AMD Steals the Show at Computex
The red team launches new CPUs and GPUs. IF IT BELONGED to anybody, Computex 2019 was AMD's. It picked the event to launch its new 7nm Zen 2 Ryzen 3000 series processorsand thefirst Navi graphics cards. Zen 2 is no surprise —...
AMD Reveals Navi and Its RDNA Architecture
AMD's last major REVAMI of its GPU architecture w a s in 2012, with the HD 7970 and related first-gen GCN graphics cards. Everything since then, up through the Vega 20 GPU at the heart of the Radeon VII, has used a variation of...
Toshiba Satellite Pro A50-EC
Like they used to make them. What’s in a name? Well, how long have you got. The Satellite Pro was made by Toshiba until Toshiba got tangled up in a US accounting scandal and had to sell off various parts of itself, the laptop...
Acer Aspire C24-865
Unlike Acer’s pricier S24, a monitor with a PC built into its base, the C24 is a proper all-in-one, with its computer j components in a neat bulge on the back of the screen, the rest narrows to under 12mm thick, which looks...
Asus VivoBook S15
it Great value all-round laptop for everyday tasks. Not for photo editors II. “If there was ever a laptop that represents who you are,” says Asus, “it’s the youthful and vivacious VivoBook”. Flattery will get you nowhere, Asus....
Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 OC Edition vs MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8GB
$178 vs $168 It seems bizarre that Radeon RX 570 cards were going for around $300just a few months ago, but the desertion of currency miners from the gaming GPU market has finally brought prices back down to a more rational...
HP Sprocket New Edition
HP’S SPROCKET NEW Edition is a fun, highly portable photo printer aimed at students, backpackers and anyone who can’t bear to be away from a printer. About the size of two smartphones stacked on top of each other, it prints only...
Fractal Design Define S2 Vision RGB
Taste the rainbow with a colorful case. IT’S A MOUTHFUL, isn’t it? Fractal Design’s Define S2 Vision RGB doesn’t exactly have the snappiest name, but it’s hard not to like it. This is an expensive case for true enthusiasts; the...
HyperX Pulsefire FPS Pro
High-end mousing hidden in plain sight. MICE DON'T GENERALLY vary a huge amount from one to the other. There are buttons, there’s probably a wheel, and a sensor underneath. Maybe there’ll be some slightly advanced electronics...
Cooler Master MasterKeys MK850
Features, features, and more features. LET’S START WITH a question: Are analog keyboards an intrinsically dumb idea? The answer could depend on how well trained your left hand has become at smashing WASD as hard as it can. Most...