initially benchmarked right after launch. Two and a half months later, we’ve just received the latest official 1.3 patch, which was…
Working from home and away Getting things done efficiently and effectively is part of our everyday lives. If there’s a product out there that can help you get your work done faster, that means more free time to do the things you enjoy. It’s also important to be comfortable, and having used a lot of…
Nintendo first entered the virtual reality industry back in 1995 with the launch of Virtual Boy. The product tanked in Japan and North America, which led the company to refrain from selling the device in other regions. Complaints about the device included headaches caused by the monochrome screen, the high retail price, and its failure…
Looking to stream Netflix in your territory? Need to extend your private network to a location overseas? There’s a new free tool that monitors the upload and download speeds of specific Virtual Private Network (VPN) providers located around the globe. Even more, it lists the details of each provider’s servers, showing which connection is best…
Top Deal: Look, we’re fans of excess—it doesn’t read Modest PC on our magazine cover, but Maximum PC. That doesn’t mean we suggest being careless with your component selection and going over the top at every opportunity. Let’s say you’re putting together a respectable mid-range system with a quad-core processor, SSD, and a mid-level graphics…
Best performance for Rise of the Tomb Raider Rise of the Tomb Raider is out now for PC (it has been for the past several days) and whether you use an NVIDIA or AMD graphics card, there’s an optimized driver release available to download. For NVIDIA graphics cards owners, it’s the 361.75 driver release, which…
Achieving a library level of quietness Reference coolers aren’t usually all that exciting or particularly newsworthy, though in this case, AMD deserves a shout out for finally introducing some new air cooling solutions. First up is the Wraith. It replaces the stock air cooler that AMD’s been using for the past several years, though as…