Maximum PC - March 2024

In this issue

BEST OF CES 2024
Your guide to the laptops, handhelds, and monitors that stole the show.

ULTIMATE PC BUILD GUIDE
Want to create your own beast, but don’t know where to start? Read on…

GEFORCE RTX 4070 TI
This month, we look over Nvidia’s gamechanging card in Centerfold...

AMD confirms Zen 5

Intel will fight back with Arrow Lake

3 mins

WINDOW'S AI UPDATE

This year's second update is all about Copilot

1 min

Intel's new Battlemage graphics coming this year

THE ASSAULT OF THE DISCRETE graphic card market by Intel has been fairly leisurely.

1 min

This is a disappointing generation of GPUs

ALONGSIDE THE INTRODUCTION of the RTX 40-series Super models, this past month also saw the launch of AMD's RX 7600 XT. I think it's fair to say that this entire generation of GPUs has been disappointing on the whole, but AMD's offerings were particularly bad.

2 mins

THE LIST: THE BEST AUDIOPHILE HEADPHONES

YOU MIGHT THINK that it's overkill to use high-end headphones for gaming, but they can transform your experience. They can make your games sound so much better than a cheap headset ever can.

2 mins

TRADE CHAT: Are cheap chips a thing of the past?

I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT OVERPRICED graphics cards, but the underlying cost of manufacturing advanced integrated circuits. A chip manufacturing expert from Google, Milind Shah, thinks so, recently declaring that the per-transistor cost stalled as far back as the 28nm node over a decade ago. That's pretty worrying, but it can't possibly be true. Here's why.

2 mins

GHOST IN THE MACHINE THE RTX 4070 SUPER BUILD Anti-RGB in 2024

PEOPLE, REJOICE—the RTX Super cards have arrived, and with them comes some nicely tweaked internal specs, better performance across some models, and to top it all off, some consistency in their price tags.

4 mins

BEST OF CES 2024

The biggest tech show in the world returned to Las Vegas with more monitors, laptops, and handhelds than you could shake a big stick at. Thankfully, Guy Cocker was there, stick in hand, to see all the PC tech you'll want to keep an eye on in 2024

4 mins

THE ULTIMATE PC BUILD GUIDE

Strap in as we divulge the first 20 tips on how to become the next master PC builder

10+ mins

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super

NVIDIA MADE A MISTAKE. With the announcement of the RTX 4000 series, and our first look at the product line-up, there was one key product that didn't quite hit the mark.

1 min

SUCCEED WITH SEEDBOXES

Nate Drake introduces you to one of the internet's best kept secrets to turbo charge your downloads and uploads

10+ mins

How to set up a Stream Deck

ELGATO’S STREAM DECK is one of those devices that you don’t think you need, but then you get one and wonder how you ever lived without it. It’s more than just a macro keyboard, and combined with an extensive range of plugins and open-source devkits, its flexibility has been well documented. In fact, a significant number of companies have integrated it into their workflows too, most notably Virgin Atlantic, who utilize a fleet of them for all manner of automation and workflow simplification.

6 mins

List and find files in Command Prompt

YOU'LL NEED THIS WINDOWS 10 OR 11 45 minutes

7 mins

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super

The ultimate budget 4K solution

2 mins

Lenovo Legion 9i

This RTX 4090-powered beast might just be Lenovo's finest hour

3 mins

liyama Prolite XUB3293UHSN-B5

Big, bright, and versatile, this is ideal for showing what your rig can do

2 mins

Netgear Nighthawk RS700

Excels where other Wi-Fi 7 routers fall short

3 mins

Asus ROG Swift OLED PG34WCDM

Our first taste of LG's latest OLED

2 mins

Crucial T700 Pro 2TB

For whom the benchmark tolls

3 mins

Ducky ProjectD Outlaw 65

Build yourself a killer keyboard

3 mins

Sony Inzone H5 Wireless Gaming Headset

If brand tax was a thing, this'd be at the top of the pile

3 mins

Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 12000

I've got a need; a need for sequentials

2 mins

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