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The Acer Predator Triton 16 has dropped to its lowest price ever on Amazon after a generous 22% discount. The laptop comes with a 16-inch QHD+ display powered by an RTX 4070 laptop GPU alongside a Core i7-13700H CPU. Additionally, the machine features 1 TB of storage, 16 GB of DDR5 memory, an FHD webcam, and a backlit keyboard with per-key RGB.

YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead has learned that Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50 series laptop chips may be delayed by a month or two. However, both the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 will launch with the same flagship GPU. The company is also considering GDDR7 memory for some of its laptop SKUs.

NVIDIA's usage of its AD103 GPU now extends beyond the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. Without explanation, the company has begun offering a stripped-back form within some new GeForce RTX 4070 graphics cards.

Gamers hunting for a good deal on Dell's G15 or Alienware gaming laptops are in luck. Amazon is slashing up to $600 off select machines, including the Alienware X16 gaming laptop with a Core i9 CPU, 32 GB of RAM, and an Nvidia RTX 4080 GPU.

Lenovo recently launched the new G9 version of the Yoga Pro 9i 16. Several aspects have been improved and the bright mini LED panel is still excellent, but there are also new problems. The color profiles for AdobeRGB and sRGB are missing and the power supply is too weak.

HP has equipped the OMEN 17 with Intel processors since the laptop's introduction in 2016. The OMEN 17's reliance on Intel has changed with the OMEN 17 2024 though, which arrives with an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS APU, as well as design and GPU changes.

CheckMag If you have a gaming PC, it’s never been easier to stream games to any device in your house. Steam streaming is probably one of the most accessible solutions to stream games from your gaming PC, Valve even released their own hardware (the Steam Link), which is sadly no longer available. However, combined with Steam, Parsec or Sunshine / Moonlight, pretty much anything that has a screen can be turned into a client for game streaming.

CheckMag AMD Link ended support in January and Nvidia GameStream is being actively removed from Shield devices in favour of Geforce Now. Fortunately, a number of other open and closed source solutions offer flexible and arguably better experiences. Here are the best solutions for streaming games to a range of devices in your house and on the move.

Zotac has updated its ZBOX MAGNUS ONE PC line with the MAGNUS ONE ERP74070S. According to the company, the MAGNUS ONE ERP74070S will ship with a Zotac GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12GB GDDR6X GPU and an Intel Core i7-14700 processor, among other components.

Zotac has revealed the MAGNUS EN474070, a new member of the ZBOX E series. Based around a 2.65-litre case, the MAGNUS EN474070 comes in two colours with an Intel Core i7-14700HX processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GPU, among other features.

Available since yesterday, the Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 552.22 comes with optimizations for the most wishlisted game on Steam, namely Manor Lords, as well as zero-day optimizations targeting No Rest for the Wicked. These two titles are not yet released, but if everything goes well, they will be live by the end of the month.

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT with 16 GB of VRAM and an MSRP of $499 is attracting a lot of user attention according to the Q1 2024 sales figures of German retailer Mindfactory compiled by 3DCenter (via TechEpiphany). The GPU seemingly dominated all the other offerings from AMD and NVIDIA as the retailer managed to sell close to 7,000 RX 7800 XT units.

A Core i9-14900HX and a GeForce RTX 4070 equip the Aorus 16X (2024) for video editing, gaming and rendering. Adding to this is a bright 16-inch display (16:10, 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, G-Sync), 32 GB RAM, 2 SSDs with 1 TB of storage each, and a Thunderbolt 4 port.

NorthridgeFix, a repair shop, has reported that it replaces hundreds of Nvidia RTX 4090 power connectors per month. More specifically, it has shown off a box of about 200 melted connectors that have been replaced in just one month.

The new Dell XPS 14 9440 is a heavy, thick and—most notably—expensive multimedia laptop. However, Dell has placed too great an importance on its design, resulting in its performance falling short. For less money, the competition offers considerably better alternatives.

