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GameStop's intriguing deal for the well-performing Lenovo Legion 5 brings the price of the 15-inch gaming laptop made by the reputable Chinese manufacturer down to a very enticing sale price of US$999, which makes it one of the cheapest gaming machines with an RTX 3070 on the market.

Although DLSS 3 will be exclusive to the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4000 series, it might become compatible with the RTX 2000 and 3000 series in the future. However, if this happens, those older cards won't get the same benefits as the RTX 4000 (or later) when running DLSS 3-enabled games.

The HP Omen 16 gaming laptop with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H, Radeon RX 6650M, 16 GB of DDR5 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD and 16.1-inch FHD 144 Hz screen is on sale at Best Buy for US$1,099. One doesn't need to use any coupon codes and the offer is valid till stocks last.

According to a new report, the Surface Laptop 5 could miss out on AMD Ryzen models, a break from earlier generations. Purportedly, the Surface Laptop 5 could arrive with Intel Alder Lake-U series processors instead, a fate now also rumoured to be the case for the Surface Pro 9. Prices, memory configurations and new colour options have leaked too.

AMD has finally unveiled its Mendocino series of laptop processors. It consists of three processors, the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U, Ryzen 3 7320U and Athlon Gold 7220U. All three models have a max TDP of 15 Watts and feature a Radeon 610M iGPU.

The 16-inch model appears to be the same as the European one powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 5825U APU along with 16 GB LPDDR4 and up to 1 TB NVMe SSD storage. For the Best Buy exclusive 17-inch model, LG is offering an Intel Core i7-1260P processor coupled with an RTX 3050 Ti DGPU and 16 GB DDR5 RAM plus 512 GB PCIe 4.0 storage.

A reputable US-based retailer now sells the well-equipped 15-inch gaming laptop at a notable 26% discount, which brings the RTX 3070-powered Asus TUF Dash F15 down to an enticing sale price of just US$1,099.

We've tested dozens of laptops thus far with the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti but only one with the Radeon RX 6850M XT. AMD's fastest mobile GPU holds up well against the Nvidia equivalent except when it comes to ray-tracing and power consumption.

The decently equipped Lenovo Legion 5 Pro gaming laptop literally shines with its bright QHD display which can reach up to 500 nits of peak brightness, while the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H and RTX 3070 are properly cooled and perform well enough to play most modern games at high settings.

Lenovo has finally released the ThinkBook Plus G3 in Europe, where it starts at €1,823. Equipped with a 21:10 display and a secondary panel for writing, the ThinkBook Plus G3 also contains an Intel Core i7-12700H processor and LPDDR5 RAM.

Honor has just debuted the MagicBook V 14 2022 laptop in accordance with its Autumn Product Event teasers directed at its native Chinese market. However, it has landed alongside much less expected new MagicBook X-series PCs. They pack the same Alder Lake platforms that drives a 2.2K display in the new 14 2022 model.

Gigabyte's powerful RTX 3070 Ti-powered gaming laptop is not just good for playing the latest games, it is also designed for content creators who can take full advantage of the Aero 5's colorful 15.6-inch AMOLED display with Pantone certification.

UGREEN has launched a new, up-to-140 watt (W) version of its Nexode-series power brick. This variant has 1 USB type-A port and 2 type-C ports, one of which is rated for its new maximum output. The OEM asserts that it can charge a new MacBook Pro 14 by 80% in an hour, while being 22% smaller than the first-party accessory for the same purpose.

The new 2022 MateBook X Pro impresses with a high-quality chassis, plenty of performance as well as an excellent 3:2 aspect ratio IPS screen. Huawei unnecessarily restricts the access to the components though, which prevents an even better rating.

A rather unusual mid-range configuration of the well-known Dell XPS 13 ultrabook, which may be particularly interesting for prospective laptop buyers who have set their sights on the optional 4K touchscreen, is currently on sale at the American manufacturer's official online shop.

