PC Gaming
Continuing to innovate This is generalizing things a bit, but not that long ago it seemed like the monitor market was stuck in a rut with options limited to low-end models, mid-range offerings, high-quality IPS panels, and the granddaddy of them all, a 30-inch monster with a 2560×1600 resolution. Times have changed. Those options still…
Lara Croft approved this message Attention Nvidia GeForce GPU owners, there’s a new Game Ready driver available to download, one that’s intended to deliver the best possible gaming experience for Rise of the Tomb Raider and the beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division. It’s a minor update with optimizations for both of the aforementioned titles,…
This Schiit’s great! If you haven’t gathered by now, I’m somewhat of an audio enthusiast. Notice I didn’t use the word “audiophile.” That’s because the term’s now being thrown around like a Frisbee. No one even knows what it really means anymore, other than “Hey, my stuff’s expensive.” This is an unfortunate situation, and the…
Faster laptops on the horizon If you haven’t been all that impressed with the first batch of Skylake-based laptops to hit the market, hang tight, faster models are the horizon. Intel just added some new Core i7 Skylake (and mobile Xeon) models to its CPU price list, as PCWorld spotted, and it’s only a matter…
Don’t call it a typo Thermaltake is sorry-not-sorry that its new Core X5 Riing Edition computer case will eat away at the part of your OCD that twitches at typos, but ultimately decided that an extra “i” was necessary. Why? We’re not really sure. What we do know is that the Core X5 Riing Edition…
Look who’s got game all of a sudden At long last, Das Keyboard is going after gamers with some new gaming gear, including the “utra-edgy” X40 Pro Gaming Mechanical Keyboard and M50 Pro Gaming Mouse. Both are part of Das Keyboard’s new Division Zero brand. I say “at long last” because an eye towards gaming…
Back in June 2014, Google first revealed Google Cardboard, a cheap virtual reality alternative that consisted of a cardboard box that can be folded into wearable glasses. It’s not meant for a fully immersive experience, but a cheap way to get some VR thrills without having to sink hundreds of dollars into actual hardware (outside…
A big leap forward for system tools As a PC enthusiast, you’re always building, tweaking, testing, monitoring. It’s the endless life-loop of a PC junkie. At least, that’s how it is for ushere at Maximum PC. We’ve used our fair share of tools and tricks to get our PCs running in tip-top shape—everything from CPUID…
The Wall Street Journal reports that Spotify is finally rolling out video content this week in Germany, Sweden, the UK, and the United States. The content will first arrive on the Android app within the next few days, followed by the iOS app by the end of next week. Spotify originally said that video would…
Okay, let’s get this out of the way: I’m an early adopter and I’m okay with doing a bit of beta testing. I’ve been using various builds of Windows 10 for about a year now, and while many had issues, this is the first time I’ve felt like a build was such a fundamentally bad…