HP Omen 27i Review: Brilliant Color, Instant Response

Our Verdict

Though it omits HDR, the HP Omen 27i delivers what's needed for a great gaming experience. With premium quality color, a 165 Hz refresh rate, Adaptive-Sync and low input lag, it can serve casual and competitive players. High-end build quality and styling make it ideal for any desktop.

For

  • Color saturation and accuracy
  • Low input lag
  • 165 Hz refresh rate
  • FreeSync & G-Sync
  • Styling and build quality

Against

  • Average native contrast for price
  • No sRGB mode
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Horizon Zero Dawn Performance: The PC Port Struggles on Previous-Gen GPUs

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We've tested the Horizon Zero Dawn PC port to show how it runs and what sort of hardware you'll need to get the most of the game. Three and a half years after the original version launched on the PS4 console, the PC debut includes impressive visual updates. You'll want a recent graphics card to get decent performance, particularly at higher settings.

The Horizon Zero Dawn PC port was a long time in coming, having  originally been released

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Intel Details 10nm+ Xeon Ice Lake-SP with Sunny Cove Cores at Hot Chips 2020

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Intel finally divulged more information about its long-overdue 10nm Ice Lake Xeon processors at Hot Chips 2020, outlining an impressive ~18% IPC improvement and giving us a taste of what's to come for both the company's data center and high end desktop (HEDT) platforms. Intel has long used its Xeon die designs for both its HEDT and data center chips, which means these new designs also give us

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Raja Koduri Flashes 'Petaflops Scale' GPU, 4-Tile Xe HP at Hot Chips

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Over the past several months, Intel's Raja Koduri has been slowly revealing portions of the upcoming Xe Graphics architecture and lineup. The Xe family will span everything from low power integrated and entry level graphics solutions under the Xe LP Graphics brand, up through data center multi-chip solutions with die stacking. The latter is we're talking about.

As discussed last week, Intel's Xe HP Graphics will come in three variants. The base model, which

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Intel Details Tiger Lake at Hot Chips 2020, Die Revealed

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Intel began telling its Tiger Lake story last week at its Architecture Day 2020 , but today it shared more details of the upcoming chips at Hot Chips 2020. That includes the first picture of a quad-core Tiger Lake die, and more information on its enhanced ring bus interconnect between the cores. This new design will be key for Intel as it looks to wrest the performance and power consumption advantage in mobile laptops from AMD's potent

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Internet Explorer 11, Legacy Edge Losing Microsoft Support in 2021

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After years of compatibility, Microsoft devs have decided to drop Internet Explorer 11 support for various Microsoft 365 applications, starting with Teams. This announcement was first posted on the Microsoft 365 blog .

The new changes go into effect on November 30th, 2020 beginning with Microsoft Teams. By August 17th, 2021 (a year to-the-date from the announcement) all of the remaining Microsoft 365 apps will

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Ultrawide Curved 1440p @ 144Hz Gaming for $400

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It’s not often that one of the best gaming monitors on the market goes on sale the year of release, but that’s exactly the case for the Viotek GNV34DBE. This 34-inch curved ultrawide display is currently our choice for best curved monitor, which makes Amazon’s current deal on it all the more enticing. Normally going for $429.99, you can now snag it for $399.99 instead

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Seeed Odyssey X86J4105 Review: PC and Maker Board in One

Our Verdict

The Odyssey X86J4105 combines GPIO pins and an Arduino controller with the versatility of an Intel x86 CPU, but if you need Raspberry Pi compatibility, look elsewhere

For

  • x86 CPU runs many different operating systems
  • Compact size
  • Great connectivity
  • Lots of storage options

Against

  • CPU fan needs tweaking to run effectively
  • Raspberry Pi Compatible GPIO will not work with Pi add ons
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How to Stress-Test CPUs and PCs (Like We Do)

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Raspberry Pi-Powered Air Hockey Table Wins Games and Bruises Egos

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Finding a worthy opponent is the only way to truly develop a skill. What better way to beef up your air hockey game than facing up against a robotic foe? This project, shared by Marasadu on Reddit, features a Raspberry Pi -powered air hockey robot that's seriously good at winning.

The air hockey table was designed by a team. It relies on stepper motors to move the opposing striker (the handle you use to move the puck). The entire operation is controlled

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