The best new gaming laptops, ranked +38 more See all photos Editor’s note: Going forward, the most recent updated version of our best gaming laptops list can be found here. Gaming on a laptop is no longer the frustrating compromise it once was. Slimmer designs paired with more powerful processors and graphics cards have brought gaming …
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Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled a gaggle of GPUs designed to give Nvidia a run for its money in high-end PC gaming. Sunday’s announcement of the Radeon RX Vega family marks AMD’s return to this corner of the market after several years of ceding domination to Nvidia in the most-sophisticated gaming PCs. Plenty of teases about Vega have popped up over …
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Ryzen 3, AMD’s Jan Brady of processor lines, formally debuts today after a few weeks of everything-but-the-price reveals. It’s part of the processor segment served by the Intel Core i3 — a step up from cheap — but without an integrated graphics processor (IGP). AMD’s A series incorporates the company’s Polaris-generation of integrated graphics. Comparative specs AMD Ryzen 3 1300X …
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PC maker Acer is adding a wider variety of configuration options to its GX line of gaming desktops. Rather than breaking the bank, the addition of newer AMD Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 CPUs are aimed at “entry to mid-level gaming,” according to the company. The Acer Aspire GX-281 desktop, already available with Intel CPUs (which can carry a premium …
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Now playing: Watch this: Need an extreme processor? Intel X-Series has 18 cores 1:25 Intel At Computex 2017, Intel announced a new series of desktop processors, under the Core X name. That’s an enthusiast platform for desktop PC owners who want to push for more performance through overclocking, play games at 4K and beyond and process video files at high …
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I’ll spare you the presentation about datacenter technology (though its EPYC server architecture sounds pretty impressive), but AMD’s financial analyst conference revealed availability news about several forthcoming products that you probably should care about. Rumors about Vega, AMD’s most recent graphics processing architecture to follow Polaris, which powers its current cards, have been circulating recently and today the company confirmed …
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Chipmaker AMD had some news Wednesday for gamers and other fans of high-performance computers. The company said that after nearly half a decade of development, its Ryzen 7 chips for desktop PCs will hit the market next month. AMD has promised that the chips, based on its Zen processor core, will deliver substantial performance gains over its Excavator processors. “Four …
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The idea of an expensive VR headset can induce sticker shock in prospective virtual-reality gamers, with headsets running from $599 to $799 for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. But that’s not as bad as the high-end gaming PCs needed to run VR hardware. In CNET’s extensive hands-on testing, $2,000 has been the sweet spot for price and performance, although …
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