Laptop

Videocardz has heard from its sources that the laptop GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will have a max TGP of 175W and run 16GB of VRAM clocked at 16Gbps. Nvidia is expected to unveil the graphics card alongside the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti mobile at CES 2022.

Lenovo is currently hyping its Legion Yxxxx for the Chinese market via Weibo. The latest posters from this campaign teases one of these laptops - also likely to re-brand for international markets - in terms of its design. It suggests that the Y7000P will be a particularly light and thin 2022 gaming laptop - although the look might come at a price.

The new Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 and ThinkPad Z16 laptops have appeared in some leaked renders. The notebooks, which will likely be officially revealed at the upcoming CES 2022 event, come with Windows Hello cameras that jut out of the top edge like a tab. In addition, the design of the Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 is likely going to be loved or hated in equal measure.

New renditions of the next-generation Lenovo ThinkBook Plus have been leaked, and they show what a big change this 17-inch ThinkBook Plus offers over the previous-generation model. However, there is a possibility about 12% of laptop users will be somewhat dissatisfied with the placement of the secondary color display.

While almost every other gaming laptop out there holds an Intel CPU, Nvidia GPU, or both, this Asus model is all-in on AMD with a performance target rivaling an 11th gen Intel Tiger Lake-H CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU.

Some Dell owners have stated that their devices are having major boot problems after installing the latest BIOS updates. Particular models of Alienware, Inspiron and Latitude systems are affected. Many devices are displaying bluescreens and other errors.

Lenovo has announced that it has a new Legion Y9000P in the works for 2022. It is now touted to have a QHD display with a 165Hz refresh rate and HDR400. The OEM has yet to mention further specs for this upcoing gaming machine, although it is possible that a 16-inch form factor and Ryzen 5000 silicon is in the offing here.

The Alder Lake Intel Core i7-12800H has surfaced on Geekbench once again, this time inside a 2022 Razer Blade 15 laptop. The powerful hybrid chip, which can count on 14 cores and 20 threads, produced results that blow past its predecessors and AMD rivals, with the i7-12800H able to square off directly against the all-powerful Apple M1 Max.

Huawei's latest MateBook X Pro has debuted with the OEM's new Free Touch feature, which consists of a trackpad capable of responding to a variety of gestures, as some phones' screens might. It also offers the company's "finest display yet": a 14-inch 3K touch panel driven by Tiger Lake silicon.

Sick of deals with just 8 GB of RAM? Lenovo has got you covered with a ThinkPad sporting 32 GB of RAM for under $1000 USD. The configuration also comes with the latest AMD processor and a bright 500-nit 1080p matte IPS display.

Asus has issued its invitations to its upcoming CES showcase, to start from January 4, 2022. It starts with the "Rise of Gamers" livestream direct from Las Vegas to introduce the new ROG line-up, and goes on with the productivity-focused presentation the following day.

Chuwi has unveiled the MiniBook X, a compact convertible laptop with a 2K display. The MiniBook X will retail for US$599 and will contain a Celeron N5100 processor, 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage.

Chuwi has started selling the FreeBook, its 13.5-inch laptop that it unveiled earlier this month. The FreeBook has a 2K and 3:2 display paired with 8 GB of LPDDR4 RAM and an Intel Celeron N5100 processor. Currently, the laptop is orderable for US$549.99.

Potential buyers will have to make the tough decision on whether or not it's worth making deep cuts to hinge rigidity and chassis strength for a much lighter, thinner, and more travel-friendly design.

The Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU and GeForce RTX 3060 GPU is a combination you're not going to find on 99 percent of other 14-inch laptops out there. The competing Razer Blade 14 costs several hundred dollars more with the same CPU and GPU options.

The LG Ultragear 17G90Q gaming laptop packs some serious firepower, such as an 11th-generation Intel Tiger Lake processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, and a 17.1-inch 300Hz screen. It will tell us more about its price and availability at CES 2022.

The Acer Swift 3X SF314-510G only exhibits a few weaknesses in our review. Thanks to its fully exploited CPU and dedicated GPU, the multimedia laptop also delivers decent performance in many games, and it also boasts up to 18 hours of battery life.

Eurocom has launched another superlaptop onto the market in the form of the Nightsky ARX315. For US$2,099, buyers can expect a laptop with a powerful AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU, RTX 3070 GPU, and 16 GB RAM. However, it’s possible to configure the Eurocom Nightsky ARX315 to become a +US$15,000 powerhouse.

Students or business users who want something more professional than an IdeaPad without needing to spend an arm or a leg for a "proper" ThinkPad model can consider the Lenovo ThinkBook series instead.

