[Txaizdxx]

So,
I was just interested,does anyone actually buy PC Hardware or Gaming Magazines reguarly or at all anymore,with virtually all the latest news,review's and demo's of up coming Computer Games or freshest Hardware are all over the net in seconds with Excellent example sites like - Gamespot,IGN,Cnet,Fudzilla,Gametrailers,and quintessentially of course, Futuremark/YouGamers,in these these modern web surfing times,and all for FREE!!!!.Also when I first got a PC in 1998,I proceeded too buy PC & Gaming Mag's nearly weekly,too get all my latest Hardware fix info and vital Gaming Demo's,back then my only dream(besides getting a Girlfriend,and still dreaming) of oneday updating my Aptiva AMD K6-2 333Mhz PC,too a spanking Super-Charged K6-3 450Mhz ,Considered back then too be the ultimate force and most powerful Cpu upgrade in the existing Universe,or so we were dupe into believing,sadly I never did make that upgrade.Anyway's I recently got a few popular PC & Gaming Mag's,with a previous purchase absent of several years ago,well in turns out, most of the main reviews were also up and running on the magazines own web-sites ,but mainly 99% of these mag's were full up with total Junk and advert's,hardly anything informative/useful at all,contents quailty and journalism writing has dropped in my view,so back too my point,do you still buy these Magazines anymore.Cheer's.

[TolleyBoymn]

The only time I buy magazines now is when i'm traveling, which isn't very often.

Back in the late 90's to 2002 or so, I would regularly get 2-3 mags a month (mostly for game demo's). Those were the days with the Falcon NW and Alienware ads all over the place. I ended up buying an Alienware in early 2000, which came with 3DMark 2000. That's how I ended up in these forums trying to increase my score, lol. [thumbup]

How times have changed!

[PetraCromlich]

No PC or gaming ones anymore. Still get Popular Mechanics, Macleans and RD of course.

[alexosnasos2]

I stopped around 2001 I think when I would get the magazine and I realized that everything in the mags had already been posted online and I had read all the reviews of the new video cards and hardware before the magazines came. By that time we also had high speed internet so demos didn't need to come on a CD anymore.

[themsrsdude]

I don't anymore.

But when I did buy magazines I used to read every word of a review.

Online game reviews I don't think I've ever read one all the way through..

[kennyguitar]

I've still got a subscription to PC Gamer (UK) I still flick through it when I get it but don't read it anywhere near as in depth as I used to.

However, its only £11 every 3 months so I don't miss the money and haven't got round to cancelling it. Nice to flick through every now and then.

[illilmicy]

I had about 4 years worth of pc gamer 1999-2001 and 03 I think I just donated them all all with the demo disks to Value Village. No use really. I did keep the 1999 hardware ibel though for nestalga[thumbup]. I really don't see any point of buyign ocmputer maagzines anymore since by the time you get the magazine there will already be 20 reviews of whatever thay are reviewing online. and we all have broadbadn so the demo disks are meh

[QXCharles]

Not anymore, I used to when I had dialup since it was the only reasonable way to get demos, but now with broadband to download demos and review and articles almost always up on websites for free I just cant see spending 6-10 dollars for a magazine.

[Frannypaync]

Used to get CGW until they changed to GFW then I canclled

[bugagasikaga]

Only PC gaming magazines worth "buying" is classic back issues of PC Gamer, PC Accelerator, etc.

[mtvlover571]

Used to get CGW until they changed to GFW then I canclled

Same,used to get PC Gamer after they switched my subscription over when PCXL went under....I still miss PC Accelerator.

[Bigroza]

I used to buy a new PC Gamer every 1-2 months until late 2004 then I used the Internet for all my latest gaming information, reading up on Half-Life 2 previews were some of the best issues.

Who can forget that huge 200+ page Duke Nukem Forever issue.

I always found myself agreeing with PCG reviews so it was a pretty important magazine to me for many years.