August 25, 2016

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Linux OS is 25 years old today

You may not believe it but 25 years ago on 25th August 1991 Linus Torvalds shared that he was beginning a strange new undertaking – the development of an absolutely free of charge OS. Today…

August 25, 2016

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ADATA announces a new SSD with higher capacity, performance, and reliability

ADATA announced a new generation of SSDs based on the 3D NAND flash technology – SU800. It is a multi-layer 3D NAND flash SSD with significantly higher storage density compared to the same form factor of the…

August 25, 2016

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Here is how you can get a free game if you own or purchase an AMD CPU or GPU

It’s been more than a month since the American company AMD released its latest GPUs – Radeon RX 4xx. For now, the only graphics cards using the new Polaris architecture are Radeon RX 480, RX 470…

August 24, 2016

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Acer announced the new Predator 15 (G9-593) and Predator 17 (G9-793) with GeForce GTX 1060 / 1070

Acer refreshed their renowned gaming “beasts” by giving them new graphics cards and thus turning them into the new Predator 15 (G9-593) and Predator 17 (G9-793). The GPUs in question are NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060…

August 24, 2016

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NVIDIA displayed the future of autonomous cars – Parker SoC (powered by Pascal)

In the beginning of May, NVIDIA announced its latest graphics architecture called Pascal. At the Hot Chips event in California, the American company announced its newest invention – Parker SoC. As the name suggests, the system…

August 24, 2016

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Dell’s Vostro 14 5459 delivers slightly above average battery life

We were expecting some decent results from the battery tests of the Dell Vostro 5459 due to several reasons. Firstly, the notebook has small screen size using a TN panel, which is much less demanding…

August 23, 2016

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Expectedly, ASUS’ affordable daily driver, the X556 / K556, doesn’t excel in image quality

When OEMs try to build an affordable notebook that stands out from the rest and offers something more than a typical laptop from the price range, there should be some compromise. It’s often build quality,…

August 22, 2016

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Samsung to release GDDR6 memory (14-16Gbps) by 2018

After Micron released the GDDR5X memory, their biggest competitor Samsung is planning to release a new type of memory – GDDR6. It will be even more effective than the current one, which can be found in…

August 22, 2016

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Here is how fast the new Intel Optane SSD is – to be released by the end of 2016

A year ago, at the IDF 2016 event, Intel announced a device that featured storage twice as fast as that of SSDs that had been released on the market by that time. Its name is Intel…

August 22, 2016

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DDR5 RAM is expected to become available by 2020

Several days ago, at the IDF event, Intel announced a new kind of VR headset called Project Alloy. Apart from this, the company also stated that by 2020 the new RAM type will appear –…

August 22, 2016

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Sony Xperia X Performance is the new leader in our 3D/Gaming rankings

A few days ago we reviewed Sony Xperia X Performance, the Japanese company’s current flagship model. It runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 mobile processor, which includes the Adreno 530 – a guarantee of good CPU…

August 21, 2016

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The ASUS X550VX / K550VX is a perfect gaming choice on a budget but make sure to pair it with an external monitor

ASUS’ ultra-affordable gaming solution, the X550VX, is one of its kind to some extent. It costs a fraction of what the usual gaming machines do nowadays, yet it’s on par with them. How does ASUS…

August 18, 2016

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Acer promises oustanding display performance for professionals with their ColorPlus monitors

Today Acer published a short but very informative short video on their YouTube channel explaining the “magic” behind their ColorPlus monitors. Through various “technologies”, which Acer doesn’t really mention, selected ColorPlus-powered models deliver exceptional image…

August 17, 2016

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ASUS X550VX / K550VX’s battery just can’t keep up with the powerful CPU and GPU

A 44Wh battery flowing the juice for the quad-core Core i5-6300HQ and GTX 950M GPU with 2GB of GDDR5 VRAM just isn’t enough to keep it running for longer periods of time. Still, the battery…

August 17, 2016

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MSI notebooks with GeForce GTX 1080 (+ SLI) hit the US market, the price is very good

The king is dead, long live the king! Yesterday NVIDIA announced the new GeForce GTX 1080 which became the fastest mobile GPU. Today we already have notebooks with that monster hitting the market. The first…

August 16, 2016

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USA has the best prices for the new GeForce GTX 1060 and 1070 Pascal-equipped notebooks, GTX 1070 starting at $1699

Shortly after we found out that MSI GS43VR with the new GTX 1060 is priced at $2250 / 2000 EUR in Europe, the same notebook (i7-6700HQ, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD) popped up…

August 16, 2016

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MSI GS63VR with GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) debuts at $2250 / 2000 EUR, check out all configurations and prices

NVIDIA launched the new Pascal lineup for laptops today – LaptopMedia’s readers have long been familiar with the GPUs – and now it’s time to turn our attention to the prices and configurations of the…

August 16, 2016

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Gaming benchmarks of the mobile GeForce GTX 1070 give us hope of 4K gaming on laptops

As we promised, here’s how the mobile GTX 1070 scores on some of the most popular games. We were able to run the benchmarks in 1080p and 2160p resolution and as you can see, with…

August 16, 2016

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Quick look at Acer TravelMate X349 – Acer’s ultraportable traveling companion

Since the market of ultraportables is constantly growing because, hey, with all the advancements in the chip manufacturing, now you can get а powerful, yet portable solution for your everyday work. And why shouldn’t you?…

August 15, 2016

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ASUS X550VX / K550VX uses PWM with aggressively low frequency

Another day with another PWM report but this time on the ASUS X550VX – one of the most solid budget performers. We’ve already tested the HD version of this notebook with our lab equipment and…