APPLE GOING FOR 32 CORES

EVER ONWARD

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Big Tech Under Fire

Is there too much power in the hands of too few?

ROCKET LAKE READIES

NEW LEAKS EMERGE

LAUNCHED, BUT NOT AVAILABLE

Elusive graphics cards

New Year, New GeForce Cards

© NVIDIA, CD PROJEKT THE LAUNCH OF THE

Boston Dynamics Sold

The makers of quirky walking robots, Boston Dynamics,

New Bitcoin High

Bitcoin has reached a new all-time high of

CYBERPUNK 2077’S DISMAL LAUNCH

Reality did not match the expectations

TECH TALK

Cyberpunk 2077: Time For An Upgrade

DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES

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WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON

GEAT of the YEAR

VIRDICT  9 KICK ASS! IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN, Maximum PC’s

THE GRAPHICAL UNION ADDRESS: NOW WITH MORE RAY TRACING

The ray-tracing party is kicking into full swing, with AMD arriving fashionably late. Jarred Walton takes us on the tour

RETRO COMPUTING AHEAD OF ITS TIME

JOHN KNIGHT L OOKS AT WHERE WE’VE COME FROM, AND  WHERE WE’RE GOING

TECH PORN

PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO REINSTALLING WINDOWS

Ian Evenden takes on possibly the most boring yet essential task it’s possible to carry out on your PC

HOW TO

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

iPhone 12 Pro Max

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Tidy Up With Virtual Desktops

YOU’LL NEED THIS WINDOWS 10 You can use

Machine of the Month: Amstrad CPC (1984)

YOU’LL NEED THIS CAPRICE32 Both 32 and 64-bit

Mirror Maze PC

Get lost in a silent labyrinth of mirrors, nickel, and chrome

Master Hidden Windows Shortcuts

YOU’LL NEED THIS WINDOWS 10 And a

Dreaming of the Future

Planning for Dream Machine 2021

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Diminishing returns at the top of the product stack

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

The new king of the price-toperformance hill

Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero

A Ryzen 5000 series refresh, but does the “Dark” matter?

ViewSonic VP2785-2K

Intriguing alternative for content creation

Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2

More drives! More drives!

Corsair MP400 2TB

Lots of cache for not much cash

Corsair HS70 Bluetooth

A no-nonsense, versatile headset

SteelSeries Sensei Ten

An old favorite gets a new coat and sensor, but is it enough?

Razer Cynosa V2

A $60 keyboard from Razer?

Raspberry Pi 400

Pi inside a keyboard? Yes please

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

A huge open world that offers runes with a view

Bitdefender vs. Avira

Does paid-for security have the edge over free?

THE BUILDS

WE ARE STILL in the throes of supply