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Games Of 2017
Rick Lane forecasts the next 12months’ big hitters
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March 2017
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Vive & Learn
Joe martin describes the pains and pleasures of using the htc vive’s room-scale virtual reality system at home
7 min |
March 2017
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​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
4 min |
March 2017
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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.
3 min |
May 2017
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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.
3 min |
May 2017
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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
7 min |
May 2017
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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.
5 min |
May 2017
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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.
5 min |
June 2017
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Cobra
Rick Lane speaks to David Braben about the changes to Frontier’s tech since the launch of Elite Dangerous.
5 min |
August 2017
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Ryzen Is A Strong Comeback For AMD
But the CPU isn’t a critical component any more, argues James Gorbold.
2 min |
August 2017
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Case mods, tools, techniques, water-cooling gear and every thing to do with PC modding.
6 min |
October 2016
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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.
2 min |
April 2017
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The 4K Multi-GPU Challenge
Ben Hardwidge pairs up two Zotac GTX 1070 cards to see if they can properly handle 4K gaming.
6 min |
April 2017
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Game Maker Studio2
Rick Lane speaks toYoYo Games about the all-new version of Game Maker.
5 min |
October 2017
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Virtual World
Joe Martin discusses why some games work really well on VR, while others are better played on their original platforms.
5 min |
October 2017
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Tekken 7
Justin Ohlsen took inspiration from Tekken 7’s volcano level to build this lava-themed modding project for Bandai Namco.
5 min |
October 2017
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Fractal Design Define C
Fractal Design has been on a bit of a roll recently across every size of the case market.
4 min |
June 2017
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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.
4 min |
February 2017
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Whole Lotta Lore
Video games are obsessed with lore, but lots of world building doesn’t equal great storytelling, argues Rick Lane.
3 min |
February 2017
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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.
10+ min |
February 2017
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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.
4 min |
April 2017
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Hobby tech
The latest tips, tricks and news in the world of computer hobbyism, from Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Android to retro computing.
4 min |
April 2017
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Asus ROG Swift PG258Q
Asus ROG Swift PG258Q
3 min |
August 2017
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Antony Leather's Customised PC
Case mods, tools, techniques, water-cooling gear and everything to do with PC modding.
5 min |
August 2017
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Joe Martin's Virtual World
What does a successful VR game look like? Joe Martin attempts to interpret the numbers.
4 min |
August 2017
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Incoming
We take a look at the latest newly announced products.
2 min |
June 2018
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Case mods, tools, techniques, water-cooling gear and everything to do with PC modding
5 min |