Reviews

Acer Nitro V 15 (ANV15-41) review – Budget, Capable, and Noisy

The Acer Nitro V 15 (ANV15-41) is meant for budget-conscious gamers who want to play their favorite titles without breaking the bank. This laptop isn’t a powerhouse but it’s offered with decently snappy AMD Zen…

August 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…

August 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,…

August 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…

August 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…

August 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…

August 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 –…

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…