PCGH 08/2022 (#262): Preview of AM5, largest PCGH motherboard comparison of all time, modern game sound explained, 3D printing in practice, custom keyboards up to 500 euros, 4× Radeon RX 6950 XT and 13 × Testing DDR5 kits and much more – on DVD “Leisure Suit Larry”

PCGH Print: The highlights of the issue at a glance

Here is an overview of the most important articles – the complete contents of the magazine, including a precise list of contents, can be found below, it is always worth taking a look at the magazine. This time the issue is packed with different topics:

• info: What can we expect from AMD’s AM5?
• Building proposal: High-end PC with i7-12700K, RTX 3080 and tuning options
• Test: GPU performance 2022 with fresh benchmarks
• Test: 4× Radeon RX 6950 XT
• Practice: The best CPU for the most powerful RTX 30 GPUs
• Test: 13× DDR5 memory kits
• XXL test: 16× Intel motherboards (LGA1700)
• Knowledge: Fascinating sound in games
• Practice: 3D printing (Part 1)
• Practice: Custom Keyboards
• And much moreincluding GPU/CPU performance indices, editorial comments, buyer’s guides, individual tests, etc.
• On DVD: “Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry”

The new issue is from July 1 digital as well as from the July 6th in print available at the kiosk and contains the usual PCGH mixture of well-founded product tests, practical articles with tips and instructive information articles – there is something for everyone interested in PCs. welcome feedback can in our Collection thread for issue 08/22 be given. General information on ordering magazines, PDF downloads and subscriptions can be found below.

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The main topics of the 262nd PCGH edition are:

Enough fps in current games – this is how you are safe up to RTX 4000!

Which graphics card should I buy? No question reaches us more often. We provide the answer based on new benchmarks – in line with the drop in price of the current generation of graphics cards. With our fresh benchmarks, you are guaranteed to find the right graphics card for your purposes.

Socket AM5: You need to know that – Ryzen 7000 is around the corner

Ryzen 7000 is casting its shadow – time to take a look at the new LGA socket AM5.

The right CPU for RTX 3090 Ti – So you don’t spend money unnecessarily!

CPUs have many jobs – one of which is feeding data to the GPU. But how fast should it be to utilize a high-end graphics card? And can that be determined at all? In the test with 11 processors from Intel Core i7-4790K until AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D.

How sound works in games – 3D sound, audio ray tracing, etc.

The sound in games usually gets little attention, although game sound is often very interesting technically and technically. We take a look at the present and upcoming techniques.

4× Radeon RX 6950 XT models

Coolers that enclose entire cards, power of around 400 watts, large vapor chamber and 100 mm wide fans: AMD’s partners are going all out and igniting a firework of cooling solutions.

• Asrock RX 6950 XT OC Formula
• Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Gaming OC
• MSI RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio
• Sapphire RX 6950 XT Nitro+ Pure with an overview of all manufacturer cards

3D Printing: Part 1 – Modding with the 3D printer

Convert your own thoughts into real objects – the dream of every hobbyist and PC modder. It doesn’t matter whether it’s lighting modules, lettering or helpful brackets, the possibilities are diverse. What a few years ago still required a working magic wand can now be implemented with a 3D printer and a little knowledge without much effort. We give you a first step – from the idea to the finished product.

13× DDR5 memory in a comparison test

We are testing 13 new DDR5 RAM kits with high clock rates up to DDR5-6600, but also sets with a whopping 64 GiByte for the first time. Don’t worry: we also present alternatives for a smaller budget. You will find the following products in the test:

• Adata XPG Caster RGB AX5U6400C4016G-DCCARGY
• Corsair Dominator Plat. RGB CMT32GX5M2X6400C38
• Corsair Dominator Plat. RGB CMT32GX5M2X6600C32
• Corsair Vengeance CMK32GX5M2B5600C36
• Crucial CT2K32G48C40U5
• G.Skill Trident Z RGB F5-5600J2834F16GX2-TZ5RK
• G.Skill Trident Z RGB F5-6400J3239G16GX2-TZ5RK
• Kingston Fury Beast KF556C40BBK2-32
• Kingston Fury Beast RGB KF556C40BBAK2-32
• Patriot Signature Line PSD516G480081
• Patriot Viper Venom PVV532G620C40K
• Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB FF3D532G6600HC34
• Team group T-Force Vulcan FLRD532G5600HC36BDC01

