At 1680x1050, which is a typical resolution for gaming on these graphics cards, the GTX 650 Ti was 26% faster than the Radeon HD 7770 and 66% faster than the $100 7750. In this scenario we see the $20 extra you pay for the GTX 650 Ti are justified as the card is a good deal faster. Moving up in price we have the GeForce GTX 660 which sells for $220....
Along with several new entries, our latest update to this guide sees some previous favorites upgraded with extra features and the latest hardware from Intel, AMD, Apple, and Nvidia. We also have dedicated guides for gaming laptops and Chromebooks with a larger variety of models and price points. Best Ultraportable Dell XPS 13 9310 - Late 2020 Price: $1,999 Best 2-in-1 HP Spectre x360 13 - 2021 Price: $1,645 Best Budget Acer Swift 3 Price: $679 Best Productivity Dell XPS 17 9710 - 2021 Price: $1,549 Best Gaming Laptop Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 - 2021 Price: $2,269 Best Convertible Microsoft Surface Book 3 15" Price: $1,899 Best Chromebook Acer Chromebook Spin 713 Price: $769...
As per Gamesindustry.biz, the European Parliament voted to adopt a report that “highlights the positives of this pioneering industry, but also social risks we need to bear in mind, like the impact of gaming on mental health,” said MEP Adriana Maldonado López, who led the report. One of these risks is loot boxes, which have long been a controversial area. The EU commission will analyze the impact of loot boxes and prompts to make in-game purchases, taking action if necessary....
I think it’s happened to us all at some point or another: a game you’ve idolized from afar finally comes out, and you’re ready to make sloppy, unfettered love to it with your eyes and hands and hopefully only those things. You boot it up and brace yourself for magic. Hours pass. Magic still hasn’t happened. This is… unexpected. That is when you begin your Dante-esque multi-stage descent into a very unique sort of madness: disappointment....
Elden Ring was always the favorite to win Game of the Year, even with God of War: Ragnarök in the same category. But the night will be remembered for the stage invader who got out of their seat and followed Elden Ring’s director Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team onto the stage as they went to collect the award. Jump to the end of the video above to see what happened....
Trump’s relationship with social media during his time as president was strained to say the least. Despite being a prolific Twitter user who regularly tweeted official policy on the platform, he often accused it of being biased against conservative viewpoints. Trump was banned from Twitter (and Facebook and YouTube) in early 2021 over accusations that he posted messages inciting violence during the storming of the US Capitol attack. Truth Social on the Apple App Store We first heard about plans for Trump’s social network back in March last year....
To play on ultra settings at 1080p you’ll need a R9 290 just to average 36fps and your minimum will be as low as 18fps. Meanwhile, the GTX 770 was good for an average of just 30fps and would dip to 16fps on occasion. The game looks impressive with maxed out settings, though we are not sure it’s impressive enough to warrant such low frame rates when playing at 1080p on high-end GPUs....
The update for the Xbox app adds a small label to game pages that shows how a title plays on PCs with specs similar to the one you’re using. The small note reads “Plays well on similar PCs” beneath the install button, meaning you should be able to download and play the game without fear of it chugging along at 15 frames per second. Tila Nguyen, senior product manager lead on Xbox experiences at Microsoft, explains that if your machine isn’t up to the task of running a demanding game—or a less-demanding one, for those with potato PCs—it will still be possible to check its minimum system requirements to find out which components are letting you down....
The Armor A30 has been constructed from steel and plastic, which seems to have increased the weight quite a bit. At 14.7 lbs. the Armor A30 is heavier than the Lian Li Mini Q PC-V354 (9.2 lbs) and Silverstone SG04 (10.5 lbs), however the extra weight could be attributed to the modular design, which we will get to when exploring the internal workings of this case. Describing the Armor A30 accurately isn’t easy, but the multiple photos throughout the review should help with that....
