Acer's new lineup of gaming monitors is all-in on high refresh, turning toward overclocking to bump up the refresh rate specifications as high as possible.
| News | October 21, 2020 |
AMD teased the Radeon RX 6000 series at its Zen 3 event. The tease shows AMD's Radeon RX 6000 series won't beat Nvidia's best, but it could come close.
| News | October 8, 2020 |
The Core i7-7700K is Intel’s latest flagship enthusiast processor, and it looks quick on paper. It fails to make significant architecture or production process changes that might boost performance. Does that halt it, or does it fight on?
| Computing | September 30, 2020 |
Acer’s new entry into the luxury laptop market is a super-light, super-thin notebook that brings premium features to a more modest price point.
| Reviews | September 25, 2020 |
Microsoft is known for its 2-in-1 devices like the Surface Go or Surface Pro, but it also has a traditional laptop. Now that you can usually pick it up at a significant discount, how does the Surface Laptop hold up nearly a year after its release? We run it through its paces to see if it's worth the money.
| Reviews | August 25, 2020 |
Nvidia's GeForce Now is a cloud gaming service that offers access to games rendered on Nvidia's cloud hardware. It's not perfect, but it is affordable.
| Reviews | August 14, 2020 |
How much will Sony's PlayStation 5 cost? Pricing still remains unknown, but our estimate suggests the price will be higher than PlayStation fans expect to pay.
| News | June 15, 2020 |
Can the Surface Book 2 make it as a potential PC replacement? I tried -- and was disappointed with the results. Here's what I found and why it doesn't work.
| News | June 2, 2020 |
Modern Warfare takes the Call of Duty franchise back to the glory days of Call of Duty 4 with a new campaign mode that bills itself as "realistic" and "morally complex." In truth, it's rather simple, but it could still be a great shooter.
| Reviews | May 26, 2020 |
The Alienware Area-51m is a massive gaming laptop that paves a new path forward for the brand. While it offers many old-school features, it also brings a new look and design philosophy that gamers will love. Our Area-51M review dives into the guts of this portable battlestation.
| Computing | May 19, 2020 |
Microsoft started off on the wrong foot this generation, but it isn’t giving up with the smaller, sleeker Xbox One S. But should you wait for the Xbox Series X?
| Reviews | May 5, 2020 |
Motorola has a new flagship phone, but does Android really need another top-tier option? The Moto Edge Plus struggles to answer that question despite its perks.
| Mobile | April 30, 2020 |
The Acer Swift 7 is among the world’s thinnest laptops, but it hasn’t received the fanfare that its super-slim profile seems to deserve. The price tag has proved a problem, and while new model shown at CES 2019 is better than ever before, expense remains an obstacle.
| Reviews | April 24, 2020 |
After skipping the flagship market in 2019, Motorola is back in 2020 with the Moto Edge+. It has a large OLED screen, 5G support, and a 108MP main camera.
| Android | April 22, 2020 |
The Moto G Stylus packs a useful stylus at a low price point, but it's not the killer feature that had I hoped for. This Moto G Stylus review goes in-depth.
| Android | April 15, 2020 |
Intel's NUC 9 Extreme Kit uses the company's Compute Element to squeeze modular design in a small footprint. It has potential, but it's far from perfect.
| Reviews | April 15, 2020 |
Minecraft's RTX ray-tracing beta will go live on Thursday, April 16. If you have Minecraft for Windows 10 and Nvidia RTX graphics card, you're in for a treat.
| News | April 14, 2020 |
Lenovo's targeting businesses on a budget with its new E-series and L-series ThinkPads, which will debut at $599 and $699 respectively and feature optional 1080p displays.
| News | March 22, 2020 |
Mark Cerny spoke about the Sony PlayStation 5's key features during its livestreamed GDC 2020 presentation. They're promising, but also repeat key mistakes.
| News | March 19, 2020 |
Shadow, which offers a Windows 10 gaming PC in the cloud, has lowered pricing to compete with cloud gaming services like Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now.
| News | March 12, 2020 |
The best wireless keyboards are ones that have long battery life, are comfortable, and nice to use, no matter whether you're working or playing. There are lots of different types out there though, so whether you're looking for a compact companion or long battery life, these are our favorite wireless keyboards.
| Trash | March 11, 2020 |
Google Stadia is a cloud gaming platform that plays games remotely and beams them to your device through the Internet. Stadia delivers much of what it promised, including console-quality gaming on smartphones, but its success comes with plenty of caveats.
| Reviews | March 4, 2020 |
Dell’s new XPS 13 2-in-1 aims for excellence by copying many treats that made the normal XPS 13 stand out, but have users moved on to newer, better designs?
| Reviews | March 4, 2020 |
Microsoft's Xbox Series X console packs 12 Tflops of GPU compute power, more than Nvidia's RTX 2080. What does that mean for the age-old PC vs. console battle?
| News | February 25, 2020 |
Intel revealed its new Command Center driver software at GDC 2019. The updated interface will control current Intel integrated graphics, but it also lays the groundwork for next year's Intel video card. New features include one-click optimization and a completely revised interface.
| News | February 17, 2020 |
Choosing a new laptop is a big decision, considering how much they usually cost. However, you have all sorts of great options, whether you hunting for a Windows PC, MacBook, or Chromebook. Here are our picks for the best laptops in every category from gaming to budget to Chromebooks -- and beyond.
| Trash | February 4, 2020 |
After binging 'The Witcher' on Netflix, I turned back to 2015's 'The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt' to get my Geralt fix. Playing it on Nintendo's Switch, I was pleased to find the game is a true classic. In fact, the Netflix show still has a lot to live up ot.
| Features | January 27, 2020 |
CES 2020 brought a pair of 48-inch OLED displays, one of which even has G-Sync support. These televisions easily beat the image quality of gaming monitors, even those that cost several thousand dollars. Maybe PC gamers should just buy televisions now?
| News | January 14, 2020 |
The Pimax 8K X VR headset is the end of a long journey for Pimax, which launched a Kickstarter to fund the headset back in 2017. It failed to meet its initial shipping date of January 2018, but it didn't back down. Our Pimax 8K X hands-on finds it was worth the wait.
| News | January 13, 2020 |
Intel casts a wide net in its CES 2015 keynote presentation, focusing less on computers and more on up-and-coming technologies that ought to keep the company relevant well into the future.
| News | January 10, 2020 |
Sony surprised the gaming world by making a PlayStation 5 announcement at CES 2020, sharing the first look at the PlayStation 5 logo. It's exactly what you would expect. The logo looks similar to the PS4 logo. Sony has kept its PlayStation branding extremely consistent across generations
| News | January 8, 2020 |
While CES 2014 didn;t focus on computing, it's still important to the PC industry. Here's five trends that will determine the path of PCs for the next year.
| News | January 7, 2020 |
Origin's new PC case, shipping with its Millennium and Genesis desktops, features a modular internal layout and expansion for up to 19 hard drives.
| News | January 7, 2020 |
The affordable Lenovo Miix is a powerful convertible with a keyboard dock that harnesses the magic of magnets. Is this the Windows tablet to buy?
| News | January 7, 2020 |