Nvidia has lowered the price of its RTX 2060 Founders Edition graphics card to $299. The company confirmed the $50 price drop, spotted earlier by PCGamer, in an email Friday. In July 2019, Nvidia released an updated model of the graphics card, the RTX 2060 Super, for $399. The Super card essentially bumps up the …
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#CES2020: How brands battle for your attention on Twitter, Instagram
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. It’s tough to get noticed at CES. So Nissan set up a mini golf course with a feature the Japanese car giant thought would be social media catnip: a guaranteed hole-in-one. Standing at the carmaker’s exhibit, I putted a golf ball …
Read More »What CES 2020 taught us about this year’s phones: Cheaper foldables, 5G and more
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The phones of CES weren’t many, but they were informative, hinting at important trends we’ll see in 2020 — including cheaper applications of 2019’s most expensive features. Typically, the CES showing settles on midrange devices, but this year also brought us …
Read More »HP Spectre x360 15 beefs up performance, shrinks in size
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. We were impressed with HP’s Spectre x360 13 released toward the end of 2019. So much so that we gave it an Editors’ Choice award. Part of the reason for that is that HP managed to significantly reduce the footprint of …
Read More »Acer’s Predator X32 gaming monitor seems awesome. It’s also $3,600
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Go bright, go big or go wide just about sums up Acer’s flagship gaming monitors that it’s introducing at CES 2020: a 1,440-nit HDR Predator X32, 55-inch OLED CG552K and 38-inch curved X38. So, something for everyone, or at least everyone …
Read More »HP Elite Dragonfly G2 2
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. HP only announced its ultralight Elite Dragonfly business two-in-one back in September, but it’s already moving on to its second-gen version, the Elite Dragonfly G2. Announced at CES 2020, the G2 will have three key new options when it’s expected to …
Read More »Acer’s Concept D 7 laptops flaunt a nifty new convertible design at CES 2020
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. I love the convertible design of Acer’s Predator Triton 900, the 17-inch gaming laptop on which its Concept D 9 for creatives is based; it flips into all the positions of a typical two-in-one, but with the added attractions of being able …
Read More »Acer’s TravelMate P6 is a pro rugged laptop that weighs next to nothing
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. 2020 is likely to see more laptops designed to give you the instant-on performance and long battery life you get from your phone. And one of the first is the upcoming Acer TravelMate P6, announced at CES 2020 in Las Vegas. Weighing …
Read More »Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop debuts 1440p screen, flashy lid at CES 2020
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. One of the highlights of Asus‘ gaming announcements at CES 2020 — in addition to the new 360Hz and 1,400-nit PG32UQX ROG Swift monitors — is the ROG Zephyrus G14, a new 14-inch entrant in its thin-and-light Zephyrus line. But it’s …
Read More »ROG Swift 360Hz: Asus teamed up with Nvidia to develop the world’s fastest monitor
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Higher screen refresh rates in a gaming monitor definitely help with competitive play. But as they climb, the likelihood that you can achieve a sustainable frame rate to match decreases, bringing unwelcome artifacts like tearing and judder — and thus the …
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