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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…
Shipping this month Asus has been teasing its 34-inch PG348Q monitor since around last summer, first by trotting it out to Computex and IFA 2015, and more recently at CES where it won the convention’s Innovation award. If you were starting to wonder if it would ever come to market, wonder no more, it’s now…
How different storage media affects in-game performance One of the biggest questions when choosing your storage setup is what kind of device you want to use to store and run your games. While 1TB SSDs have fallen to about $300 as of early 2016, this may still be too pricey for those looking for large…
The 90s was a great decade. It introduced us to The X-Files, the Internet, polygon-based first-person shooters, and the dedicated GPU. The 90s also saw the dramatic transformation of Microsoft’s Windows platform, taking the DOS-heavy operating system and painting it with a slick interface and a new Start Menu. Enter Windows 95, the beginning of…
Top Deal: So, you’re off to visit the in-laws for an extended stay. That can be a good thing or a really bad thing, depending on whether or not you get along with them. If not, the easy solution is to bring along a gaming laptop and excuse yourself to the guest bedroom for “work”…
Low cost Windows laptops Acer is one of Google’s major partners in the Chromebook movement that’s seen some success in the education market, but that won’t stop Acer from trying to sell low-cost Windows laptops to the same audience. If you need evidence of this, then consider the company’s forthcoming TravelMate B117. Available in two…
Getting attached to detachables Well look at what we have here, another quarter of declining tablet shipments while detachable 2-in-1 devices reached an all-time high, according to data released by International Data Corporation (IDC). This is notable on a number of levels. First, long time Maximum PC readers might remember a time when analysts were…