Maximum PC

Maximum PC is the magazine that every computer geek, PC gamer, or content creator should read every month. Get Maximum PC digital magazine subscription today for punishing product reviews, thorough how-to articles, and the illuminating technical news and information that PC power users crave. Maximum PC covers every single topic that requires a lightning-fast PC, from video editing and music creation to PC gaming; we write about it all with unbounded enthusiasm for our collective hobby.

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THE STATE OF THE ARC

Nvidia announces RTX 50 graphics • The new Blackwell promises big performance gains

US TREASURY HACKED • STATE-BACKED HACKERS ESCALATE ATTACKS ON WESTERN TARGETS

OPENAI BEGINS 2025 PROFIT PUSH • Major overhaul planned

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies • A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

AMD UNVEILS NEW GAMING AND AI CHIPS • AMD Ryzen AI Max series announced at CES 2025

GOOGLE MAKES QUANTUM BREAKTHROUGH • Is Willow a gamechanger for supercomputers?

US Supreme Court kills Net Neutrality

LG Reveals bendable 5K OLED monitor

MediaTek unveils Dimensity 8400

Nvidia RTX 50-series pushes AI to the forefront • TWO YEARS ON from the launch of the RTX 4090, Nvidia officially announced its Blackwell RTX 50-series GPUs, with availability starting January 30. Several of the models offer relatively incremental upgrades over the existing 40-series cards, but the top-end RTX 5090 will provide a big boost to gaming performance, and perhaps a bigger boost to AI workloads.

THE LIST • THE BEST LAPTOP GRAPHICS CARDS

Fun and graphics card games at CES 2025 • WE ALL KNEW what was coming at CES: a bunch of graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia. They were pretty much exactly as predicted, albeit with some surprises. AMD managed to botch the launch of its RDNA 4 cards, while Nvidia played 3D chess with the pricing of its new RTX 50 cards.

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

THE ARC-FUL DODGER • Intel has gifted the GPU scene with a bona fide bargain, and it is glorious

BUILDING SIMPLICITY

PLEASE SIR, I WANT SOME MORE

OF ARROWS AND ARCS

HAVE WE REACHED MAXIMUM PC? • Has the desktop reached the point where it can get no better? Ian Evenden looks ahead

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THE EVOLUTION OF VIDEO GAME AI • Over time, game AI has become more refined.

GAMING THE AI

PROCEDURAL CONTENT GENERATION

CENTERFOLD • PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

THE ULTIMATE WINDOWS 11 INSTALL GUIDE • Install our favorite OS like Maximum PC veteran Zak Storey does it

MAXIMUM PC’S TIPS AND TWEAK • HOW TO FINE-TUNE YOUR DESKTOP EXPERIENCE

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HOW TO • STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

Sony PS5 Pro • THIS MONTH WE DISSECT…

Improve your memory with Windows Recall

Create your offline data vault

Boost your Wi-Fi

What’s new in Microsoft PowerToys?

Maximum PC has lost one of its own • The impact Gordon had on the industry is just beyond words

Editor’s Pick: Tryx Panorama ARGB 360 • How do you like your screens in the morning?

Intel Arc B580 • Intel’s second crack at the gaming GPU market

Velocity Micro Raptor ES40 • A compact PC that mixes it with the big boys

MSI Raider 18 HX A14V • Dethroning a king

ASUS ProArt Display 5K PA27JCV • An Apple Studio Display without the high cost?

Acer Nitro V 15 • A weirdly well-specced gaming notebook

BenQ RD320UA • At last, a screen for reading reams of...