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Games Of 2017
Rick Lane forecasts the next 12months’ big hitters
Vive & Learn
Joe martin describes the pains and pleasures of using the htc vive’s room-scale virtual reality system at home
Readers' Drives Spec-Edge
Inspired by Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, Johan Nyman gave his components a splash of red and white paint, and assembled this gorgeous themed build
Asus ROG Strix Z270i Gaming/£184 incVAT
Costing £184 inc VAT, the Asus ROG Strix Z270i Gaming is the priciest Z270 mini-ITX board available.
Edifier R2000DB/£180 incVAT
Edifier makes a whole range of premium stereo PC speakers, with the R2000DB sitting roughly in the middle when it comes to price.
The 4k Multi-GPU Challenge
Ben hard widge teams uptwo xfx rade on rx4808gb cards to see if they can give you 4k gaming on a budget
The Fall And Rise Of White Wolf
Rick Lane looks at how one of the most eminent pen and paper RPG publishers is being reborn for a new, virtual generation.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
If you spent over a grand on a Titan X card a few months ago then you might want to flip through the next couple of pages and pretend you haven’t seen them.
Cobra
Rick Lane speaks to David Braben about the changes to Frontier’s tech since the launch of Elite Dangerous.
Ryzen Is A Strong Comeback For AMD
But the CPU isn’t a critical component any more, argues James Gorbold.
Customised PC
Case mods, tools, techniques, water-cooling gear and every thing to do with PC modding.
Netgear Orbi Whole Home Wi-Fi System
Most high-end routers take a brute-force approach to improving Wi-Fi speed and range, adding more antennae, more frequency bands and the latest Wi-Fi standards. That approach works up to a point, but eventually even powerful routers run out or range. Of course, you can buy Wi-Fi extenders, extra Ethernet cable and access points, or use powerline networking, but Netgear has taken a novel approach with the Orbi that pretty much solves the problem.
The 4K Multi-GPU Challenge
Ben Hardwidge pairs up two Zotac GTX 1070 cards to see if they can properly handle 4K gaming.
Game Maker Studio2
Rick Lane speaks toYoYo Games about the all-new version of Game Maker.
Virtual World
Joe Martin discusses why some games work really well on VR, while others are better played on their original platforms.
Tekken 7
Justin Ohlsen took inspiration from Tekken 7’s volcano level to build this lava-themed modding project for Bandai Namco.
Fractal Design Define C
Fractal Design has been on a bit of a roll recently across every size of the case market.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB
According to the latest Steam hardware survey, the most popular PC gaming resolution (by far) is 1,920 x 1,080, accounting for 37.47 per cent of Steam users, while 2,560 x 1,440 is on just 1.81 per cent.
Whole Lotta Lore
Video games are obsessed with lore, but lots of world building doesn’t equal great storytelling, argues Rick Lane.
Could You Find A Lost City Using Just Your Computer?
Rick Lane investigates how a wealth of online tools and information has opened the door to history.
Resident Evil 7
Resident Evil has struggled with its identity for a few years. After the magnificent, genre-defining Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 5 was basically the same game with better graphics and a cooperative mode. Resident Evil 6 was more ambitious, attempting to be four different games at once, but it was unfortunately about as successful in this goal as a man trying to juggle four different types of big cat. Resident Evil 7 represents yet another new direction, only this time Capcom has realised that ‘new’ doesn’t necessarily mean adding more stuff until the seams burst.
Hobby tech
The latest tips, tricks and news in the world of computer hobbyism, from Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Android to retro computing.
Asus ROG Swift PG258Q
Asus ROG Swift PG258Q
Antony Leather's Customised PC
Case mods, tools, techniques, water-cooling gear and everything to do with PC modding.
Joe Martin's Virtual World
What does a successful VR game look like? Joe Martin attempts to interpret the numbers.
Incoming
We take a look at the latest newly announced products.
Customised PC
Case mods, tools, techniques, water-cooling gear and everything to do with PC modding