Asus has announced another of those devices that are not suitable for all audiences. This is the new Asus ROG Chimera laptop, a monstrous 17.3-inch gaming laptop that stands out for its screen, with 144 Hz refresh rate and equipped with NVIDIA G-Sync technology to provide the best gaming experience …
Read More »Dell will use Alienware to counter MSI and ASUS
Gaming laptops are not as expensive as before, which has moved hordes of players that see these devices, with screens between 15 and 17 inches, as a nice alternative for polyvalent computers that don’t take too much room space and are portable, so they can enjoy games wherever they go. …
Read More »Our readers speak: Mid-range or high-end graphics?
When we assemble a PC or update an existing configuration we have the option of choosing high-end or mid-range graphics cards, a decision that can end up being rather complicated , especially if we have a decent budget. The decision is important because it affects not only user experience when …
Read More »Here they come: Intel Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X with 18 cores for home PCs
Today is the day that Intel officially launched its new high-performance HEDT platform for enthusiasts. Two architectures join forces for the first time during the launching, Kaby Lake-X and Skylake-X, besides unveiling the Core i9 lineup, a new Intel X299 chipset and the new LGA-2066 socket with a 55 pin …
Read More »The best antiviruses of 2017 for Windows 10 according to AV-TEST
Even though Windows Defender keeps improving its preinstalled antivirus protection on Windows 10 PCs, other ‘complementary’ software are certainly key to keep your PC’s security at a maximum. Therefore, freeing us from malware threats, evidently, although in some cases it would mean sacrificing our PC’s performance ever so slightly. AV-TEST …
Read More »Is it technically possible to keep scaling down manufacturing processes?
You already know that Moore’s law is practically dying: reducing lithography and increasing the number of transistors on chips keeps getting more complicated. Manufacturers, especially TSMC, Samsung and Intel, are working incessantly to keep reducing lithography by using new techniques on manufacturing processes, but it is clear that we are …
Read More »You can start upgrading to Windows 10 Creators Update on April 5th.
Windows 10 Creators Update, the new and highly anticipated version of Windows 10, is almost upon us. Microsoft is already finalizing the arrival of this new update to be able to release it definitively next April 11, however, because its launch will be progressive, the company has been wanting to …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-6900K under Sniper Elite 4
We have here the first reliable performance test of an AMD Ryzen CPU, specifically the Ryzen 7 1800X, with 8 Zen cores and 16 threads at a Base/Turbo frequency of 3.60/4.00 GHz with a TDP of 95W and a price of 499 dollars, which was faced with the Intel Core …
Read More »First RYZEN 7 1700X performance tests beat the Core i7 6850K
The VideoCardz guys have made a complete round of performance tests of the RYZEN 7 1700X, a processor that will make place just under the AMD series, that as we know will be the RYZEN 7 1800X. Such processor counts with eight cores and sixteen threads at a base frequency …
Read More »Apple suspends the LG UltraFine 5K, “the best monitor” for MacBook Pro
Apple began to sell last October the LG UltraFine 5K, which itself proclaimed as “the best monitor” for users that want to work with external displays from the MacBook Pro 2016. Is extremely weird for Apple to recommend and sell a product that isn’t part of its brand, but it …
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