AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core CPU Lands in XMG Apex 15 Gaming Laptop

Schenker XMG Apex 15

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German manufacturer Schenker has revealed the company's latest XMG Apex 15 , as per a ComputerBase report. The system aims to be one of the best gaming laptops by offering desktop-type performance in a mobile format.

The XMG Apex 15 measures 14.2 x 10.2 x 1.3 inches (361 x 258 x 32.5mm) and weighs up to 5.7 pounds (2.

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Minecraft With RTX Update: Nvidia Shows off Ray-Traced Worlds

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Minecraft ’s low-fidelity world is about to get a lot more real for RTX owners, according to a new blog post from Nvidia detailing the process behind the ray tracing features coming soon to the game. First announced at Gamescom 2019 , Minecraft with RTX is an upcoming free update for the Windows 10 version of Minecraft , which is set to bring ray tracing to the world’s best-selling game...provided you have Nvidia RTX hardware.

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Maingear’s ROG-Certified Rush Desktop Delivers Updated Apex Cooling in E-ATX Case

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Whether you’re working from home , spending your socially-distanced downtime gaming (or like us, both) it’s a good time to have a high-performance desktop (HEDT) at your disposal. And Maingear is ready to deliver with its latest Rush tower.

Packing your choice of current high-end components (up to an AMD Threadripper 3990X or Intel Core i9-10998XE and dual- RTX Titan graphics cards)

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ASRock RX 5500 XT Phantom Gaming D Review: Inexpensive, Well-performing

Our Verdict

The ASRock RX 5500 XT Phantom Gaming D averaged over 60 fps at 1080p ultra and 102 fps at 1080p medium. Priced lower than most RX 5500 XTs, the card offers great value among its peers and does so with good performance and relatively quiet operation.

For

  • Least expensive 8GB RX 5500 XT
  • Effective cooling solution
  • Small size fits most cases

Against

  • Not as quiet as the Asus
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Doom Eternal Runs Faster on Old AMD GPUs Than Comparable Nvidia GPUs

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You may feel like the best way to future proof your PC is to throw in the most powerful Nvidia graphics card on the market, but nothing may be further from the truth. It's been known for a while that Nvidia typically leaves older cards out in driver optimizations, whereas AMD will continue to support its older GPUs for quite some time. This is proven once again my Doom Eternal's performance on older GPUs, as tested by the folks from Hardware Unboxed


MSI Gaming Laptop With i9-10980HK, RTX 2080 Super, 300 Hz Panel Listed

MSI GS66 Stealth 10SG

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As tipped by leaker @momomo_us , an online Hong Kong retailer , which appears to be an authorized MSI distributor, has listed the MSI GS66 Stealth 10SG gaming laptop with an estimated arrival date of May. With these specs, the machine is looking like it'll be one of the best gaming laptops in MSI's arsenal.

AMD Ryzen 4000-powered laptops are starting to hit

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Raspberry Pi Network Monitor Tracks Your Internet Speed

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Troubleshooting network issues can be tricky. That's why we appreciate creators like Mr Canoehead—as he's known on Reddit—who has come forward with a new solution. Better yet, this network performance monitor project has maker written all over it, as it's based on a Raspberry Pi .

Built on top of a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, the project is designed to monitor network activity and performance. It uses the data to create a report with critical information,

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BenQ Goes Ultra-Fast With 0.5ms Zowie XL2746S Gaming Monitor

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Zowie, BenQ's brand of gaming and e-sports products, has just unveiled the ridiculously fast XL2746S 240 Hz gaming monitor, as spotted by PC Watch .

This display doesn't come with an IPS panel or high-contrast VA one, but rather a classic TN panel that allows it to hit the quoted 0.5 ms response time and eSports-ready refresh rate. The panel itself measures 27 inches diagonally and has

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AMD Ryzen 4000 Gaming Laptops Start at $930

New gaming laptops from Asus and MSI that leverage AMD's Ryzen 4000-series (codename Renoir) APUs are starting to show up at major U.S. retailers, including Amazon, Newegg and Best Buy, with availability depending on the PC and retailer.

Renoir brings all the goodness of AMD's Zen 2 microarchitecture and TSMC's 7nm FinFET manufacturing process to the mobile space. The Ryzen 4000-series family tree has two branches. The U-series, which

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
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Microsoft Patents Use of Brain Waves as Proof-of-Work to Earn Crypto

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Microsoft has filed a patent application that details the use of subconscious thoughts as a proof-of-work concept with the intention of mining cryptocurrency.

The concept uses body data, including brain waves, body temperature, blood flow, movement, organ activity, your pulse, eye movement and much more. These data points are then paired with the task a person is doing and then used as a proof-of-work (PoW) element This data would be unique for