Paul Lilly
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After debuting in China, AMD brought its Radeon RX 9070 GRE to U.S. shores through its hardware partners and if you have not done so already, check out our review. The Cliff Notes version is, the Radeon RX 9070 GRE is a great option for...
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Are you ready to upgrade your home theater's audio? Adding a discrete sound system opens up a whole new world of immersion compared to most built-in speakers that ship with TVs, including modern models, and if you go the soundbar route...
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The general consensus is that Apple will unveil its first foldable iPhone during a launch event in September, at which point most of our questions will be answered. That includes whether it will be called the iPhone Ultra or iPhone Fold...
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ASUS is rolling out some new gear under its Republic of Gamers division that puts gamers squarely in the crosshairs. One is the ROG Gjallar, a 2.1.2-channel soundbar with Dolby Atmos support and multi-platform compatibility, and the other...
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The rumor mill is buzzing today with the prospect of NVIDIA releasing a cheaper GeForce RTX 5090 SE graphics card with 32GB of GDDR7 linked to a 384-bit memory bus. But it's not happening, folks. And yes, I'm well aware that speaking in...
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NVIDIA made a big splash at Computex when it announced RTX Spark, an Arm-based AI super-chip designed in collaboration with MediaTek and Microsoft to power next-generation Windows systems. Or to put it in NVIDIA's own words, a chip...
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Look, we all know what time it is and so whenever a market research firm releases a report on the state of PC shipments, we pretty much know the gist of it. So it goes again, with Omdia's latest reporting highlighting yet another quarterly...
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OLED Monitor makers have a new flagship DisplayHDR certification tier to strive for with VESA adding a True Black 1400 performance level to the top of its DisplayHDR totem pole. As revealed in the designation, part of the requirement is...
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Razer is expanding its $99 Hammerhead V3 X HyperSpeed gaming earbuds with a couple of dedicated options specific to Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 consoles. In doing so, Razer unintentionally adds a bit of confusion to its modest but...
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Building or upgrading a PC in this climate of chip shortages and price hikes is a tough proposition, though the current situation only makes it more important than ever to shop around for deals. We have done exactly that, and for what we...
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Even a true psychic would have a tough time predicting when, if ever, we will see a GeForce RTX 50 Super series refresh. The on-again, off-again lineup has been rumored for what feels like ages (not actually that long), though a...
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Samsung has begun mass production of its PM1763 solid state drive (SSD) family, which brings blazing-fast PCI Express 6.0 storage speeds to next-generation AI and HPC servers such as the ones powered by NVIDIA's Vera Rubin GPUs. At full...
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The Amazon-owned Woot deals site is hosting an 'Awesome Audio' sale with major discounts on a variety of notable brands, including Apple, Bose, Bowers & Wilkins, Samsung, Sennheiser, SteelSeries, and several others. Many of the items are...
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After a nearly 10-year run, Nintendo has decided to pull all versions of its original Switch handheld from Europe rather than revise the consoles to be in compliance with upcoming changes to European battery regulations, the company...
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Sony's decision to abandon physical media for its PlayStation consoles starting in 2028 is being met with intense backlash from fans and retailers alike. Beyond the memes and inflammatory posts on social media, a games retailer in Canada...
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There is a version of the current timeline we find ourselves in where NVIDIA would have refreshed its GeForce RTX 50 series with Super models by now. Instead, we are still waiting. In the meantime, a fan favorite has returned to retail at MSRP, that being a GeForce RTX 3060 with 12GB of GDDR6...
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In a public email addressed to all Xbox employees, the new face of Xbox, Asha Sharma, stated rather bluntly that Microsoft's gaming "business today is not healthy" and it will require "painful" changes to right the ship, which starts with...
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Memory maker G.Skill caught some heat after its new memory kits supporting AMD's EXPO Ultra Low Latency (ULL) profiles debuted at eye-watering prices as high as $1,099.99 for 32GB (2x16GB) of DDR5-6000 RAM. Even though memory is expensive...
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An AI-driven shortage of key components, especially memory and storage chips, has driven up the price of a range of electronics, including not only DDR5 memory kits and PC solid state drives (SSDs), but also things like game consoles, consumer laptops, and so forth. Will lower-priced...
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If you have ever been tempted to pay full price for an audio product, don't do it. Audio gear is notorious for having inflated MSRPs and unlike game consoles and certain PC parts like memory and storage, there are no market conditions that...
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There are no signs that gamers are buying up standalone disc drives for the PlayStation 5 ahead of Sony's move to an all-digital future. While it is certainly possible that there is an influx of sales following Sony's announcement that it...
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Apple's next Pro-model iPhone could end up having the biggest battery ever released in an iPhone, surpassing even the 5,088mAh capacity unit in the eSIM-only version of the iPhone 17 Pro Max. According to a fresh round of rumors, the...
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