Anker’s latest and biggest portable power station is designed to keep your electronics juiced up for longer and should also help build some muscle as you carry it around. Anker claims the 757 PowerHouse is the world’s most advanced and longest-lasting portable battery generator, a feat that it achieves using Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries that have longer life spans and better charge/discharge efficiency over regular Lithium-ion packs. To back these claims, Anker says the 757 PowerHouse will still be in good shape after 3,000 complete charge cycles and uses high-quality components rated at 50,000 hours of life expectancy....
TikTok users in some countries, including the US, can now upload videos containing links to a small selection of HTML5-based mini-games. The new feature is a test to see if games could become the next magnet for engagement on the platform. In the final steps before uploading a TikTok video, users will find “MiniGame” as an option under “Add link.” The option lets them attach one of seven small games to their video from companies including FRVR, Lotum, Nitro, Voodoo, and Aim Lab....
But to truly master it, you can either spend years working your way through endless tasks, or you can join us as we take a quick look at some of the top 10 shortcuts, tips, and hacks that will help you on your way to becoming an Excel pro in no time at all. 1. (Short)cut to the chase Like most other programs, Excel has keyboard shortcuts programmed into it, so you don’t have to click all over the screen, or work your way through numerous menus to get something done....
There was a lot of work involved in getting to that level, and while the company’s first chip in 1995, the NV1 seemed like a brilliant product offering video and 3D acceleration, a built-in sound card, and a gamepad port, its reliance on quadratic texture mapping instead of triangle polygon rendering meant that Nvidia dropped the ball on its big debut. Lesson learned as the chips that followed included some surefire hits....
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will expand its building and manufacturing efforts on US soil in a rather significant way. After many rumors, unofficial confirmations and high-level interviews, the much awaited announcement has finally become official. TSMC’s Arizona site is growing, nay it’s swelling, brimming with jobs and billions of dollars of investments. TSMC says its new venture will represent the largest foreign direct investment in Arizona history, and one of the largest foreign direct investments in US history....
Research from the UK’s broadcasting regulatory authority, Ofcom, has highlighted the increasing generation gap when it comes to TV content consumption. It found that those aged 16 to 24 now spend an average of just 53 minutes per day watching broadcast television, marking a two-thirds decrease in the past ten years. People over 65, meanwhile, watch just under six hours, slightly longer than what this demographic recorded in 2012. The widening gap between ages is down to the many TV alternatives available today, from streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ to online platforms that include YouTube and TikTok....
The data below is based on the file copy tests and the 7-Zip test as we feel these results paint the most accurate picture while the prices are based on dollars per gigabyte. For a closer look at SATA drives only, see the second scatter plot further down below. Right out in front we have the Samsung SM951 effectively eliminating the Intel SSD 750 Series along with the Kingston HyperX Predator PCIe SSD and G....
The reason we say apples-to-apples is that we have the rare opportunity of testing two essentially identical systems where only the discrete GPU is different. This will let us test how the GPU difference impacts battery life and playability when you are not plugged in to the wall. Our test bed consists of two Acer Predator Triton 700 systems, both have typical laptop hardware like a Core i7-7700HQ CPU, a 1080p display, and 512GB SSDs....
To make things clear, this monitor isn’t designed for gaming. That’s not to say you can’t use it for that purpose, but you’d probably be better served with a similar display for half the price. The lack of a gaming focus is seen in the spec sheet, too, as this panel does not support variable refresh technology like FreeSync, and its 14ms grey-to-grey response time is fairly slow, certainly slower than I’d want for gaming....
Prices have dropped significantly since then, with high-end SSDs such as the Samsung SSD 840 Evo costing as little as $0.75 per gigabyte for a 120GB version. That’s still a serious premium over a disk drive such as the Western Digital Black 3TB, which only costs $0.06 per gigabyte, while 2.5" laptop drives such as the WD Blue 1TB can be had for $0.09 a gig. This discrepancy can make it hard to balance speed and space....
The CrystalDiskMark sequential 32 queues and 1 thread test provided similar results across all three operating systems using the Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB. The 4K 32 queues and 1 thread test showed Windows 10 and 8.1 delivering similar read performance while Windows 7 was a fraction slower. That difference was amplified when looking at the write performance, here Windows 7 was noticeably slower. The sequential performance was again very similar as Windows 10 and 8....
