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January 2022
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editorial
ALL GOOD THINGS
WELCOME to our final issue of 2021. What
QUICKSTART
Intel goes hybrid
Alder Lake brings big changes to Intel’s desktop chips
Windows 11’s HVCI and VBS Performance Penalty
WINDOWS 11. The mere mention of those two words is enough to cause plenty of pain and suffering to computer enthusiasts ever y where. Now we’re stuck tr ying to decide between the new UI and improved security or sticking with the old and trusted Windows 10 for the next four years
Third Culture Kids & The Internet
Maximum PC talks all things TCK & Social Media
Compression, streaming, and internet connections
FAR CRY 6, INCLUDING ITS HD TEXTURE PACK, is a 50GB download. RedDead Redemption 2 is currently taking up 119GB on our gaming PC, and Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a little bit more. Final FantasyXV Windows Edition and Microsoft Flight Simulator also take up almost 150GB each, whereas Call of Duty: Modern Warfare breaks the 200GB barrier
LETTERS
DOCTOR
THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES
GEAR of the YEAR
IT FEELS LIKE only yesterday we were gearing
THE BUILDS
THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES
inside
JUST HOW DO YOU BECOME A PC MODDER?
Kris Butterill gives us his personal take on how to get star ted PC modding
PREDICTING THE UNPREDICTABLE
Ian Evenden investigates how supercomputers and machine learning are revolutionizing the science of predicting extreme weather events
CENTERFOLD
Netgear RBKE960 Mesh Router System
PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE EVOLUTION OF IMAGE MANIPULATION
FROM EDITS TO FORGERY, CAMERA TRICKERY TO ‘PHOTOSHOPPING’, SAM LEWIS DELVES INTO THE ART OF IMAGE MANIPUL ATION
A SNAP FROM THE PAST
THINK IMAGE MANIPULATION today and Adobe’s Photoshop software
THE EMERGENCE OF PHOTO MANIPULATION
THE TERM ‘FAKE NEWS’ might have been popularized
HISTORIC IMAGE RETOUCHING
Back in the 19th century, image manipulation was
MODERN EDITING
IT’S FAIR TO SAY that the camera has
IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE FOR THE PC
$239.88 prepaid annual plan, $21.99 prepaid monthly plan,
R&D
HOW TO
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC
iPhone 13 Pro
THIS MONTH WE DISSECT
Dual lighting in Photoshop
YOU’LL NEED THIS
Machine of the Month: Sinclair ZX80 & ZX81
YOU’LL NEED THIS
Security and the Internet of Things
YOU’LL NEED THIS
Create efficient backups in Linux
YOU’LL NEED THIS
Downsizing
Going to a slightly smaller ATX chassis
LAB NOTES
Thankyou & Goodbye It’s been a hell of
Reviewed…
76 Intel Core i9 12900K 78 XFX Radeon
IN THE LAB
Intel Core i9-12900K
Finally, Team Blue’s Hybrid 10nm design is here
XFX Radeon RX 6600 Speedster SWFT 210
Not the fastest card on the block
MSI GE76 Raider
Strong, sharp, and bulky. This is no shy beast
Monoprice Dark Matter 27-inch IGZO 180Hz Gaming Monitor
Getting more gaming monitor for your money
NZXT H510 Flow
Compact Brilliance
Razer Huntsman V2 Analog
Pure precision or gimmicky overkill?
Corsair M65 RGB Ultra Wired Mouse
A modern take on a classic design
HyperX Cloud II Wireless
Durable, comfortable and a reliable timeless design
Far Cry 6
Over and over again, but Deathloop was last month
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