According to analyst firm Sigmaintell, Samsung sold 800,000 OLED notebook panels last year and plans to move 5 times as many in 2022. The report also highlighted that ASUS, with its premium OLED display ROG laptops, dominated the OLED notebook market this year.

Apart from two "Elasti" dGPU models that may be released in 2023, the NUC driver also mentions iGPU models for quite a few Alder Lake successors, including Raptor Lake-S, Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake. Rumor has it that the "Elasti" family will feature high-end GPUs that could match AMD's RDNA3 and even RDNA4 models.

Geekbench has revealed several Intel Core i5-12500H specs, including four Golden Cove cores, eight Gracemont cores, and a 3.8GHz base clock speed. Its single and multi-core scores on Geekbench are 1,602 and 8,367, respectively, which are noticeably ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H.

The configuration checks all the right boxes in terms of performance, RAM capacity, Thunderbolt docking capabilities, price point, and design. No need to settle for a lesser Pavilion model at this price range.

Huawei has announced the launch of what is already being dubbed the "biggest upgrade" in MateBook history. It is to be a new X Pro model, which, according to its new teasers, may have a new feature in which the user can apparently control the laptop by waving their hands in front of the screen. The upcoming PC may also launch with improved cross-device integration.

Dell has revealed Concept Luna, a concept laptop design that has been completely rethought with reuse and sustainability in mind from the outset. The result is a highly innovative design solution the results of which should be able to be translated to laptops in the real world in the near future.

As a conventional mobile workstation, the MSI WE76 primarily offers a lot of performance and numerous ports. Is that enough to stand up to the established competition from Dell, HP, and Lenovo?

We already know that the latest Ryzen 7 U-series CPUs can outperform the latest 11th gen Core i7 U-series CPUs in many instances, but the differences are skewed even further in AMD's favor when moving down to the Ryzen 3 vs. Core i3 budget category.

DigiTimes' sources report that Intel and TSMC agreed to enter a partnership that could extend beyond 2025. Additionally, Intel is expected to become one of TSMC's major customers as soon as the N3 nodes go online in 2023.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700U can easily outperform any 11th gen Intel Core U-series CPU when it comes to multi-thread performance. The fact that it can be found on a relatively mid-range Lenovo convertible like the Flex 5 14 makes it surprisingly affordable.

Price-conscious gamers beware: The Medion Erazer Deputy P25 MD64015 has been available for purchase in Germany at Aldi for 1,249 Euros (~$1,410) since December 9. For those of yon in the UK, you can also find it on Amazon for £1,035.97 (~$1,369). We already had the chance to get an in-depth look at the 15-inch device.

Samsung and IBM have come to the ongoing IEDM 2021 International Electronic Components Conference to unveil the vertical transport field effect transistor (VTFET). It is a new property of potential next-gen chipsets that, as the two OEMs assert, might one day help build a smartphone that can last up to seven days on one charge.

Intel Arc Alchemist's segmentation, lineup, and launch timelines have leaked. It is now becoming clear that Intel is targeting Nvidia RTX 3070 / RTX 3070 Ti on the desktop with the 512 EU SKU while aiming up to the RTX 3080 on the laptop side depending on TDP configuration. Intel aims to price the cards about 10% lesser than equivalent Nvidia offerings while looking to extract 10% more performance as drivers mature.

Google announced that the company is developing a native app whereby players can play Google Play games natively on their Windows PCs. The app is being built without the input of Microsoft or other platforms and will allow gamers to resume their gameplay across Android and Windows devices. The software is expected to launch in 2022.

It'll be tough to find a 17.3-inch laptop with the same Tiger Lake Core i5-1135G7 CPU and 100% sRGB IPS display for under $500 USD. The deal maximizes display quality and performance while the chassis design takes a back seat.

According to a report by ITHome, Lenovo and other laptop makers could be prepping entry-level notebooks equipped with the GeForce MX550. The MX550 will reportedly be the first Ampere card with just 2GB of VRAM, and will feature 2048 CUDA cores.

The 16 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and 512 GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD are both easily upgradeable. For Thunderbolt 4, however, you'll have to consider the pricier Intel version.

Apple fans who missed out on Black Friday deals for a new laptop don't have to worry, as Amazon has now kicked off another sale on the M1 MacBook Air and offers the laptop for the same affordable Black Friday price.

Chuwi has unveiled the FreeBook, an Intel Jasper Lake-based laptop. The Chuwi FreeBook also has a 13.5-inch and 2K display, along with 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD. The FreeBook will be orderable later this month.

The current mobile RDNA2 GPU variants do not seem to get quite enough supplies to threaten Nvidia's position, but AMD could solve the supply problem with the alleged 6 nm refreshes expected to launch in early 2022. Rumored to be produced on the TSMC N6 nodes, the RX 6000S models should come with increased energy efficiency and higher core clocks.