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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 23, 2017

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    Flash sale on Xiaomi notebooks – get your Mi Air from $499.99

    GearBest is known for its sudden flash sales that sometimes halve the prices. Such a sale is going right now and you can get a Xiaomi laptop for a very good price. There are two…

    8月 23, 2017

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    Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) surprises us with long battery life

    The Galaxy J lineup of one of the leading smartphone manufacturers, Samsung, is gaining more and more popularity due to the combination of affordable price and satisfactory capabilities. After the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) came out…

    8月 23, 2017

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    Inside HP EliteBook 850 G4 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

    Unlike most business-oriented notebooks we’ve tested, the EliteBook 850 G4 doesn’t have dedicated service covers for fast access to the storage and memory. However, the bottom piece comes easily and you can access most of…

    8月 23, 2017

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    HP introduces the Omen X – a high-end gaming notebook designed for overclocking and upgrading (+detailed specs)

    Today at Gamescom, HP launched its new high-end gaming notebook – the Omen X. The HP Omen X is a truly gamer-centric machine equipped with all the features an enthusiast would like. HP advertises that…

    8月 22, 2017

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    Google announces Android 8.0 Oreo

    Google officially announced its latest mobile OS version. It continues the tradition of being named after a candy, and in this case we have Android 8.0 Oreo. We have yet to acquaint ourselves with the newest…

    8月 22, 2017

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    Laptops with 8th Gen. Intel CPUs are already hitting Amazon, Acer Swift 3 is the first (specs + prices)

      It was yesterday that Intel officially launched the 8th generation of processors. As previous information is confirmed the Acer Swift 3 will be one of the first models to feature a CPU from the…

    8月 22, 2017

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    Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) is up to 183% faster than its predecessor Galaxy J5 (2016)

    Galaxy J is one of the budget Samsung series and the leader in this lineup – Galaxy J5 (2016) is now overtaken by its successor Galaxy J5 (2017). The mobile processor in Galaxy J5 (2017)…

    8月 22, 2017

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    The HP EliteBook 850 G4 uses “aggressive” PWM but there’s more

    One of the main drawbacks of the HP EliteBook 850 G4 is the TN screen by default. If you want to go for the IPS option, you will have to pay extra adding more to…

    8月 22, 2017

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    Here is what the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) camera is capable of

    One of Samsung’s most successful models in its price range – Galaxy J5 (2016) hands over the baton to its successor – Galaxy J5 (2017), which looks promising. The flagship impresses with its specs among which the…

    8月 21, 2017

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    Game or Reality? Look at these images and try to guess!

    Joe Garth, Senior Cinematic Artist in Crytek, demonstrates how far today’s gaming graphics capabilities have gone, creating two unique locations using the popular CRYENGINE. The same engine has been astounding us in the last few years with incredible…

    8月 21, 2017

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    AMD Radeon R7 M465 (2GB GDDR5) has been added to our GPU rankings – barely makes it into top 100

    Despite the already launched Vega and Polaris desktop AMD GPUs, the company continues to offer their older generation of mobile graphics cards featuring 28nm manufacturing process. That’s why we just got to test one of…

    8月 21, 2017

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    List of all GeForce MX150 laptops – release dates, specs, prices

    NVIDIA GeForce MX150 is the company’s newest budget graphics card. We tested the GPU ourselves and found out that it is indeed capable of gaming even though it falls short compared to the most affordable GTX…

    8月 21, 2017

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    Intel launches 8th generation – Refreshed Kaby Lake, 14nm Coffee Lake and 10nm Cannonlake all under one brand

    Today Intel officially unveiled its 8th generation processors. It appears that the Core i5-8250U and other chips that we got a hold of before are actually a part of the Refreshed Kaby Lake series. The…

    8月 20, 2017

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    The new HP Omen 17 (2017)’s screen doesn’t use PWM

    Just like most G-Sync-enabled notebook display’s, the new HP Omen 17‘s panel doesn’t use PWM for regulating screen brightness. The panel is made by AU Optronics with model number B173HAN01.4. This means that the flicker-free…

    8月 20, 2017

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    ASUS ZenBook UX410UQ – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

    The 14-inch ultrabook allows easy access to the internals by just removing the bottom aluminum piece. This way you can access the storage options, memory and the cooling system for maintenance. You can find the…

    8月 19, 2017

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    Xiaomi Mi Air 13 (2016) on sale – Core i5-6200U, GeForce GTX 940MX (+ Discount code)

    The other day we mentioned that the newest edition of the Xiaomi Mi Air 13 that features the brand new GeForce MX150 dedicated graphics cards for notebooks was on sale on GearBest (the sale is currently still…

    8月 19, 2017

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    Helio X25 (+Mali-T880) vs Snapdragon 650 (+Adreno 510) vs Snapdragon 820 (+Adreno 530) – performance, benchmarks and temperatures

    Two of the leading mobile processor manufacturers – MediaTek and Qualcomm, are facing each other again today. In our case, we will put to tests Helio X25, Snapdragon 650 and Snapdragon 820 chips with the help of Meizu…

    8月 19, 2017

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    The HP EliteBook 850 G4 is a 15-inch business laptop in top 10 notebooks with the longest battery life

    Despite some of its apparent drawbacks, HP’s EliteBook 850 G4 surprises with excellent battery runtimes and the main contributing factor might actually be the lackluster TN panel. With a 51Wh battery unit, an Intel Core…

    8月 19, 2017

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    ASUS ZenBook UX410UQ display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

    The ZenBook UX410UQ is paired with an excellent IPS panel perfect not only for work but for multimedia and conditionally – color sensitive work. The packages contain the usual Office work, Design & Gaming and…

    8月 18, 2017

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    Acer Aspire 5 (A515-51) will sport the new Intel Core i7-8550U CPU (detailed specs + price)

    Yesterday we shared information about the new Core i7-8550U CPU which gives us a lot of information about Intel’s upcoming eighth generation Coffee Lake processors. We ran a few benchmarks and even tested the CPUs real…