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    Acer Predator Helios 18 AI (PH18-I71) レビュー – 圧倒的なMini LED、凄まじいRTX 5090のパフォーマンス、発熱の激しいCPU

    Acer Predator Helios 18 AI (PH18-I71) は、ハードコアゲーマー、クリエイター、そして極限のパワーユーザー向けに設計された、超プレミアムなデスクトップ代替型の大物マシンです。まず最初に目を引くのはその巨大な筐体で、その直後に息をのむような18インチのMini LEDディスプレイが印象に残ります ――当レビュー機では、ピクセル密度よりも速度が重視される場面では、240Hzで1920×1200に切り替え可能な、極めて鮮明な3840×2400パネルが搭載されています。 レビュー中、私たちはその驚異的なアップグレード性に完全に圧倒されました。最大256GBまで対応する4つのRAMスロットと、Gen 5スロットを1つ含む3つのM.2スロットは、今日のノートPC市場において大きな驚きです。 RTX 5090によるゲーミング性能、デュアルThunderbolt 5ポート、5GbE LAN、Wi-Fi 7接続も同様に印象的です。 しかし、この圧倒的な性能には重大なトレードオフも伴います。持続的な負荷がかかるとCPUが極端に高温になり、アイドル時でもファンが常に静かとは限らず、それ以外は素晴らしいMini LEDディスプレイも、敏感なユーザーにとっては深刻な問題となり得る激しいPWMフリッカーが発生します。 その結果、このマシンは圧倒的なパワーと高い拡張性を備え、真にエキサイティングな一台である一方で、決して完璧とは言い難いものです。 テスト構成: – Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 – 96GB RAM…

    8月 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…

    8月 24, 2016

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    ADATA A10050 Power Bank video unboxing

    You may remember that a while ago we published a short article on a very good product that can be very useful if you have battery life problems with some of your devices. We are…

    8月 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…

    8月 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…

    8月 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…

    8月 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,…

    8月 23, 2016

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    Dell Inspiron 3552 (HD, TN) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

    Expectedly, the Dell Inspiron 3552 notebook doesn’t excel in image quality and instead uses a budget type TN panel suitable for general office work and browsing. But, of course, our profiles can improve the general…

    8月 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…

    8月 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…

    8月 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 –…

    8月 22, 2016

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    HP Pavilion 15 (2016) (FHD, touch IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

    HP’s new Pavilion 15, more precisely the model with Full HD IPS touch panel, doesn’t really excel in image quality but it’s good enough for general multimedia and gaming. Half of the sRGB colors are…

    8月 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…

    8月 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…

    8月 19, 2016

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    Inside Lenovo ThinkPad P70 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

    Shortly after we spent some time with Lenovo’s heavy duty workstation, the ThinkPad P70, we were just unable to resist disassembling it. We weren’t disappointed. The notebook offers exceptionally easy access to all upgradeable hardware…

    8月 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…

    8月 18, 2016

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    Quick look at Dell Vostro 14 5459 – portable and rigid budget business solution

    The 14-inch form factor isn’t the most sought after but it makes a compelling case against the 15-inch and 13-inch devices – it’s considerably more portable than the conventional 15.6-inch laptops making it closer to…

    8月 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…

    8月 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…

    8月 17, 2016

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    Quick look at Lenovo ThinkPad P70 – the mother of all workstations

    There’s a big market out there that relies on portable workstations. Basically, laptops substituting the standard desktop PC for engineering, design, video editing, 3D modeling etc. Of course, they can’t meet the performance of a…

    8月 16, 2016

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    GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) vs 970M, 980M, GTX 980 (Laptop) and GTX 1070 (Desktop) – benchmarks and gaming tests

    This year’s NVIDIA mobile GPUs are deliberately named after their desktop counterparts and miss the M at the back. And the reason is obvious, NVIDIA wants you to believe that they’ve finally closed the performance…