EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 Review: Boosted Performance in a Crowded Market

Our Verdict

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 is faster than the GTX 1650 GDDR5, but the 1650 Super is 20% faster for basically the same price, making it the superior option.

For

  • Same price as the GTX 1650 GDDR5
  • 14% faster than GTX 1650 GDDR5
  • Efficient Turing architecture

Against

  • Basically same price as GTX 1650 Super
  • 16% slower than GTX 1650 Super
  • TU11
EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6
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Razer Blade Pro 17 Gets 300 Hz Displays, 10th Gen Intel and a Keyboard Fix

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If you were wondering where Razer’s 17-inch laptops were when it refreshed its 13-inch Blade Stealth and 15-inch Blade , wonder no more: The Razer Blade Pro 17 is getting a refresh with 10th Gen Intel processors and RTX Super Max-Q graphics cards, as well up to 300 Hz displays and --thank heavens-- the same extended shift key as other laptops Razer released this year.

Each configuration uses the

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Alienware m17 R3 Review: Stellar Performance

Our Verdict

The Alienware m17 R3 is about as powerful as a gaming laptop can get while keeping under 1 inch of thickness, and has a great screen and striking design.

For

  • Bright, colorful, large screen
  • Comfortable, clicky per-key RGB keyboard
  • Thin for a gaming laptop

Against

  • Hot and loud
  • Poor battery life
  • Pricey

Alienware’s m17 R3 gaming laptop ($1,549.99 to start, $3,529.99 as tested) will

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Intel

Intel Acquires Killer Wi-Fi Owner Rivet Networks

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Intel has acquired a rival in the Wi-Fi space. It purchased Rivet Networks, which makes the Killer-branded Wi-Fi cards and Ethernet in gaming laptops from Alienware, Dell, Lenovo, HP and more. No price was disclosed when Intel announced the news via press release .

The Rivet Networks team will join Intel's wireless solutions group, a subset of Intel's client computing group. Intel will roll the Killer brand into its own Wi-Fi lineup. Rivet


iRaspbian Makes Your Raspberry Pi Work Like a Mac

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If you're looking for a classic Mac experience on the Raspberry Pi , you have to check out this new Raspbian skin from Grayduck and Pi Lab. The release, known as iRaspbian, mimics the look and feel of the Apple Mac OS X operating system.

The iRaspbian image is available for the Raspberry Pi, working great on the Raspberry Pi 4 . It has menus, icons and interfaces that strongly resemble the Apple operating system whose first version debuted in 20


Nvidia Confirms It Dropped Tesla Branding Years Ago

Nvidia A100
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As pointed out by Heise.de this week, Nvidia didn't use the Tesla moniker for its A100 GPU recently announced. Instead, the Ampere -based GPU is simply called the Nvidia A100. The publication suggested that it did this to avoid any confusion with Elon Musk's endeavor.

We reached out to Nvidia to confirm this information, and indeed, we won't be seeing any more of Nvidia's scientific and data center GPUs branded


AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Falls to $410 Amid Intel Comet Lake-S Release

AMD Ryzen Processor
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Today, we dropped our Intel Core i9-10900K review , providing a look at how Comet Lake-S performs. At the same time, the older, but still very competitive, AMD Ryzen 9 3900X has gotten a price drop and is now selling for just $410 on Amazon .

When the 12- core , 24- thread Ryzen 9 3900X launched in September, it sold for as

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Antec Unsheathes Katana DDR4 RAM Wielding RGB

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Antec has had a reputation for making some of the best PC cases over the years. And while the vendor still makes chassis, as well as power supplies and cooling products, it's having a go at making the best RAM too. This week, Antec introduced the 7-Series Katana DDR4 modules, as spotted by TechPowerUp .

The new RAM sticks have black PCBs covered with black aluminum heatsinks , which have the word Katana subtly written on them. Antec's product page

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Intel

ASRock Z490 PG Velocita Motherboard Review: Full Featured and Speedy

Our Verdict

The ASRock Z490 Velocita yielded some of the best performance numbers of the five Z490 boards tested so far. With a premium Realtek audio codec, eight SATA ports, dual M.2 slots, CrossfireX support, and PCIe 4.0 support for future processors, it’s capable and well-rounded for its $259.99 price.

For

  • Capable Power Delivery
  • Large Heatsinks
  • 2.5 GbE LAN
  • Eight SATA ports
  • PCIe 4.0 support (with future CPUs
ASRock Z490 PG Velocita
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Intel

Intel Core i9-10900K Review: Ten Cores, 5.3 GHz, and Excessive Power Draw

Our Verdict

Intel's ten-core 20-thread Core i9-10900K cements itself as the fastest gaming processor on the market and comes at a reasonable price, but the extra performance comes at the cost of incredibly high power consumption.

For

  • Lower per-core pricing
  • Leading gaming performance
  • Strong in both single- and multi-threaded applications

Against

  • Power consumption
  • Thermal output and cooling requirements
  • PCIe 3.0 interface
  • Little overclocking headroom
  • Requires new motherboard