According to new reports, Microsoft has a gaming laptop up its sleeve. Reputedly to be marketed as the Surface Gaming Laptop, the device is alleged to feature up to an Intel Core i7-12700H processor, 32 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GPU. Irregularities in the specification sheet hint raise questions about the leak's authenticity, though.

Expect 23 phones and 7 laptops with foldable displays next year, on top of the first rollable display phone. The laptops, in particular, will be released in limited batches as manufacturers expect a recession and tepid demand in 2023.

Google has been thought to be ready to resurrect the Pixelbook line imminently. However, the Mountain View giant has now reportedly scrapped the project in its entirety, despite the fact that the product in question may have been ready to launch by 2023. The decision is supposedly related to the rise of the Chromebook throughout the decade thus far.

After experiencing similar issues on two different AMD-powered gaming laptops from Lenovo, you may want actually want to set your power preferences to Balanced instead of Power Saver for longer runtimes.

Our first benchmarks on the Ryzen 5 6600H are in and the results are a mixed bag. While integrated graphics performance is much faster than before to edge out the Iris Xe 96 EUs, actual processor performance is only slightly faster than the Ryzen 5 5600H at best.

The portable but powerful 14-inch gaming laptop is an enticing compromise between performance and mobility, and thanks to a current deal at a reputable retailer, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is being sold at a significant US$400 discount.

The X40 is an OLED-display Android smartphone now revealed to launch alongside a wider portfolio of new products, a laptop and a tablet included, later in September 2022. Now, the OEM has decided to get ahead of itself by revealing that it will debut in 3 different colorways with a generous battery capacity despite its "thin and light" status.

AMD has announced that next year's mobile processors will use a new naming scheme. The new system is difficult to understand and may confuse customers - maybe on purpose.

Included with HP computers, but also available as a standalone release for non-HP PCs that use the brand's peripherals such as scanners or printers, HP Support Assistant is vulnerable to DLL hijacking. HP's security advisory on this topic also includes a fix for the problem, which is considered a high-level security threat.

Redmi's latest variation on the G Pro (also known as the RedmiBook Pro) gaming laptop line has been revealed as a 16-inch PC with RTX 3060 graphics for its high refresh rate display. It also features the Ryzen 7 6800H processor and an HDMI 2.1 port, all available to pre-order for just under US$1,100 in China from today (September 7, 2022).

After a generous US$400 discount at Best Buy, the well-equipped Asus ROG Strix G15 with the quick Radeon RX 6800M drops to its lowest price to date, which presents prospective buyers with the perfect opportunity to pick up this well-performing AMD-powered gaming laptop.

Two top-notch AMD configurations of the fairly new Lenovo ThinkPad T16 can now be ordered at respectable discounts of more than 50%, which is why this deal constitutes a good opportunity to pick up one of the most popular business laptops on the market.

The USB Promoter Group has unveiled specifications for USB4 Version 2.0, the next-gen standard for type-C ports that might increase data-transfer speeds by 2x, even through some existing cables. It is also rated as compatible with its PCIe and DisplayPort counterparts, and may improve performance for some USB 3.2 devices.

The latest PureBook Fold and Lite models represent Nokia's budget solutions with Intel Pentium Silver N6000 processors. Both models feature mostly the same specs with 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM, 128 GB SSD and 14.1-inch display, yet the Fold also gets a touchscreen and a 2-in-1 design.

Notebooks with the new Ryzen 7 6800U are still rare, but the Lenovo Yoga 7 14 once again confirms that AMD's current mobile processors are better compared to Intel in terms of CPU and iGPU performance as well as efficiency. The convertible is also really good in other regards except for the sound system.

The MSI Titan G77 is one of the most powerful laptops that you can get right now. Its Core i9-12900HX and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti can easily handle 4K gaming, video editing and rendering. The laptop has room for up to four SSDs and four RAM modules.