Reviews

MSI Prestige 14 AI Studio C1U review – A Stealthy Performer with a Color-Accurate Display

If you travel a lot and need a light but powerful machine with a good display and a long battery life, your options are a bit limited. Still, the MSI Prestige 14 AI Studio C1U…

August 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…

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 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…

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 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…

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 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…

August 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…

August 16, 2016

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 mobility benchmarks – the fastest mobile NVIDIA GPU up to date

Finally, the day has come and we have the full set of benchmark tests that can determine how powerful the mobile GTX 1070 really is. Of course, as with every early testing sample, this one…

August 16, 2016

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Mobile GeForce GTX 1070 4K gaming footage (video)

With all the benchmarks and gaming tests of the newly released GTX 1070, now it’s finally time to showcase what the GPU is really capable of in the real world. You can see in the…

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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DirectX 12 + mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 equals up to 22% better frame rates in 1080p

Sure, we laid out some Full HD and 4K gaming tests yesterday but what about the DirectX 12 optimization? Does the hype around Microsoft’s latest API live up to its expectations? We find out 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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Best ultra cheap laptops under $200 (Back to School 2016)

Time flies and the summer is nearly over. What comes now is school. Some are happy, other not so much. This is why we decided to share a few thoughts as to what affordable laptops…

August 15, 2016

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Here is the winner of the GSmart Essence in our “Get to know LaptopMedia” game

The “Get to know LaptopMedia” game just ended and now we have a winner, but first, we’d like to thank all of the participants and of course – our co-organizer, Gigabyte, for helping make that…

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…