Paul Lilly
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Looking for a new laptop? How about a pair of earbuds with active noise cancellation, or maybe a new vacuum that doesn't...er, does suck? Now is the time to treat yourself—it's Labor Day weekend, and with the holiday comes a bevy of...
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It didn't take very long for Starfield to ascend in rankings on Steam with a peak of 234,502 concurrent players in just the first 24 hours, which already qualifies it for the seventh highest of all-time. To say it's off to a great start in...
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Lenovo has a new flagship gaming laptop—Legion 9i (16", Gen 8)— and at least on paper, it leaves little to be desired. It's also the first 16-inch laptop in the Legion lineage, and the only one in the world to boast a self-contained liquid...
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The latest GPU shipment report from the graphics auditors at Jon Peddie Research reveals that add-in boards (AIBs) are selling surprisingly well, even amid grumblings about how the latest crop of graphics cards are priced. According to the...
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If you're subscribed to one of Sony's PlayStation Plus subscription plans, here's a heads up that you're about to pay more for the same service. Sony casually revealed the updated pricing structure at the bottom of a blog post, in which it...
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The first in Corsair's lineage of Scimitar gaming mice came out eight years ago and made a splash with a bevy of buttons for fans of massively multiplayer online (MMO) titles like World of Warcraft. The rodent has evolved over time, now...
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Gigabyte is adding to a small but growing pile of solid state drives (SSDs) that make use of the PCI Express 5.0 bus for faster throughput. That puts the company's new Aorus Gen5 12000 SSD in elite company. By our count, there are around...
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As much as we favor gaming monitors with ultra-fast refresh rates and other gamer-oriented amenities around these parts, we'd be remiss to mention to that video editors, photographers, and other creative professionals have specific needs...
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It still feels like we're getting our feet wet with the latest-generation graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA, the former of which just expanded its lineup with the Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT at Gamescom. Be that as it may...
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Sparkle has posted a product page for an Arc A770 Titan OC Edition graphics card claiming it is the "best choice of the series." Time will tell if that is truly the case, but at the very least the card makes a strong case for the best Arc...
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It took a little while but Samsung has confirmed that it will indeed add a 4TB capacity option to its flagship 990 Pro solid state drive (SSD) series. That's great news for a couple of reasons, one of which is that the 990 Pro is...
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NVIDIA's early and ongoing investments in artificial intelligence technology, including both silicon and software solutions, are paying off in a monstrous way, much to the delight of investor. Shares of NVIDIA soared in after-market...
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The fastest gaming monitor in the world now comes in a variant (AW2524HF) with AMD FreeSync Premium and VESA AdaptiveSync certification, which effectively means owners of any modern GPU can experience stutter-free, ultra high-speed...
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Imagine buying a sports car and then saddling it with a set of cheap, non-grippy tires. That's sort of what it's like to own a fast gaming PC, only to then attach it to a monitor that can't keep up with what's underneath the hood. Let that...
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NVIDIA is leveling up its Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) technology to make in-game non-playable characters (NPC) a lot more realistic in how they respond to player interactions and conversations. The result is that developers can quickly and...
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Look, if you're going to dub a PC "BIG BOSS" then it better live up to the moniker with some serious firepower. At the very least, it should leave no question as to whether it can run Crysis or any other game. That said, we have absolutely...
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It took a minute, but Razer can add an actual razor to its arsenal of gaming gear. No, it won't increase your framerates or give you faster reaction times in competitive esports titles, but you can at least look well groomed for your next...
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Is your PC mouse starting to cough and wheeze when you push it around your desktop? Or maybe the cries of fatigue are coming from inside your PC. Whatever the case might be, if it's time for an upgrade or two (or three, or four, or...)...
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SK hynix has developed what it claims is the world's best performing HBM3e memory with throughput of up to 1.15 terabytes (TB) per second. Translated into real-world workloads, that's fast enough to process more than 230 Full HD 1080p...
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By now it's been pretty well established that OLED slaps. Oh sure, there's still the possibility of burn-in, though manufacturers have made strides to reduce the chances of that happening. The bigger concern is the cost disparity. That...
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At the risk of sounding like a broken record, here's a bit of advice that bears repeating—never (or at least rarely) pay full price for audio gear. Why is that? Whether you're talking about surround sound receivers, home theater speakers...
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Using keyboard shortcuts in Windows is a great way to save time and make you more productive. That's not news to many of you reading this who have long since mastered the basics, like CTRL-X to cut, CTRL-V to paste, ALT + Tab to quickly...
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