December 20, 2016

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Quick look at HP ProBook 450 G4 – still one of the best budget business 15-inchers

HP finally updated its excellent ProBook lineup and we now have the ProBook 450 G4 here with us – the direct successor to the 450 G3. Aside from the visual changes, the ProBook 450 G4…

December 19, 2016

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ASUS ROG GL502VS (15-inch, FHD, IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

ASUS’ ROG GL502VS is features an excellent IPS panel with numerous useful properties correcting some of the issues present with the previous version of the display used in the ASUS ROG GL552VW and ASUS N552VX.…

December 16, 2016

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The ASUS ROG GL502VS is the first G-Sync-enabled laptop with PWM

It took us a few minutes to process this because we were quite baffled. When the first notebooks and external displays with NVIDIA’s G-sync technology came out, it was advertised that they lack PWM. And…

December 16, 2016

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ASUS ROG GL502VS’s GeForce GTX 1070 scores lower than usual. Why is that?

Yesterday we posted our full review of the updated ASUS ROG GL502VS with the monstrous GeForce GTX 1070 on board and some users will be happy to see a fully-functional, high-performance 15-inch gaming laptop. But…

December 15, 2016

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Surprise: Not all ASUS ROG GL502VS units ship with M.2 PCIe NVMe drives

Before we post our full review of the ASUS ROG GL502VS, we wanted to peek inside the laptop and see if it’s any different from the previously reviewed version of the notebook with GTX 970M…

December 14, 2016

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8-core, 16-thread, 95W TDP, 3.4 GHz base clock – AMD’s first Ryzen CPU part of the ZEN micro-architecture introduced

AMD held an event in Austin, Texas named “New Horizon”. Its aim was to showcase the new and mighty Ryzen CPU based on the company’s much-hyped ZEN micro-architecture. We’ve all heard stories and rumors about…

December 13, 2016

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What’s new in the ASUS ROG GL502VS (GTX 1070) compared to the ASUS ROG GL502VT (GTX 970M) and what to expect in our upcoming review

If you remember the original ASUS ROG GL502 with GTX 970M and 980M on board, you’d be interested to see what the refreshed version with the brand new Pascal GTX 1070 has to offer. What’s…

December 12, 2016

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HDMI 2.0b is coming out and here’s what you need to know

The major manufacturers on the market have agreed upon and ratified a major update to the HDMI connectivity. The version is called 2.0b and despite the growing popularity of USB-C connectors and DisplayPorts, the HDMI…

December 09, 2016

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MSI’s PX60 6QE has a disappointing battery life

Yes, we said that the MSI PX60 6QE is an excellent blend between a gaming laptop and a workstation but what appears to be the trade-off here is the battery life. With this powerful, quad-core,…

December 09, 2016

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Dell XPS 13 (9360) (13-inch, QHD+, IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

Finally, we got the chance to test the QHD+ version of the notebook and the profiles that we will present below will also work for the previous Skylake-powered version of the XPS 13 (9350) with…

December 08, 2016

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HP Pavilion 15 Gaming (15-inch, FHD, IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

If you remember our review of the HP Pavilion 15 Gaming a while back, you will also recall that we don’t have profiles for this notebook. However, we are looking to correct with the refreshed…

December 07, 2016

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Dell Inspiron 7559 (15-inch, UHD, IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

We have some new profiles coming your way and this time it’s for the 4K version of the successful Dell Inspiron 7559. This is for the guys that opted for the more expensive UHD model…

December 06, 2016

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MSI PX60 6QE – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

The MSI PX60 might lack some essential features but it sure does compensate with others. And as usual, we took apart one of these so you don’t have to go through the process alone. We…

December 05, 2016

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Acer Swift 7’s Core i5-7Y54 doesn’t seem to be any faster than the Core m5-6Y54

Our end-user Acer Swift 7 sample, which we snatched directly from the retailer, doesn’t seem to utilize the full potential of the Core i5-7Y54 (Kaby Lake) CPU. Compared to its direct predecessor, the Core m5-6Y54…

December 05, 2016

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The MSI PX60 6QE’s screen uses PWM for screen dimming at low frequency

With the Acer Aspire V 15 (V3-575G) and the MSI PX60 6QE sharing the same screen, they both inherit the nasty PWM, which will affect users with sensitive eyes. However, it was interesting to find…

December 02, 2016

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MSI PX60 6QE has a good TN panel but still doesn’t cut it

If you read our first impressions of the MSI PX60 you would have noticed our disappointment in the company going with a budget TN panel instead of going all the way with an IPS screen.…

December 01, 2016

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Second benchmarking of the Intel HD Graphics 620 reveals even more potential

With Dell’s top-selling premium device in hand, we ran our usual benchmark tests on it as a part of our review, of course. But the interesting thing here is that the Core i7-7500U’s iGPU scored…

December 01, 2016

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Dell’s XPS 13 (QHD+) screen is relatively harmless to your eyes (PWM report)

Results from the lab just came in shortly after the tests regarding screen quality. And opposed to yesterday’s undoubtedly excellent results, we have some mixed feelings about this PWM report. You can find some of…

November 30, 2016

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Quick look at MSI Prestige PX60 6QE – blending the gaming and business worlds into one

Basically, the MSI PX60 is a rebranded GS60 but with a different paint job to better suit business-oriented customers but don’t get fooled by the looks, though. The notebook still packs quite the powerful hardware…

November 30, 2016

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Dell XPS 13 (9360) with super bright QHD+ screen and excellent multimedia properties

The last two generations of XPS 13 that we reviewed featured a Full HD IPS panel but this time we got our hands on the higher-end model with the crisp QHD+ panel. It turns out…