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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RYZEN TO THE CHALLENGE?

The Eagle has landed • Intel’s Lunar Lake arrives on the mobile market

HERE COMES THE 5090

INTEL AND AMD AI PCs THIS FALL • Red and blue teams set to join AI party

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

AMD’S KRAKEN POINT • New Zen 5 mobile aims at Lunar Lake

PLAYSTATION 5 GOES PRO • Play everything in fidelity mode at full speed

Radeon quits high-end cards

Window 11 is gaming favorite

Most AI fails

US wants Nvidia & Apple to use Intel’s foundries • THE US GOVERNMENT has been busy over the past year or two handing out large subsidies and grants to help boost local silicon manufacturing efforts. Intel was once the undisputed leader in the race for ever smaller and faster fabrication nodes, but after major stumbles in the transition from 14nm-class to 10nm-class technologies, TSMC passed it by.

THE LIST • THE BEST MINI-ITX MOTHERBOARDS

PS5 Pro makes the PC more relevant than ever • THE PS5 PRO has arrived. It’s far, far more powerful than the plain old PS5, but it’s also a lot more expensive at $700. Does the PS5 Pro make gaming PCs look like good value again? Or are GPU prices still so high, you’d have to be very serious about PC gaming to overlook Sony’s latest console?

DOCTOR

RYZEN 9000 UNLEASHED • Zak Storey puts AMD’s latest chips and motherboards to the test

ALWAYS EXPERIMENT

A FRUSTRATING ENDING

RYZEN 9000 AND INTEL POST-MICROCODE

THE ART OF ETHICAL AI • Is the advent of AI a force for good, or a ticking time bomb?

DEFINING AI • The basic definition: Is this thing conscious or not?

THE TURING TEST

DEFINING SENTIENCE

THE BATTLE WITH LONELINESS • Counteracting a more isolated world and the mortality that follows

THE UNCANNY THOUGHT VALLEY

AI REGULATION • How we can combat misuse and guide AI’s direction

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THE RACE FOR ADVANCED ENCRYPTION • Strong encryption hasn’t always been freely available to the public. Nate Drake tells the story of how the first Data Encryption Standard transformed the cryptography landscape

THE AES FINALISTS

BEST OF IFA 2024 • Berlin’s annual festival of gadgetry is the biggest tech show, at least in terms of attendance figures. That’s because, unlike most conventions, it’s open to the public. Guy Cocker was there ahead of the masses to see the best new portable PCs coming soon.

CENTERFOLD PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE • Microsoft Surface Laptop 7

WHAT IS ZTNA? • Nate Drake explores the concept of ZTNA and the obstacles businesses face with its adoption

THE FUTURE OF ZTNA

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

AUTOPSY Microsoft Surface Pro 11 & Surface Laptop 7

Find files and apps quickly

CUSTOMIZE FLOW’S LOOK

PIN FLOW TO A SET POSITION

APP-ONLY SEARCHES

Rip the perfect media file

PERFECT MEDIA SPEC

TEST YOUR RIPS

SET YOUR OUTPUT RESOLUTION

Harness your VPN kill switch

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