GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition

WHEN IT RAINS...

WHAT A ROLLERCOASTER ride 2022 has been. Obviously,

Nvidia’s Hot New Card

Both metaphorically and literally

AMD (BRIEFLY) BACK ON TOP

TOP DOG STATUS MAY BE BRIEF

INTEL’S $329 ALCHEMIST

GPUs to shake up the mid-range

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

INTEL’S 13TH GENERATION

Raptor Lake looking fierce

STADIA’S DEAD

Google pulls out of cloud gaming

Logitech Goes Cloud Gaming

THE HANDHELD GAMING MARKET has another contender, Logitech’s

Ethereum goes green

After a few delays, cryptocurrency Ethereum (second largest

Musk to Buy Twitter

First, he said he would, then he wouldn’t.

Ethereum ends mining, EVGA exits GPU market

THE PC LANDSCAPE IS ABOUT TO see the biggest upheaval in years. AMD Zen 4 CPUs, Intel Raptor Lake, Nvidia Ada Lovelace, and AMD RDNA 3 are all here or coming soon. But perhaps just as big and impactful on the PC enthusiast community is the successful transition of Ethereum from proof of work mining to proof of stake minting—the very next day, EVGA announced that it would be closing down its graphics card division.

THE LIST

THE TOP FIVE NVIDIA GPUs

Nvidia’s Lovelace letdown

IT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE this way. 2022 had all the makings of a stellar year for PC graphics, so good it would make up for the pandemic- and cr ypto-fueled bubble. Alas, Nvidia has kicked off the latest round of GPU launches with the RTX 40 Series, other wise known as Lovelace. And it’s a crushing disappointment. It’s also worr ying for AMD’s upcoming GPUs.

DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES...

LETTERS

WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON...

THE BUILDS

THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES...

AMD BRILLIANCE FOR UNDER $1,000

Following our budget Intel build, Sam Lewis tries the AMD route

ALL YOU NEED FOR JUST UNDER $1K

IS STICKING WITH AMD THE BEST CHOICE FOR OUR BUDGET- GAMING MACHINE?

WHICH CPU ROUTE SHOULD YOU TAKE FOR A SUB $1K, 1080P GAMING RIG?

ARE YOU TEAM AMD OR TEAM INTEL?

NVIDIA’S ADA LOVELACE ARCHITECTURE

Potentially the biggest jump in generational GPU per formance ever

History of Apple

With Apple now in its four th decade, Craig Grannell explores some of the key products from its history, the impact they had on gaming, and the sometimes surprising impact that gaming had on Apple itself

FESTIVE GIFT GUIDE

Whether you’re splashing out or need a stocking filler, these are ideal gifts for the PC lover in your life this holiday season

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

TIP OF THE MONTH SECRET START MENU Ever

Apple Watch Ultra

THIS MONTH WE DISSECT

Manage hardware with Windows 11

YOU’LL NEED THIS HWiNFO ( www.hwinfo.com ) WI-FI

Organize your media server

YOU’LL NEED THIS Two tools feature in this

Death of Stadia

Will game streaming ever take off?

Editor’s Pick: Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro

Is escaping Apple’s ecosystem good for your health?

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Insane multithreaded performance

Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition

Player 3 has joined the game

Lenovo Legion Y25-30

This gaming panel is a nifty little number

HP Spectre x360 16 2-in-1

An outstanding OLED-powered, 16-inch all-rounder

BenQ X3000i

Game big or go home?

NZXT H7

Sleek and stylish, but is it the best?

Crucial P3 Plus 2TB

More capacity. Less cash. But is there a hidden cost?

Return to Monkey Island

Deep in the Caribbean, there’s a three-headed monkey

Gmail vs. Outlook

What’s the best platform for managing your email?