Reviews

Alienware m16 R2 Review – Striking the Balance Between Gaming and Productivity but the CPU Falls Short for Power Users

These days, 16-inchers are on the rise and some of them (like the ASUS G634 or MSI Vector 16 HX A13V) offer the same performance as their 18-inch versions. The Alienware m16 R2 is the…

August 02, 2016

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Quick look at Lenovo Vibe K5 Note – first impressions, camera, performance

During the last couple of months we presented to you the reviews of Lenovo Vibe K5 and Vibe K5 Plus, and today we would like to acquaint you with the biggest member of the K5 family. We…

August 01, 2016

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Palit GeFore GTX 1070 Founders Edition review – GTX 1080’s smaller and yet powerful brother

During the last couple of weeks we published our detailed reviews of MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X. Even though an aftermarket Palit model is waiting for our attention,…

August 01, 2016

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GeForce GTX TITAN X Pascal is 200% better than its predecessor in terms of performance

Even though the new NVIDIA GPU, GeForce GTX TITAN X, will become available on the market tomorrow, some users have already laid their hands on this device and have conducted several synthetic tests that demonstrate…

August 01, 2016

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We’ve got the new Intel Pentium N4200 chip, part of the upcoming Apollo Lake, and here’s what to expect

As some of you remember, we did a short introduction, spiced up with more inside info, of the upcoming budget-centric Apollo Lake processors from Intel but now we are glad to tell you that a…

August 01, 2016

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Quick look at ASUS ZenFone Go (ZC500TG) – first impressions, camera, performance

ASUS ZenFone Go (ZC500TG) is yet another smartphone that we are currently testing and preparing a full review of. It is a budget model that has to deal with a lot of competition in this…

August 01, 2016

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Great surprise, the ASUS X556 (Full HD model) doesn’t use PWM

We kick off this week’s stream of news with great news and it’s about a fairly affordable notebook, the ASUS X556. We would like to note, though, we are talking about the Full HD variant…

July 30, 2016

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ASUS ZenBook UX303UB with record-breaking battery runtimes

We just finished the battery tests on the ASUS ZenBook UX303UB (with the Full HD panel) and the results are quite honestly, mind-blowing. The ultrabook scored the highest result we’ve recorded on the web browsing…

July 29, 2016

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Intel Core i5-6300U vs Intel Core i5-6200U – benchmarks, specs sheet and features

Users often come up with questions whether it’s worth opting for the more expensive configuration of a particular notebook and since the market is starting to adopt the relatively newer Core i5-6300U, we thought it…

July 29, 2016

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Lenovo is going hard on Apple with their own MacBook Air alternative, the Air 13 Pro

Apple has been holding the much-needed upgrade of the MacBook Air for quite some time now and no new versions are even rumored to come out for now. And, of course, other OEMs are ready…

July 28, 2016

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ASUS X556/K556 with ~17% better browsing runtime than its predecessor

ASUS didn’t make any major changes in the battery department in the X556 by replacing the 37Wh unit with a 38Wh one but since the notebook still performs at least marginally better than its predecessor,…

July 28, 2016

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AMD Radeon Pro managed 16K (15 360 x 8640 p) rendering

Several days ago AMD announced several new professional GPUs, and one of them (Radeon Pro SSG) managed to render a 96 fps 8K video. Apart from displaying the video, AMD Radeon Pro had to supply…

July 28, 2016

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The refreshed ASUS ZenBook UX303UB inherits the aggressive PWM from its predecessor

Although the ASUS ZenBook UX303 lineup has always offered excellent image quality, there’s one major drawback that’s been haunting the panel – the presence of PWM across all levels of brightness, except at 100%, of…

July 27, 2016

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The new BiCS3 64-Layer 3D NAND by WD brings bigger SSDs at lower prices

Western Digital is one of the most famous hard disk drives manufacturers. The products of this American company along with those of Seagate are the most sought after because of their quality. On the other…

July 27, 2016

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Inside ASUS X556/K556 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

The ASUS X556 successor to the X555 offers mostly the same upgrade options and it’s just as easy to disassemble. However, there’s a little detail that’s important not to miss when tearing down the X556.…

July 27, 2016

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Intel Core i5-6300U has been added to our rankings, offers marginally better performance over the Core i5-6200U

While we are currently testing out the new Dell Latitude E5570, we decided to run a bunch of performance tests to see how Intel’s Core i5-6300U performs and what place will it take in our…

July 26, 2016

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AMD announced Radeon Pro SSG – it rendered a 96FPS 8K video

Today AMD announced not only budget professional graphics cards, but also another GPU that can be considered as a high-end professional graphics chip. Its name is Radeon Pro SSG, and its expected release is next year,…

July 26, 2016

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NVIDIA announced Quadro P6000 – more powerful than the new TITAN X

Several days ago we shared with you that NVIDIA had announced its latest Pascal GPU – GeForce GTX TITAN X. It immediately became the most powerful graphics card on the market but it seems that…

July 26, 2016

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Quick look at ASUS X556/K556 – a solid upgrade on the inside while still being budget-friendly

ASUS continues to upgrade its X-series – also known as K-series in some regions – and today we are going to take a quick look at the upgraded X555. The new X556 notebook comes in…

July 26, 2016

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ASUS ZenBook UX303UB has the brightest screen we’ve tested so far on a notebook

ASUS’ ZenBook UX303UB is surely one of the most powerful 13-inch devices currently on the market sporting up to Core i7-6500U CPU and NVIDIA GeForce 940M GPU but what about the screen? Does it suit…

July 25, 2016

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Inside ASUS ZenBook UX303UB – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

The all-aluminum design of the ASUS ZenBook UX303UB doesn’t get in the way during upgrade and disassembly but you do need to watch out for some small details before proceeding. If not, you can get…