16× Intel mainboards in the XXL test

A lot has changed in the PCGH motherboard test system and Alder Lake UEFIs. Hence we torment
once again all test candidates with Intel’s 8+8 core under comparable conditions. You will find the following products in the test:

• Asrock B660 Steel Legend
• Asrock H670 PG Riptide
• Asrock Z690 Extreme
• Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Hero
• Asus Strix B660-G Gaming WiFi
• Asus TUF Gaming B660M-Plus D4
• Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi D4
• EVGA Z690 Classified
• Gigabyte B660 Aorus Master DDR4
• Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
• Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X DDR4
• Gigabyte Z690 UD
• MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4
• MSI MAG B660 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4
• MSI MEG Z690 Unify
• MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi

Do-it-yourself dream keyboards: custom keyboards put to the test

Housing, switch plate and cable in your favorite colours. Multicolored keycaps and swappable switches. If you don’t want to buy your mechanical keyboard off the shelf, a custom model is a customized but expensive alternative. You will find the following products in the test:

• Glorious GMMK 2 Full Size Prebuild Edition
• Glorious GMMK Pro Custom
• Logitech G Pro X Gaming Keyboard
• Mountain Everest 60 (ANSI layout)
• NZXT Function Fullsize BLD
• NZXT Function Mini TKL BLD
• Sharkoon Skiller SGK50 S4 White

Proposal: high-end PC

Looking for inspiration for a strong, affordable gaming PC including optimization tips? The upper class represents the best option for strong performance before the high-end without lifting into even higher price ranges – have your monitors with Ultra HD and 144 Hz ready. This time in the suggestion: Intel Core i7-12700K and Geforce RTX 3080 10GiB.

Miscellaneous

In addition to the usual indices for graphics cards and processors, you will find shorter individual tests on things like this in the Hardware Buyers Guide Lists, Project PCs booklet Ryzen 7 6800U, the NZXT Signal 4K30 Capture Card, the Mackie CR Stealthbar and also comments and notes from the editorial team on the team page and the respective sections.

Contents of the PCGH 08/2022

Here you will find the complete contents of the PCGH issue 08/2022 #262.

Source: PC Games Hardware

DVD content of the PCGH 08/2022

DVD full version: “Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry”

Source: PC Games Hardware

Full version – Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry

Larry Laffer, the failed womanizer of the venerable Leisure Suit Larry series, has been making hard drives and single women unsafe since 1987. Games with the character penned by Al Lowe stand for two things: raunchy humor and classic, mostly entertaining adventure fare. After a period of weakness in the early 2000s, developer CrazyBunch and publisher Assemble Entertainment took on the somewhat aging Larry in 2018. The result was the successful reboot Wet Dreams Don’t Dry.

Once again you embody Larry Laffer, who no longer loafs around in the 80s, but is catapulted into the 21st century and, as an involuntary time traveller, has to make friends with new technologies, customs and social standards. Of course, this new setting offers plenty of room for fresh jokes, various innuendos and biting satire. Your ultimate goal in this quite classic adventure is of course the same: to help Larry to end up with his chosen dream woman.

installation

Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry Full Game is a free code on Gamesplanet.com. To do this, enter the code on our code card at www.pcgh.de/codes. Then give in the code you receive there https://de.gamesplanet.com as a discount code after adding the game to your shopping cart. This changes the price to 0 euros and you will receive one after the “purchase”. Steam code for the game.

Facts about the game

• Genre: Adventure
• Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
• Release Date: November 07, 2018

System Requirements

Minimum: Windows Vista/7/8/10, x86-compatible processor with at least 2.33 GHz / Intel Atom 1.6 GHz netbook processor or better, 2 GiB RAM, DirectX 9.0c-compatible graphics card with 256 MiB VRAM and
Pixel shader 3.0 support, 4 GB free hard disk space

Recommended: Windows 10, otherwise see minimum. (manufacturer information)

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