Tag Archives: Laptop

Microsoft has been working closely with AMD for a good number of years now, partnering up on Xbox One and Project Scarlet console hardware. Now, Microsoft may be turning to AMD in other parts of its business, with the latest rumours suggesting that the next line-up of Surface laptops will …

ASUS and Acer came to IFA this year armed with the world's first 300Hz gaming laptops.

We’ve seen plenty of monitor and peripheral announcements throughout this week, but there have also been some interesting announcements on the laptop front. This week, MSI announced the expansion of its creator line up laptops, the world’s first to be powered by Intel’s new 10th Gen six-core processors. The new …

RTX 2070 & 8-core i9-9880H alongside a 240Hz screen! ASUS' ROG Strix SCAR III G531GW is a beast

Yesterday at Computex, Gigabyte announced five new X570 AORUS motherboards and a brand new PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 SSD with blistering fast speeds. Now, Leo has had a chance to roam the booth to get a closer look, we’ve also discovered a few new bits that we didn’t know about …

Amongst Nvidia’s various announcements at Computex this morning, the company also launched the ‘RTX Studio’ program, a new certification for laptops aimed at the ‘prosumer’ or content creation markets. The idea is to essentially give OEMs a blueprint for the hardware spec someone in this consumer category would be after. …

We look at the MateBook X Pro 2018 edition, and see if it is worth buying today

It's a 15in laptop from Gigabyte with an i7-8750H and RTX 2070. Is it still worth buying?

Following on from CES earlier this year, we saw many new gaming laptops launch with new RTX graphics but the downside at the time was that they were packing Intel 8th Gen CPUs, with 9th Gen just around the corner. Now just a few short months later, Intel has updated …

Nvidia expands its laptop graphics offerings with the GTX 1660Ti and GTX 1650

So far today, we’ve seen plenty of announcements for the revamped, 2019 range of Acer Predator products, including a new monitor, a new desktop and two new Helios series laptops. Now, our attention is turning to the Acer Nitro series, which strikes a decent balance between price and performance. Today …

Aside from new desktops and high refresh rate monitors, Acer’s event today also featured plenty of new laptops. Today, we were able to get a look at the new Predator Helios 700 and the Helios 300, tackling the high-end and mid-range gaming laptop markets. The Acer Predator Helios 700 is …

A stunning 144Hz IPS display matched to an RTX 2070 and Core i7.

A major acquisition isn’t the only talking point floating around Nvidia today. We are also seeing the company end support for two of its products soon, the first being 3D Vision and the second being the last remaining Kepler-based mobile GPUs. 3D Vision debuted back in 2008 on the cusp …

MSI held their first ever photography competition last weekend in the Techspace in Shoreditch. The room was kitted out with strobe lights, various props, professional models, cameras, laptops and some very tasty looking cupcakes. Amateur and professional photographers alike were invited to attend to shoot the best picture.

It's a £1250 laptop from Acer - with a killer 144Hz IPS display. Is it a good buy?

PC Specialist has launched its new line of Nvidia RTX-powered laptops, all housing a 144Hz display and RGB keyboard. The Recoil II and Octane VI are readily available, while the Proteus VI, Defiance V and Optimus IX will arrive in the near future. There are many different configurations of the …

While MSI traditionally focusses on gaming laptops, the company has also been rolling out more traditional portables intended for the mainstream audience. Today at CES, MSI announced the latest addition to its ‘lifestyle’ lineup of laptops- the PS63 Modern. The PS63 Modern strips things back in favour of a streamlined, …

Now that RTX GPUs for laptops have officially been announced, we are starting to see new laptop announcements from various companies. First up, we have Razer announcing that the Blade 15 has been updated once again, this time with RTX 2060, RTX 2070 and RTX 2080 graphics options. The Razer …

Aside from RTX 2060 and G-Sync news, Nvidia also had announcements for gaming laptop enthusiasts at its CES 2019 keynote today. Soon, RTX graphics are going to be available in laptops, with over 40 different models set to hit the market so far- this will include both Max-Q and regular …

Samsung has been teasing its foldable, unbreakable display technology for years. We're expecting the foldable smartphone/tablet to launch soon but after that, it looks like attention could turn towards laptops.

During IFA in Berlin last week, MSI launched its latest laptop, the ‘P65 Creator’, a sleek white laptop that is primarily built for designers and photographers but also packs a punch for gaming. With the P65, MSI doubled down on design, creating a brushed aluminium and pearl white version. The …

The world's thinnest gaming laptop just got thinner! We preview the new ROG Zephyrus S

Got a spare £1400 for a thin and light notebook? The Zenbook 3 Deluxe could be worth a look

After eleven months of floating around in the ether, AMD’s Radeon Vega 56 has finally found its way into a laptop- specifically, the new Acer Predator Helios 500. There’s even the option to go all AMD by switching out the default Intel CPU with a 2nd Gen Ryzen 7 processor, …

Intel has officially launched its first six-core Coffee Lake processors for laptops. The new Coffee Lake-H series brings Core i9, Core i7 and Xeon chips to laptops, featuring six cores for the first time on an Intel mobile platform. Intel has been sticking with quad-core chips for high-end laptops since …

Xiaomi, the fifth largest smartphone maker in the world, is now venturing into the world of gaming. Xiaomi has branched out into mainstream laptops in the past, but this time around, Xiaomi is targeting gamers in China with the Mi Gaming Laptop, which packs a 15.6-inch display, a 7th-Gen Core i7 …

Back in November, an AIDA64 update unveiled some new upcoming Intel processors, the most interesting of which was the Core i9-8950HK. This is set to be the first Core i9 processor for laptops and will apparently be based on the Coffee Lake architecture. This week, this particular CPU broke cover …

Back in mid-October, Microsoft launched the Surface Book 2 in the US. Hailed as the most powerful Surface ever, the laptop features Nvidia GTX 10-series graphics alongside an Intel 8th Gen processor. Since then, the 15-inch of this laptop have only been available in the US, but that is changing …

Every year, Razer brings something unique and interesting to CES and 2018 is no different. This time around, the company announced ‘Project Linda’, a new smartphone/laptop hybrid concept that extends the Razer Phone into a laptop. Razer hopes that Project Linda will be a new era for mobile computing, blending …