Nvidia’s become really good at shrinking its incredibly heat and energy efficient Pascal architecture for use in laptops. We’re now, finally, seeing gaming laptops that can stand head-to-head with desktop machines in pure performance. Not everybody wants a laptop though, and some might want the actual desktop cards to be equally diminutive.
The Astro A20 is a wireless successor to the more traditional A10s. It’ll make use of a 5.8 GHz signal to transmit sound to your brain, can apparently last for up to 15 hours on a charge and has foam-padded ear cups with microfiber upholstery. Much like the A10, the A20 is also designed to be capable of taking a serious amount of abuse without it retreating to its room to listen to Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory album.
Logitech's new products are the Logitech G603 Lightspeed wireless gaming mouse and the Logitech G613 Lightspeed wireless mechanical gaming keyboard, which promise latencies of around 1ms, making them virtually indistinguishable from wired products.
Does the LG V30 look similar to the seamless design of the Samsung S8? Absolutely. Does it also have what sounds like superlative audio upgrade following on from the V20’s benchmark-setting hardware and a camera that will give its competitors a run for their money? Hells yes and never have I wanted a phone more.
Are you a twitch FPS gamer looking for a gaming laptop with a display as fast as your reflexes? The ASUS ROG Chimera is the world's first gaming laptop with a 144Hz panel.
Acer has a new curved gaming monitor that sports G-synch, a 200 Hz refresh rate and class-leading HDR. Pity about that stupid tripod-styled stand.
The lack of easy-to-access upgrades aside, MSI’s Laptops are exceptionally well engineered, and this one’s no different. The removal of the optical drive allows the award-winning Cooler Boost design do its job more efficiently, resulting in a cool and quiet machine that’s at home with work as it is with gaming.
Apple's annual iPhone event is set to kick off in just over two weeks, and should have a suprise third device in the wings to celebrate 10 years of the iPhone.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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