In the new PCFormat
November 2010
Lucky number 17 – This month we have a total of 17 processors that have had to endure the gruelling PCFormat benchmark tests. 14 of those chips are in a Supertest while the other three are AMD’s latest multi-core monsters.
Game Coding 102 - Check out the game coding feature. November features part two of how to code games for PC using XNA. Follow the step-by-step guidelines as we take you from basic code to a working game over three months. The files you'll need are on the PCF cover disc.
Intel Developer Forum 2010 – PCF treks to the other side of the globe to cover one of the top tech events of the year. Find out what Intel has been cooking up and what they plan for the future.
Games!
This month we have a healthy dose of previews with Fifa 11, Deus Ex: Human Revolution,Darkspore and Fallout: New Vegas. We take a look at the new Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days before racing some guy from Taiwan in Need For Speed World. Brett gets in touch with his Indie side and plays Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood and The Scourge Project: Episodes 1 & 2. We also stop to take a moment and show you how you can manage your massive Steam folder and split it over two drives.
Wired!
AMD’s new dual, quad and hexacore chips start off the November line up which also features a couple of overclocked GTX460s from EVGA and Asus. The Asus Sabertooth X58 and the Asus Rampage III Gene help to give our Intel Core -7-975 XE a decent run as well as helping to hit some dizzying clock speeds. The ECS P55H-AK Black shows us that you can never have enough PCI-E lanes while the Gigabyte 890FXA-UD7 gives the AMD boys a healthy dose of excess. We take a look at a Black Magic Intensity Shuttle, a Logitech G510 gaming keyboard, a couple of phones, some GeIL DDR3, an MSI GX740 and the jaw-dropping MAD CATZ CYBORG R.A.T. 7 gaming mouse.
The Usual Suspects
The memes this month are everywhere with more Kitteh and some personal army for good measure. There are seven major LANs happening around the country this month so be sure to check out the LAN calendar to find out where they are. This month Megarom is giving away three Call of Duty: Black Ops hampers while Comet Technologies is giving away five of those sexy MAD CATZ CYBORG R.A.T. 7 gaming mice.
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