For its fall refresh of its ZBook mobile workstation line, HP’s joining the trend of jazzing up its names: The entry-priced ZBook 15v G6 morphs into the ZBook Power G7, while the performance-focused ZBook 15 and 17 G6 become the ZBook Fury 15 and 17 G7. Despite the new names, the two lines are part …
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Alienware announced today it will add fast 360Hz display options to two of its biggest gaming laptops. Both the Alienware m17 R3 and Alienware Area-51m R2 can be configured with a new 17-inch, 1,920×1,080-pixel-resolution panel with a 360Hz refresh rate. Also on the way is the Alienware 25 gaming monitor developed for esports players. The new 25-inch monitor will also …
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Nvidia rolled out its new Ampere-based GeForce RTX 3000-series graphics cards, with the top-of-the-line RTX 3090 that the company claims can handle 8K/60 frames-per-second gameplay — using upscaling in what’s called DLSS 8K mode. We also heard about the RTX 3080 and 3070, the usual better-faster replacements for their predecessors, the RTX 2080 and 2070. Essentially, the 30-generation of the GeForce …
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Asus’ biggest launch today was the company’s new GeForce RTX 3090, 3080 and 3070-based graphics cards following Nvidia’s announcement of the new generation of Ampere-based GPUs, as well as its reveal of the first Wi-Fi 6E router, the tri-mode ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 The new cards, which ship this month, have redesigned fans, heat dissipation and airflow to improve cooling and reduce …
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We already know a lot about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7 Plus, having previously tried a prerelease version of the higher-end Plus hardware and its excellent clip-on keyboard. Now we also know the S7 and S7 Plus are both coming Sept. 18, starting at $649 (£619) for the Galaxy Tab S7 and $849 (£799) for Galaxy …
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Nvidia announced its new GeForce RTX 3000-series graphics cards today, along with its Reflex analysis technology for isolating latency problems between the keyboard, mouse and display, so it’s no surprise that the manufacturers are piling on the announcements to match. Acer steps up with upgraded Orion desktop models and more details on the Predator X25 monitor. Specifically, the Predator X25 …
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Lenovo’s addition to its style-first, Intel-based gaming laptop laptop line, the Legion 7 series, swaps some dedicated connections and GPU power for a thinner and lighter design. The 15-inch Legion Slim 7i compromises between the ludicrous sacrifice of discrete graphics made for the Y740S launched at CES 2020 in order to achieve its ultrathin profile — discrete graphics make a …
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For an industry fixated on constant change, the traditional “clamshell” laptop design — from the MacBook Pro to the Dell XPS 13 to many, many others — has endured for a long time. But the past few years have seen imaginative hybrid devices that act as both tablets and laptops, become increasingly viable alternatives. This is after years of less-than-successful …
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Earlier this month, Google removed Fortnite from the Google Play Store after publisher Epic Games tried to get around the 30% fee the company charges app developers for purchases on its platform (Apple, which charges the same fee, also removed the battle royale game). The decision led Epic to file lawsuits against the tech giants while promoting the hashtag #FreeFortnite on social media. But don’t fret, Android users, you …
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There’s a new version of Microsoft Flight Simulator driving a lot of PC gaming attention right now, in part because it’s the first ground-up new entry in the long-running series since 2006. The new version, besides stunning graphics and realistic physics, benefits from being able to stream in real-world cloud-based mapping data in real time, drawing from what Microsoft says …
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