Reviews
Google Pixel 9a - MSRP Starting A $499 The Pixel 9a is Google’s latest mid-range phone. It updates last year’s Pixel 8a with a larger screen, better SoC, and a bigger battery, and faster wired charging. Fantastic value Lovely display Excellent cameras Impressive battery life Outstanding software Bland design No more iconic camera...
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Apple Mac Studio (2025) with M4 Max: Starts @ $1,999 ($2,199 As Tested) If you crave the best performance an Apple Mac desktop system can offer, look no further than the latest Mac Studio and its very powerful M4 Max chip. It has all the tools you'll need. Apple's M4 Max CPU is very strong Apple's GPU technology shows...
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HP Elite t660 Thin Client: Pricing TBA HP's Elite t660 offers solid performance, plenty of connectivity, and an array of accessories, blurring the lines between a traditional thin client and small form factor edge PC. Impressive Thin Client Performance Robust External Connectivity Passive Cooling Means Total...
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Maingear Apex Force PC: Starting at ~$6000 Maingear's beefiest gaming PC pairs stupendous specifications with custom cooling to create a machine that is both beautiful and bad-ass. Impeccable Attention To Detail Extravagant Maximalist Design Quiet, Despite Its Power Easy Upgrades & Maintenance Bulky And Heavy...
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Sonos Arc Ultra: $999 MSRP The Sonos Arc Ultra is a big upgrade over built-in TV speakers, that offers premium sound quality and a number of enhancements over its predecessor. Excellent sound quality More balanced and better bass Improved speech clarity Dolby Atmos works well Sonos Ace headphones integration No...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU: Laptops Starting At $2,899 NVIDIA is blitzing the laptop gaming market with an array of Blackwell RTX 50 GPUs, starting with its flagship GeForce RTX 5090. It's the fastest mobile GPU we've ever tested. Fastest Mobile GPU Ever Latest Architecture And Feature Set Upgraded...
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If you're of a certain age, you might remember those Maxell cassette tape ads that featured a man in sunglasses in a recliner being literally blown away by the sound coming out of his hi-fi speakers. That's a bit like how we feel as we continue to test and benchmark this forthcoming laptop sporting AMD's new Ryzen 9...
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The NVIDIA GTC AI Development conference started yesterday, but the big announcements are coming in fast and furious today. This one is all about some powerful AI development hardware, known as DGX Spark and DGX Station. These names come out of left field, but the technology upon which they are built is a known...
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NVIDIA's Blackwell GB200 is an absolutely monstrous processor with up to 10 petaflops of dense FP4 tensor compute and 192GB of lightning-fast HBM3e memory delivering 8 TB/second of bandwidth per GPU. That number, though, that 192GB, is still limiting for hyperscalers building the latest, greatest AI models. For those...
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SiFive HiFive Premier P550 SiFive's latest development kit makes it easy to develop optimized software for the RISC-V platform, on real RISC-V hardware, while sporting lots of IO. Fastest RISC-V cores available for the edge Plenty of external and internal IO Standard form factor Multiple OS options Mesa driver...
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D: $699 MSRP The new Ryzen 9 9950X3D pairs AMD's Zen 5 CPU architecture with 2nd Generation 3D V-Cache for enhanced gaming performance, higher clocks, and more overclocking headroom. Great Overall Performance No Compromise Gaming Power Efficient Price Premium AMD announced a vast array of...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio: MSRP $599 The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio packs a massive cooler and takes NVIDIA's reference specs and kicks them up a couple of notches to boost performance. Latest Architecture And Feature Set Good Overclocker Power Friendly Cool And Quiet DLSS 4 + RTX Neural Rendering...
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AMD RDNA 4 And Radeon RX 9070 Series: Radeon RX 9070 - $549, 9070 XT - $599 MSRP AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target the high volume, mid-range PC gaming market, are priced aggressively, and take the fight to NVIDIA. Competitive Overall Performance Improved Ray Tracing Aggressive MSRPs Many Software Updates...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition: MSRP $549 The final member of the initial GeForce RTX 50 series launches today, the mid-range GeForce RTX 5070, and we've got the full scoop with copius benchmarks and overclocking data. Latest Architecture And Features Relatively Low Power Small Form Factor Modest Temps And...
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AMD RDNA 4 And Radeon RX 9070 Series: Radeon RX 9070 - $549, 9070 XT - $599 MSRP A look under the hood of RDNA 4 tells us AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target the midsection of the PC gaming market, where the volume is, and appear poised to make a big splash at very competitive price points. 2 x Ray Tracing...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition Starting at Starting at $2000, On Sale For $2042 At Amazon As Tested Lenovo's latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon is elegant, sleek and lighter than ever, with Intel Lunar Lake processors on board, though it is pricey, even for the enterprise. Incredibly thin and light Generous port...
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The latest entry in the venerable Monster Hunter game series is set to launch tomorrow. Known as Monster Hunter Wilds, it's the next mainline title and marks the beginning of the sixth generation of Monster Hunter games. Wilds brings a great many innovations to the storied franchise, including a persistent mount, the...
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Beats Powerbeats Pro 2: MSRP $249 Beats has made the Powerbeats Pro 2 much more competitive with current high-end wireless earbuds, but there are some serious caveats.. Clean and balanced sound Solid ANC and Transparency modes Better fit and comfort over originals Hands-free access with both Siri and Google...
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Dell UltraSharp 40 Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor U4025QW: MSRP $1919, Currently $1489 The Dell UltraSharp 40 U4025QW is a big, beautiful, curved Thunderbolt-enabled monitor featuring a 5K2K resolution and IPS Black panel technology. It's ideal for creators and productivity workers who need excellent color fidelity...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio Review: MSRP $799 The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio takes NVIDIA's GB203 GPU and gooses up its clock speeds to improve performance over standard cards. Blackwell Architecture Hot-Clocked From The Factory Easy Overclocker Relatively Power Friendly Cool And Quiet DLSS 4 +...
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ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: MSRP $749 The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti brings NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell GPU architecture down to a $749 starting price point, without sacrificing any features, but it’s not a huge upgrade over the previous gen. Latest Architecture And Feature Set Great Overclocker Relatively...
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AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ Powered ROG Flow Z13: Starting At $2,299.99 Our first AMD Strix Halo-based machine isn't flawless, but it impresses in many ways, including performance, AI horsepower, style and efficiency. Solid All-Around Performance Eye-Catching Stylish Looks Surprisingly Good Keyboard Long Productivity Battery Life Gorgeous 180Hz Display...
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