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March 2011
Budget pixel pushers - this month we take a look at what makes a graphics card tick and what you should look for when replacing your old clunker. We then throw 10 graphics cards into the deep end and see which ones come out on top. This month it is all about pixels-per-Rand and we are out to make sure you get the most for your money.
Homefront - we preview Homefront and realise that being a freedom fighter takes more guys than being a soldier on foreign soil. Will Kaos Studios steal the limelight from Infinity Ward and Treyarch with this new first-person shooter? There is also an interview with some of the guys behind Homefront.
The future of motherboards - where will our beloved slabs of silicon be in the coming years? What will they morph into? And if the processor manufacturers continue to cram their chips and chipsets with more features, what will happen to the poor motherboard?
Games!
Dungeon Siege III, Shogun 2: Total War, Breach, Dirt 3, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and Homefront are all previewed this month. We jump into the Vietnam War and take a look at Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam while listening to Creedance. Poker Night at the Inventory, Arcania: Gothic 4 and Nail'd all get a thorough reviewing this month. Last but not least we remember our childhood by playing the fantastically difficult The Legend of Kyrandia Book 2: The Hand of Fate.
Wired!
This month's issue is bursting at the seams with some super sexy hardware. Asus, MSI and Gigabyte all have their P67 motherboards reviewed while Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 570 gets put into the torture chamber. The OCZ IBIS HDSL 240GB is called upon to prove if it truly is an über-SSD. Filling up the rest of the Wired section we have an AMD Phenom II X6 1100T, Corsair's Vengence 8GB kit, an Antec LanBoy, a ViewSonic ViewPad 10 and a Samsung N230. Finally Nicholas takes a look at the LG LX950 3DTV to see if this whole 3D game is worth the extra cash.
G3AR!
The G3AR team takes a sneak peak at Metal Gear Solid 3D, Gears of War 3 and L.A. Noire. Reviews this month include Dead Space 2, Epic Mickey, Tron, DJ Hero 2, Dance Evolution, Donkey Kong and Sonic Free Riders, just to name a few. We also name our top games of 2010 in the G3AR awards.
The Usual Suspects
Brett talks conspiracies and antimatter in this month's Really Random True Topics of Discussion, while the LAN calendar is chock full of gaming goodness. AMD is giving away three processors in this month's competition and Memes goes into PUDDI mode this month. Luis is let out of his cage and manages to deliver some sage advice mixed with a healthy dose of sarcasm. And that is just a taste of what you will find in the March issue of PCFormat.
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