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Sapphire Silent HD 7750

| News | 28/02/2012 01:38pm

Sapphire has been thinking out of the box once again, and squeezed the recently released Radeon HD 7750 into a passively-cooled format. While we’re not totally smitted by the 7750, mainly due to its higher-than-we-would-have-hoped pricing, it’s not a bad card. Admittedly the 128-bit interface does limit it’s capabilities as well, but that aside, it [...]

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Contact PC Format

| Contact | 28/02/2012 10:16am

If you want to drop the team on PC Format a line, about the magazine in general or simply to speak your mind, then please you the standard PC Format mail address: pcfmail@futurenet.com. You can also follow PC Format on Twitter and on Facebook. Of if you’d prefer you can write to us at the [...]

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PC Format 263

| New Issue | 27/02/2012 04:44pm

The latest issue of PC Format is in the shops and on the digital shelves right now. Here’s what you’ll find inside: Now, it may seem quite obvious to us all that a rig with the main components totting up to around £3,000 would be able to slap a £300 machine silly, but what if [...]

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Rescue Windows from COMPLETE DISASTER!!!! Arrrrrrggghhhh

| Web Packs | 24/02/2012 01:20pm

Wipe those tears from your swollen red eyes, and read this before you reach for your Windows installation disc. Our Windows Rescue Web Pack covers several options to aid fixing sickly operating systems from turning terminal. Here you’ll find solutions to fix stability and performance related issues, how to recover your system from a virus [...]

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Become an indie gamer developer!

| Web Packs | 17/02/2012 12:21pm

In this first Web Pack for next issue (264, on sale 15th March) we’re running an introductory guide on Unity, the powerful free 3D game authoring tool that finally makes professional game development accessible to aspiring bedroom game creators. Adding to this theme, we’ve researched other alternative free game making software. So regardless of your [...]

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Issue 263 game demo roundup!

| Web Packs | 13/02/2012 12:13pm

Yowsers, it would seem that no major publisher has bothered to release a game demo this month, so our round up this issue all comes courtesy of the little guys. Go little guys, show us your bestest new releases!

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Overclocking everything!

| Web Packs | 06/02/2012 12:00pm

Overclocking is fun and not too difficult either. A few bios settings and if by magic, a free speed boost. How can that not be fun and satisfying? The real skill is getting all those settings across the board just right, so the CPU, RAM and GPU are running optimally and stable. In issue 263 [...]

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Benchmarking your PC

| Web Packs | 30/01/2012 11:56am

With the current rate of speed gains in component tech, today’s top specs soon become tomorrows budget parts. This is great new for people trying to build a gaming rig with limited funds. Smart shoppers can build a decent rig for as little as 300 of your finest English notes. So does anybody really need [...]

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Uninstall and manage your programs

| Web Packs | 23/01/2012 11:34am

Seemingly not the most exciting subject or indeed anything you’d think you need any extra instruction with. Surely this is one of the most basic functions computer users are familiar with, right? It should and would be if programs uninstalled cleanly as they’re meant too. In reality almost all programs leave file, folder and registry [...]

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Issue 262 game demo roundup!

| Web Packs | 12/01/2012 11:19am

Welcome in the New Year with some new games demo’s! As usual, we’ve picked out the most interesting finds over the past month, and played them for you. It’s tough work, so I hope you appreciate these hours of effort we go through playing games during office hours!!!