Power is something the 16-inch Legion Pro 7 doesn’t lack, with the GeForce RTX 4080 and Core i9-14900HX achieving some of their best results in the laptop. The remaining specs are great as well: 32 GB of RAM, Thunderbolt 4, a bright QHD+ display (Dolby Vision, G-Sync, 240Hz, 16:10 aspect ratio). Is this the ideal laptop for gamers and creators?

Nvidia is giving away one custom GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card to celebrate Horizon Forbidden West's arrival on PC. It comes with a custom backplate and is worth an estimated $1,389.

Introduced earlier today, the Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver software package labeled 551.86 comes with DLSS 3.5 optimizations for Portal with RTX, zero-day tweaks for the upcoming Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition (scheduled for release in two days), as well as support for a list of 11 G-Sync Compatible displays.

Nvidia-centric leaker Kopite7kimi has revealed that the GB202 GPU powering the GeForce RTX 5090 will be manufactured on TSMC's 4NP node, the same as the GB100. They also talk about improved throughput on each SM (Streaming Multiprocessor).

Although the most affordable RTX 4070 Ti currently goes for $679, the recent price cut might not be enough for those looking to get the lowest price per frame in a desktop GPU. While being about 8% faster than the RTX 4070 Super at 1440p, the RTX 4070 Ti is more than 13% more expensive. However, even this small price drop spells good news for gamers.

Remedy Entertainment has done some optimisations to the PC version of Alan Wake 2 especially intended to give computers with older GPUs (e.g. GeForce GTX 10 Series) a performance boost. We’ve checked out how well the entire thing works out.

ASUS has now started selling the ROG NUC in Europe through one of its retail partners. Currently available for €2,499, the ASUS ROG NUC comes with a high-end processor and GPU combination, plus 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage.

Following the official Noctua Edition of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080, the GeForce RTX 4070, RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4070 Super are also launching with Noctua fans, which are designed to cool the GPU particularly quietly. The Japanese PC manufacturer Sycom has launched five graphics card models with Austrian Noctua fans.

A renowned Nvidia leaker has shared some information about the GB203 and GB205 GPUs powering the GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5070. The former will allegedly launch with a 256-wide bus and the latter with a 192-bit interface.

Best Buy has the flagship Acer Predator Helios 16 listed for $1,849.99, $450 lower than its asking price of $2,299.99. It gets you a powerful gaming laptop, complete with a 16-inch QHD+ 240 Hz screen and top-spec Intel and Nvidia hardware.

Kopite7kimi has confirmed Nvidia's top-spec GB202 GPU will launch with a 512-bit wide bus. It will use a monolithic die and GDDR7 memory, potentially opening up possibilities for 32 GB of VRAM on the GeForce RTX 5090.

Now also available via the Nvidia app (still in beta stage for the time being), the latest GeForce Game Ready Driver package carries the version number 551.76 and comes with support for DLSS 3 and Reflex in The Thaumaturge. This software package is also optimized for the latest RTX 40 Series-equipped laptops that arrived last week.

CheckMag Microsoft has historically monopolised the PC gaming space with Windows, but with increasingly invasive ads, bloat and data collection, many Windows users are looking for an alternative. Thanks to the Steam Deck, Valve and community projects like Proton GE, Linux is becoming a more viable option for gaming.

The GIGABYTE Aorus 15 offers robust performance suitable for gaming, content creation, and professional tasks, thanks to its NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GPU and Intel 13th-gen i7-13700H processor. Featuring 16 GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD, it ensures smooth multitasking and ample storage. While its QHD display lacks full sRGB and P3 color gamut coverage, its 165Hz refresh rate and 7ms response time cater well to gamers. With a current $350 discount on Amazon, the Aorus 15 offers value that is hard to beat.

CheckMag If you weren't keeping an eye on Nvidia's GeForce News blog, you might've missed the RTX 3050 6 GB's release at the start of February. Even in a market segment desperate for a lean, entry-level graphics card, it's far from being "The Ultimate Play" that the 30-series tagline proclaims. In fact, the near-silent launch tells you all you need to know: it's an embarrassment.