Best PC gaming & PC hardware Magazine?

[TriggerHappy101]

Hi - Im looking to subscribe to a couple of PC gaming and PC hardware magazines. I was thinking about "PC Gamer" and "Computer Gaming World."

I want something fun to read/look at but they need to know what they are talking about.

I used to subscribe to PC gamer and loved it. Have they changed much?

Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[PurdueRy]

The best magazine is reading this forum or anandtech...seriously you will find that we discuss things they get to 2 months later

 

[TriggerHappy101]

Yeah I love anandtech and have learned a lot, but I want something to look at game wise with pictures and reviews when I am away from the PC.

 

[tbates757]

for PC hardware I like Maximum PC the best, out of the lot it seems like it's actually ran by enthusiasts. PC World and stuff like that are too much into camera reviews and accessories, not meat and potatoes like overclocking and video cards. PC game mags... can't think of any great ones, PC Gamer is pretty decent.

 

[Shadow Conception]

I'm also looking at PC magazines to subscribe to, but I'm kinda in a situation in which I also want GameInformer, so I'll have to decide on either GameInformer or MaximumPC in the end.

 

[Ika]

I've heard Maximum PC is pretty good, althought AT Forums are the best source for online tech stuff (as well as jerks).

 

[krotchy]

My roomate got maximum PC and PC world. I definitely thought Maximum PC was the better magazine overall.

I have a free subscription to Computer Gaming world magazine from some online deal. Honestly, its a pretty crappy magazine. Dont bother with it.

 

[EdgeTech]

It depends on what you are after. An enthusiast/gamer would tend towards MaximumPC. I have had a subscription for over two years and still look forward to my new issues every month. If you want the latest info. though, the forums are the place to get it.

 

[Raduque]

Maximum PC for the hardware, PC Gamer for the games, especially now that TheVede is the mag editor! :shocked:

None of the others can compare.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I think having pictures are worth alot. On a Forum you can only read text. Also I noticed that sometimes I get some tips from a magazine that I'd never have thought of and never read about on a forum.

 

[0roo0roo]

maximum pc
cpu

 

[abaez]

If you can afford it edge magazine in the UK is a great gaming mag.

 

[0roo0roo]

edge
custom pc
both good uk mags

and of course top gear!

 

[happy medium]

"Computer Power User Magazine" is great .I read it at Walmart for free. Here it is---http://www.magazines.com/ncom/mag?mid=0...823&lkkey=Computer+Power+User+magazine

 

[Craig234]

A third gaming magazine is "Computer Games Magazine". It's the underdog of the bunch, and tries to write more thoughtful adult articles.

Last month it was 'Sex and games', this month it's 'Christian games'.

I subscribe to all three - plus the two new magazines on MMORPG's.

 

[vanvock]

I get MaxPC & it's a fun read.

 

[homercles337]

I have had subscriptions to both MaxPC and CGW and they both suck. Not sure about PC Gamer, but it seems like its at least 3 months behind online stuff.

 

[imported_Stew]

Originally posted by: happy medium
"Computer Power User Magazine"

 

[glorygunk]

easier read: Maximum PC
more in-depth/technical: CPU
gaming: Game Informer (I found this at a local Gamestop after they sold me a Game Card @ $14, which comes w/ a 1-year magazine subscription)

Bottom line: All three are good mags, just depends on your tastes.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Originally posted by: glorygunk
easier read: Maximum PC
more in-depth/technical: CPU

 

[Slugbait]

boot was my all-time favorite, but MaxPC has been a decent pacifier. I miss PC Accelerator...PC Gamer has the people, but publish without the cojones

 

[Skott]

Speaking strictly about mags the best for hardware is MaximumPC I think. I'm also a long time subscriber of CGW and PCGamer. CGW used to be the top mag in gaming but I think PCGamer now is the better. Dont get me wrong both are still very good but CGW has fallen to 2nd place IMO in the last year or two. These are the three main PC mags I read. Computer Games (The old Strategy Plus) is another good magazine I subscribe to but I rate it 4th out of the four.

 

[HannibalX]

Uhh none of them. Those rags are just advertisements for whatever vender is paying them this week.

 

[TriggerHappy101]

I subscibed to PCGamer.

And Im thinking about MaxiumPC. Is it really worth the 28 bucks?

 

[Slugbait]

Originally posted by: Trinitron
Uhh none of them. Those rags are just advertisements for whatever vender is paying them this week.

Years ago, just after boot switched to MaxPC, they ran a comparison of different sound cards for readers to consider for audio recording. They dedicated a half-page to explain why they did NOT include the Soundblaster card...it wasn't pretty.

Of course, Creative was a heavy advertiser...until that issue was released. Creative pulled their ads dollars, and didn't advertise in MaxPC again until they released Soundblaster Live!

Last year, the company that makes the Ultra-X power supplies were buying the back cover for months, and also interior pages. During that time, MaxPC had a PSU shoot-out, and ranked the Ultra-X way at the bottom (I think it got a rating of 2 or 3 on a scale of 1-10). MaxPC didn't like the way that it caught fire.

I've seen them rip lots of other products that were being advertised in their rag...I may not agree with every review they do, but I've never considered them to ever compromise their opinion for advertising dollars