At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros High GPU and CPU performance Competitive price for the hardware Mechanical keyboard Lots of high-end touches Cons No HDR for games Copilot key is rather large “Liquid Teal” color…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Impressively svelte for a 16-inch gaming laptop Surprising battery life Gorgeous display Cons Huge trackpad fumbles palm rejection More sluggish on battery power Trails cheaper competitors at every turn…
How reliable is your internet connection? That depends a lot on how you measure “good” and in how many different ways. Conventional browser-based tests like the ever-popular Speedtest.net can give you a few metrics, but…
The Nintendo Switch 2 was presented for an hour on April 2nd, and during that presentation, we saw a lot about upcoming games, new features, the Joy-Cons, and more. As typical for Nintendo, though, very…
The RX 9000 series is here and if you’ve even glanced at news headlines lately, it’s made a major splash. Alongside impressive performance, the RX 9070 and 9070 XT have captured the gaming zeitgeist and…
Although ray tracing can add visual realism to top-tier games, it can also maul the performance of otherwise top-tier PCs. It’s been a hurdle for years now, but we’re now one step closer to overcoming…
A combination of AMD’s 3D V-Cache, AI, and multiple cores offers enthusiasts a bold new opportunity for tweaking the performance of their PCs. But a new Asus BIOS option, Asus AI Cache Boost, takes the…
Wiz’s $32 billion all-cash acquisition by Google parent Alphabet promises a colossal payday for the cybersecurity startup’s early-stage investors. The deal is a big win for Sequoia, one of the best-known VC firms, which stands…
Some PC gamers use the terms frame rate and refresh rate interchangeably. But while they’re related, your gaming PC’s frame rate and refresh rate measure two very different things — one fixed, the other varies.…
If you’ve purchased a laptop or tablet with an AMD Ryzen chip inside, there’s a performance tweak you absolutely need to know about. Apply it to AMD’s AI/gaming powerhouse Ryzen AI Max chip, and you…