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Dell’s gaming brand Alienware pulled out all the stops for its CES 2022 slate of announcements, and two of the most notable debut products are landing at lower prices than we expected — not that we’re complaining. First, we have the x14, the company’s first entry in the booming 14-inch gaming laptop market. When Alienware …

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MSI Raider GE76 gaming laptop has the fastest of everything. It shows

MSI’s top-end 17-inch Raider GE76 gaming laptop comes with state-of-the-art components that let it fly. It’s stacked with an Intel Core i9-12900HK CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU. That processor is the newest Intel mobile Alder Lake architecture, which splits the cores into performance-optimized and efficiency-optimized (like Apple’s M1 chips). And while the RTX 3080 Ti is just a …

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How to buy a gaming laptop

Gaming laptops have evolved to keep up with the needs of even the most intense gamers, making them a serious alternative to desktop PCs for all but the highest-power setups. Almost everything you need to start gaming is in that one chassis; you definitely don’t want to use the touchpad, though, so an external mouse is a must-have. Another bright …

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Gaming monitors from CES 2022 to get hyped for

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Whether you’re looking for cool new designs, stunning new panels or speedy new tech, CES rarely disappoints for gaming monitors. CES 2022 was mostly remote for a lot of us, but that didn’t mean companies didn’t bring out the big guns …

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Lenovo’s new Legion gaming laptops pack 16

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Lenovo’s gaming laptops tend to get overlooked in the sea of flashing lights, probably because Lenovo is so overwhelmingly associated with work and its flagship ThinkPad line. But some of them are surprisingly good, and the line gets refreshed on a …

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The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is AMD’s poster child again

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is once again AMD’s poster child for a new processor launch as part of its AMD Advantage partner program, announced Tuesday at CES 2022. That means it’s one of the first systems to ship with the …

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At CES 2022, AMD hit all the gaming targets

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Based on its CES 2022 product announcements, it looks like a busy beginning of the year for AMD, with a brain-melting array of something for everyone. AMD’s launch focused on better battery life while gaming, thinner gaming laptops, improved gaming performance… …

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Intel boasts 50 new 12th

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Intel dropped an Acme anvil of 12th-generation (Alder Lake) processors on us at CES 2022: That’s 22 for PCs, eight for gaming laptops, six in a new P series, 10 U series for thin-and-lights and four for cheap laptops and Chromebooks. …

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Thin is in for Alienware’s gaming laptops: CES 2022 brings super

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Because 14 inches is the new 15 inches, the highlight of Alienware’s thin-is-in X-series gaming laptops for 2022 is the brand-new x14, seen at CES 2022. There are also refreshed versions of the bigger models, the x15 R2 and X17 R2; …

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Acer’s Predator gaming monitors come for your wallet, while laptops get the latest updates

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Three new monitors stand out from Acer’s crowd of gaming gear at CES 2022. Not as yowza as Alienware’s QD-OLED debut, but with enough yes-I-may-want-it newness for the gamer who’s OK spending $1,799 or more for a fast 32-inch 4K HDR …

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