We’re living in a golden era of image upscaling, where graphics cards and game consoles use smart software tricks to internally render games at lower resolutions, then upscale the image to fit your screen, giving you much faster performance for little to no hit in visual quality. But while Nvidia’s DLSS and AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution work wonders, they’re inherently limited: Both require developers to integrate the technology in their games. That’s not the
After years of lagging behind rivals in the notebook space, AMD took the laptop world by storm with its shockingly excellent Ryzen 5000 mobile processors and Radeon RX 6000M graphics. The company kept the pedal to the medal at its CES 2022 keynote on Tuesday, revealing a new higher-powered version of its flagship laptop graphics options, along with more energy-efficient versions designed to turn ultra-portable notebooks into true gaming powerhouses. AMD
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Cue the “It’s finally happening” GIFs. Well over a year after the launch of this GPU generation and after 12 months of excruciating supply woes, the first new-school graphics card that normal people might be able to afford is finally here. During AMD’s CES 2022 virtual keynote, the company introduced the Radeon RX 6500 XT, complete with an imminently affordable $199 suggested price when it launches on January 19. Hallelujah.
AMD didn’t divulge many details duri
AMD fans looking for an Alienware laptop that flies the flag will finally get their wish with Alienware’s new m17 R5 Ryzen Edition, which kicks not just Intel to the curb, but Nvidia too.
The Alienware m17 R5 is available with up to a Ryzen 9 6980HX CPU, which can hit boost clocks of 5GHz. It can be paired with AMD’s new Radeon RX 6850M XT with 12GB of GDDR6 memory or the Radeon RX6700M with 10GB of RAM. Alienware doesn’t completely abandon its Nvidia fans, however. While
AMD’s Ryzen 6000 series of laptop CPUs will bring a plethora of new features including a 6nm process, RDNA 2, Zen 3+ and more as it continues its assault on Intel’s laptop dominance. Here’s a comprehensive rundown of what’s coming from AMD:
Enhanced TSMC 6nm processUp to 12 RDNA 2 compute units with hardware ray tracing supportDouble the integrated graphics performance of Ryzen 5000Up to eight cores capable of hitting 5GHzUp to 30 percent higher performance than Ryze
If you missed your chance over the holidays to get your DNA tested at a good price, then you have another opportunity right now. Amazon is selling four 23andMe packages at discount prices, including the popular Health + Ancestry test for $129 down from $199 and the Premium Membership Bundle foir $139 down from $229.
We reviewed Health + Ancestry nearly two years ago giving it a full five stars and an Editors’ Choice Award. “23andMe Health + Ancestry is a comprehensive DNA test t
It’s 2022 and finding a reasonably priced GPU that isn’t the GTX 1650 is still tremendously difficult. Luckily, there are other ways to upgrade your system with a nice speed bump. Newegg is selling the 360mm Evga CLC all-in-one CPU cooler for $80 with the checkout code SSBNZ422. That’s $20 off the list price and better than prices you’ll find elsewhere right now.
A liquid AIO cooler is an excellent way to keep your processor from getting too hot and this Evga model i
TP-Link has Wi-Fi 6E routers coming out of its ears after today’s announcement of not one, not two, but three new Wi-Fi 6E routers at CES 2022—each one interesting in its own right. That’s to say nothing of the company’s mesh offerings, which are even more numerous, but for now, we’re going to try to cram all of the traditional routers in here.
Perhaps the most interesting new announcement is that of the AXE11000 Tri-Band Archer AXE200 Omni. The only one of the
TP-Link opened up a firehose of router news on us this year for CES, some of which was in the more traditional, beefy single access point vein, and some of which advances the Deco line of mesh routers in several directions at once. There were so many announcements, in fact, that we’ll focus solely on the mesh systems here.
The biggest mesh reveal is the Deco XE200. Planned for the second quarter 2022 and estimated to cost $799.99 for a 2-pack, this is the successor to the Deco X90, TP
The Nextbase IQ, revealed at CES 2022, promises to be the best of all dash cam worlds. Not only does it provide its own Wi-Fi and 4G connections (no phone required), it ponies up voice activation, three-channel exterior/interior/rear 1080/1440/2160p captures, GPS, and a host of advanced safety features marching under the banner of NXT Tech. NXT Tech includes live views from anywhere via the Web, definable alerts for occasions when others are driving your vehicle, and even a spatial awar