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Half-Life, one of the best first person shooters of all time, got its flowers with the amazing Black Mesa remake made by fans with Valves blessing. Half-Life 2 is now getting the same treatment, once again led by fans, with Half-Life 2 RTX. While the team initially debuted its effort towards the end of last year, it...
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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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CES 2025 brought us plenty of GPU tech to be excited about, much of it from NVIDIA. The GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs feature advanced AI tricks, with technologies such as DLSS 4 and neural rendering. Microsoft is also jumping on board the AI train for gaming, with DirectX support for neural rendering confirmed to be...
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Several major players in the PC space have made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, and that includes AMD, which unveiled an onslaught of new processors. We saw AMD expand its 3D V-Cache lineup with more desktop models and even some mobile "Fire Range" variants for laptops, but one chip that...
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It was back in September of 2022 that NVIDIA first revealed the GeForce RTX 4000 series. The GeForce RTX 4090 has been the reigning GPU performance champ, essentially unchallenged, ever since then. It just abdicated the throne to its successor, though: the GeForce RTX 5090 is here, bringing with it the consumer...
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The original Wii console (not to be confused with the Wii U) is one of the most popular game consoles of all time, and Nintendo's fourth-best selling console ever at 101.63 million units, trailing only the Game Boy (118.69 million units), Switch family (146.04 million units), and Nintendo DS (154.02 million units)...
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ASUS Zenbook S 14 (UX5406SA) ($1399 as tested, $1499 for 32GB RAM) The latest elegant corporate laptop out of ASUS comes strapped with Intel's latest and greatest mobile microprocessor. Elegant Styling, Refined Looks Excellent Performance On Wall Power Unreal Battery Life Fantastic HDR OLED Screen Limited External I/O...
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Amazon Prime Day 2024 is here (for the next couple of days, actually), and it just so happens to coincide with a project we've had on the back burner at HotHardware for months now. No, we're not talking about scouring the web for more tech deals. Instead, it has been far too long that my longtime friend, business...
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Google Pixel Watch 3: Starting at $349.99 (41mm) and $399.99 (45mm) Google's third-gen Pixel watch line-up is sleek and powerful with a great feature set, but with premium pricing. Refined, comfortable design Available in two sizes Larger screens with double the brightness vs PW2 Advanced health and fitness tracking Wear OS 5 is attractive...
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OnePlus Buds Pro 3 - Available for $149.99 The OnePlus Buds Pro 3 offer great sound and features for a reasonable price point, but they look a little like AirPods knockoffs. Loud, crisp sound Good ANC performance Comfortable fit Robust control options Sharp, bright display with 120Hz refresh ×Fast 80W charging...
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NVIDIA reached out to ask if we wanted to test one of their RTX 40 Laptops "for STEM students," and my ears perked up. Not only because I'm two years into a Neuroscience PhD and enjoy being catered to by tech companies, but because this use case doesn't get a lot of attention compared to things like gaming...
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Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge Laptop: Starts At $1,099; $1499 As Tested The fastest Qualcomm-powered portable we've tested to date delivers fantastic productivity, media and content creation experiences. Fantastic Native App Performance Amazing AMOLED Display Super Thin And Stylish Surprisingly Spatial Sound Excellent...
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MSI Spatium M580 FROZR: 2TB for $329 The MSI Spatium M580 FROZR is a blazing-fast, Phison-based M.2 PCIe Gen 5 SSD, with a massive tower-style cooler that's ideal for any modern creator and gaming workloads. Class Leading Performance Native PCIe Gen 5 Interface Low Latency Great For Gamers And Creators Price Premium...
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Processors After mountains of performance data and product disclosures, we finally have Qualcomm Snadragon X Oryon CPU and Adreno GPU architecture details to share. New CPU Core Architecture Powerful NPU Leading Wireless Connectivity Options Tons Of Memory Bandwidth Arm-Native Software Ecosystem...
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ASRock Challenger Arc A580 8GB OC: MSRP $169 We test the ASRock Challenger Arc A580 graphics card for mainstream gamers and assess where this GPU fits in the current market. Excellent Connectivity At This Price Good Value Inconsistent Performance High Power Draw Idle & Load Large Form Factor Dual 8-Pin Power...
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AMD released an array of professional workstation GPUs in 2023, with the powerful flagship Radeon Pro W7900 sitting at the top of the heap. You can read our in-depth review of the GPU right here.
The Radeon Pro W7900 has a similar GPU configuration to the consumer-class Radeon RX 7900 XTX, with the same 96 unified...
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With the recent influx of new NVIDIA GeForce RTX Super GPUs that hit store shelves, you'd be mistaken to think that the original GeForce RTX 4070 is old news. Apparently there has been a few interesting developments with this older, but still-relevant model. TechPowerUp recently found that some RTX 4070 graphics cards...
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There's no two ways about itAMD's Ryzen 8040 mobile CPU family and its Ryzen 8000G desktop CPU family are the exact same silicon: Hawk Point, the evolution of Phoenix featuring 60% better NPU performance. AMD takes the same chip, attaches it to either an LGA or BGA interposer depending on whether it's destined for...
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Dell XPS 16 (2024): Starting @ $1,699, $3,399 As Tested The Dell XPS 16 is a premium laptop with a polarizing design that is well suited to many uses cases, but its price point could give some consumers pause. Gorgeous But Polarizing Design Large, Stunning OLED Panel Solid Battery Life Discrete GPU Delivers Gaming And...
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Maingear ZERO Legendary Boost Gaming PC: As Configured - $3,389 @ Maingear The culmination of over a decade of design, Maingear's ZERO moves critical connectors to the back of the motherboard, giving it the cleanest looks of any computer we've reviewed to date. Beautiful Build With Back-Side Connectors Unconventional...
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Alan Wake 2 has been a fantastic game, filled with mystery and a very compelling story. It also comes packed with some of the most demanding graphics technologies that a GPU can face, with often crippling effect. Ray tracing is really just the appetizer, with path tracing also available to bring environments to their...
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Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro: Starting at $1,199.99 The Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro might not look the part, but it's the most powerful gaming phone on the market currently, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Excellent performance Slimmer design and IP68 rated Secondary USB-C port for charging and accessories Programmable shoulder buttons Ample gaming...
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