PC Format Issue 254

This issue is dated July 2011 and priced at £5.99

Features
Essential Upgrades (19 pages)
 * Dave James wrestles with components, old and new, to give you the low-down on the right upgrades for your machine and your bank balance.
 * Graphics Cards, Processors and Motherboards tested.

Extra Speed for Free (2 pages)

Beyond Upgrading? (8 pages)
 * Can that old rig become a games powerhouse after some judicious upgrading? Chris Lloyd takes an ageing war horse and some new hardware, and benchmarks the flip out of it.

Stay in Control (4 pages)
 * Can gamepads offer a viable way to play our favourite games? Matt Hanson finds out.
 * 6 pads tested.

How to Photograph your PC (6 pages)
 * You've built your PC and it's a beautiful work of art. Adam Oxford shows you how to make sure it looks like one when you show it off.

Previews
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Dave James - (2 pages)

Rage - Jon Blyth - (2 pages)

Alice: Madness Returns - David Rutherford - (1 page)

Dungeon Siege III - Richard Cobbett - (1 page)

Other Credits
Contributors


 * David Brown, Tom Portsmouth, James Rossignol & Simon Crisp