Just last week, Acer announced a bunch of new gaming PCs and accessories, but it apparently held back something for Computex 2018, which kicked off in Taipei today. The company’s new 17.3-inch Predator Helios 500 gaming notebook and Predator Orion 5000 and Nitro 50 desktops will be available with AMD Ryzen 7 processors as well …
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If you’ve ever dreamed of playing a big AAA gaming title on your phone, now you can. Sort of. Valve’s Steam Link ($160 at Amazon) system originally required a physical box to be plugged into a television and connected to the same network as your gaming computer. You would then use the processing power of your dedicated gaming rig to stream …
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With Memorial Day weekend coming up fast, PC makers have kicked off their holiday sales with loads of deals on laptops, desktops and accessories. Best Buy is in on the sale action, too, with discounts on those brands and Apple laptops (you can jump to the bottom for those). Lenovo is having its “biggest Memorial Day sale ever” with up …
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The expensive, geek-friendly Nvidia Shield TV streamer can pretty much do it all, but until now its menu system hasn’t been as customizable as those of competitors Apple TV and Roku. That changes with the latest software update, which brings the new version of Google’s Android TV operating system, 8.0 aka Oreo, and with it a revamped home page. Gone …
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You may not have heard, but the cryptocurrency card crunch is over. There’s no longer a global shortage of high-octane graphics cards and GPU hardware. Also bear in mind that a refresh of Nvidia’s GeForce line will happen sooner or later. That means you should actively avoid under-powered products like Nvidia’s latest GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. With lower memory bandwidth (96-bit bus …
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Acer has introduced a sizable lineup of new laptops and accessories at the company’s annual New York press conference. Similar to the 2017 version of this event, the new products include mainstream laptops, Chromebooks and gaming PCs. Highlights include: Acer Swift 5 A redesign gives this slim laptop a bigger 15-inch screen, now with a minimized bezel. The metal body …
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After a long lull, this is turning out to be a big year for cloud gaming. Nvidia’s GeForce Now is still in beta but going strong, and now Valve is extending Steam’s in-home game-streaming capability to iOS and Android devices that connect to the same network as the host system. The Steam Link app, which Valve plans to launch the …
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The shortage of Nvidia graphic cards is seemingly over. Nvidia announced that it is restocking its GeForce GTX 10-series GPUs at their original retail price, which means gamers can start buying them again to build their custom gaming PCs. But wait — why was there a shortage? The culprit is cryptocurrency. The processing power on Nvidia’s and other high-end GPUs …
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Google’s voice assistant is now available on LG’s 2018 OLED and Super UHD LCD TVs. The capability, first announced at CES 2018, allows models like the new C8 OLED TV to accept commands over the remote control’s built-in microphone, as well as talk back to you in Google’s voice. Using voice commands, you can find and play content, for example via …
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The replacement for the “trash-can” Mac Pro you can buy today won’t see the light of day until sometime in 2019. That was the big takeaway from an exclusive TechCrunch story story by Matthew Panzarino earlier this week, chronicling Apple’s strategy for making up years of neglecting the professional creative market. Read more: Meet the new Mac Pro The other big reveal from the …
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