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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…

    12月 15, 2019

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    Intel Core i3-10110U vs i5-8265U – a flawless victory for the older i5

    Let’s clash some Comet Lake and Whiskey Lake CPUs – we choose i3-10110U and i5-8265U because their prices are similar, although the Whiskey Lake is a year older compared to the Comet Lake. We are…

    12月 15, 2019

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    Top 5 Reasons to BUY or NOT buy the Lenovo Legion Y7000

    Lenovo Legion Y7000 is a great gaming device that doesn’t disappoint. The Legion series is very popular among gamers because of the good price/performance ratio. You can find our in-depth review of the Lenovo Legion…

    12月 15, 2019

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    Inside HP Pavilion x360 15 (15-cr0000) – disassembly and upgrade options

    If you are familiar with HP and the way they package their notebooks, you would know that the company is champion in the game – hide the screw. If not – you will understand in…

    12月 14, 2019

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    Intel Core i5-1035G1 vs Intel Core i3-1005G1 – the i5-1035G1 is much faster at almost the same price

    Today’s comparison will be between two mid-range CPUs – Core i5-1035G1 and Intel Core i3-1005G1. They are not the fastest but a laptop configured with them will not cost that much compared to the ones…

    12月 14, 2019

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    Inside HP ProBook 440 G6 – disassembly and upgrade options

    One of the main advantages of the ProBook 400 series of the last generation was its ease of upgrades. Perhaps HP wanted to join the trend, or they just found out that it is not…

    12月 13, 2019

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    Top 5 Reasons to BUY or NOT buy the Lenovo Yoga C740 (14)

    The Yoga series includes cool 2-in-1 devices – during the day they are placed on the desk and when the night is coming you can enjoy your Yoga notebook in bed as a tablet. Because…

    12月 13, 2019

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    The new LG Gram laptop lineup is announced for 2020 – Intel Ice Lake CPUs in super light bodies

    LG announced four new devices of its Gram series that will be available in 2020. The new models are the LG gram 17 (17Z90N), LG gram 15 (15Z90N), LG gram 14 (14Z90N), and LG gram…

    12月 13, 2019

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    Black Friday is over but Amazon doesn’t think so – some NVIDIA RTX Laptops are “the deals” right now

    If you’ve missed the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals with laptops don’t worry – Amazon has something for you right now. Today, some good machines with NVIDIA RTX GPUs cost a very pleasant amount…

    12月 13, 2019

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    Inside ASUS TUF FX705 – disassembly and upgrade options

    ASUS TUF FX705 is a 17-inch version of the extremely popular TUF FX505. In addition to that, it also comes in a wide variety of options, going from Intel 8th Gen. CPUs to AMD Ryzen…

    12月 12, 2019

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    Magic-Ben MAG1 is a cool 8.9″ 4G pocket laptop with touchscreen and powerful hardware

    The progress in the IT sector allows developing small devices with strong hardware – something that was unthinkable 10 years ago. You can take for example the pocket laptop that we are going to present…

    12月 12, 2019

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    Top 5 Reasons to BUY or NOT buy the Lenovo Yoga C940 (14)

    Lenovo Yoga C940 (14) is an inquisitive “transformer”. It is light, compact and the body is made of aluminum. You can convert it into a tablet thanks to its innovative hinge. If you haven’t read…

    12月 12, 2019

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    Intel Core i5-1035G1 vs i5-8265U – almost the same CPU performance but the Ice Lake CPU has better iGPU

    A comparison between two generations of Core i5 CPUs would be a good idea. The time has come and we can compare the Core i5-1035G1 and i5-8265U. Ice Lake vs Whiskey Lake. Both CPUs look…

    12月 12, 2019

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    Acer Aspire 7 (A715-74G) review – a great item – both for gaming and for the office

    Welcome to another episode of confusion.com. Today, the star of our review is the Acer Aspire 7 (A715-74G). What looks like a successor to the Aspire 7 (A715-73G) is actually the direct successor of Acer…

    12月 12, 2019

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    Inside Lenovo Ideapad 330s (15) – disassembly and upgrade options

    The Ideapad 330s (15) is a budget 15-incher that gives you a lot of opportunities to explore. Let’s see the difficulty of getting inside of it and messing with its internals. Check out all Lenovo…

    12月 11, 2019

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    KUGOO G-BOOSTER is a super fast (55 km/h!) electric scooter with dual 800W motors and 85 km range

    The electric vehicles are a fast-growing new tech stuff that everyone (ok, almost) wants to own. Nowadays we have electric planes, cars, buses, trucks, small scooters as well. In the past, when the electric industry…

    12月 11, 2019

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    NVIDIA RTX 2080 Max-Q vs RTX 2070 – the full-blow TU106 isn’t that far away when it comes to heavy stress

    NVIDIA’s Max-Q technology is an interesting one. Shortly, a Max-Q GPU is standard RTX or GTX one with lower frequencies, lower max voltage, and lower TGP. This allows monstrous GPUs like RTX 2080 to be…

    12月 11, 2019

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    Top 5 Reasons to BUY or NOT buy the Dell Latitude 3500

    Dell Latitude 3500 is a new machine from Dell that we reviewed recently. If you haven’t checked our review you can find it here. Today we are going to share our Top 5 picks about…

    12月 11, 2019

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    Intel Core i5-1035G1 vs i7-8565U – the new CPU has a much better price/performance ratio

    The modern Core i5 CPUs have the same core count as some of the i7s – 4 cores and 8 threads. We have a fresh replenishment in our CPU ranks – the Core i5-1035G1. It…

    12月 11, 2019

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    Inside Lenovo Yoga C640 (13) – disassembly and upgrade options

    Lenovo Yoga C640 (13) is a 13-inch convertible laptop. It comes with a Lenovo Pen inside the box, which makes it the perfect design or art assistant. Check out all Lenovo Yoga C640 (13) prices…

    12月 10, 2019

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    Top 5 Reasons to BUY or NOT buy the Acer Swift 3 (SF314-57)

    Acer Swift 3 (SF314-57) is a great looking new device from Acer that packs some cool features and can be bundled with the latest Intel CPUs and their powerful iGPUs. We really like this one…