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Colorful GeForce GTX 1630
Party like it’s 2019 with this blast from the past
PNY XLR8 Gaming REV RGB 32GB (2x 16GB) 3200MHz DDR4
MEMORY
Acer Predator XB323QK
32 inches of fantastic 4K 144Hz action
Corsair HS65 Surround
A good value daily gaming headset?
Audeze Euclid
Earphones for the price of a desktop? You read that right
Razer Leviathan V2
The best PC soundbar just got better
HP X34
Great value ultrawide for gamers
Alienware Aurora R13
ALIENWARE once dominated the desktop gaming PC market with its unique cases, but now everyone from Razer to HP has distinctive-looking designs.
AMD ZEN 4 UNWRAPPED - Welcome to the modern age
AMD’S ZEN ARCHITECTURE revitalized the CPU industry, bringing much-needed competition and higher core counts to consumers everywhere. It’s hard to believe we languished on 4-core Intel CPUs as the top mainstream solution for a full decade, starting with the Core 2 Quad in early 2007 and lasting until the Core i7-8700K launched in late 2017. If you wanted more CPU cores, you had to move to the more expensive LGA2011 HEDT (high-end desktop) platform. AMD kicked that idea to the curb with its first Ryzen 7 CPUs, and we’ve been watching an arms race of escalating core counts and clock speeds ever since.
PHOTOREALITY CHECK
Real-time photorealism is the holy grail of gaming. And it’s coming to the PC sooner than you think, says Jeremy Laird
Razer Blade 15 Advanced (2022)
Be careful what you wish for…
Asus Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED
Two screens better than one?
Asus RX 6750 XT ROG Strix
An incremental improvement worthy of the price?
Editor’s Pick: Logitech MX Mechanical Mini Keyboard
Mechanical keyboards: not just for gamers
Playdate
Netflix meets handheld retro gaming?
AMD’s refreshed mid-tier machine
Is the new Radeon RX 6650 XT worth adding to your rig?
3D map effect with GIMP
WHEN USING A PHOTO MANIPULATION application such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP, there are many more possibilities than you may initially realize. Plenty of these programs can be used in various ways to create unique pieces of artwork. In this tutorial, we will create isometric 3D art using GIMP. This technique can be transferred onto all sorts of different media and can be used to emphasize a particular place or subject. Learning as many skills as possible can enable you to broaden your creativity by applying them to new forms.
MSI RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio
Cranking the GDDR6 dial all the way up to 18Gbps
THE RACE TO EXASCALE SUPERCOMPUTERS
Powering Al, medicine, weather and more.
PCs Vs CONSOLES: GAME ON
Games consoles have become more like PCs, and with subscription services such as Xbox Game Pass blurring the lines between PC and console gaming, which is the better platform for gamers in 2022? Guy Cocker investigates