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The configuration on sale also features 16 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM, 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage, dual USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports, a full-size SD card reader and a 2560 x 1600 165 Hz IPS screen.

Thanks to Amazon's latest flash sale, the PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX cards dropped to RTX 4070 Ti price points. With July 4 deals on the horizon, similar deals are most likely to be offered by more retailers.

Razer backs its new Moray audio accessory as the ideal solution for streaming or gaming marathons, as they are in-ear monitors (IEMs) as opposed to earbuds, headphones or a headset. As such, they are touted to have ergonomics as "elevated" as their THX-certified audio quality, thanks to components such as a braided Y-cable and "hybrid" drivers.

Although reviews of the RTX 4060 are scheduled to go live on June 28, a handful of YouTube channels have already published the card’s performance in Cyberpunk 2077. These early teasers mainly focus on the RTX 4060 performance with DLSS and Frame Generation enabled.

Available since mid-November 2022, the PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X RGB triple fan graphics card peaked at US$1,239.99, which is also its current list price. However, thanks to a small 9% discount, it dropped yesterday to US$1,129.99, which is its lowest price so far.

The MSI G2712V is a 27-inch IPS gaming monitor with a 1080p resolution and a 100 Hz refresh rate. Sold under MSI's esports series, the G2712V is quite different from its stablemate, the G253PF.

iQOO has now revealed the date and time on which it will unleash its refreshed 2023 Android flagship smartphone, the 11S. The device has been thought to vie with the RedMagic 8S Pro to be first to launch with an overclocked version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC - however, according to a famous leaker, its brand has chosen to go with super-powered specs in other areas instead.

The Radeon RX 7600 SKUs from MSI, XFX, and ASRock are now on sale for up to US$20 off the US$270 MSRP. For the discounted price, the RX 7600 becomes an excellent 1080p card as it is, on average, 27% more performant than the RX 6600 at 1080p in rasterization.

New real-world images of the presumably cancelled Nvidia Titan Ada graphics card have emerged online. They shed more light on the cooler's design, massive heatsink and unconventional PCB design, all of which could be featured on the yet-to-be-announced GeForce RTX 4090 Ti.

The Alienware x16 is thinner than the Blade 16 or Asus Zephyrus M16 and yet it's still larger and heavier because of its wider width and extended rear. Being the thinnest of the bunch evidently has its costs.

Prices for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 FE series have been skyrocketing with retailers since their recent release in China. Scalpers have been selling the RTX 4090 at prices up to 16,999 yuan (~US$2,368), way beyond the launch price of 12,999 yuan, and an RTX 4060 Ti has been spotted with a shocking price tag that was over +56% higher than its list price.

The premium gaming smartphone brand RedMagic is now tipped to launch a first-gen Android tablet alongside the traditional flagship smartphone refresh in 2023. A leak hinting at a specific date for this event hints that this event might occur in the next 2 weeks from today (June 24, 2023). In the meantime, a second-gen Transformers x RedMagic limited edition has been unleashed.

After the release of the top-end RX 7900 XT/XTX and the lower-end RX 7600, the stage is now set for AMD to launch mid-priced cards like the RX 7800 XT. The rumor mill has it that the RX 7800 XT could use a Navi 32 GPU but the latest report from Moore’s Law Is Dead suggests that the board could feature a cut-down Navi 31 chip inside a Navi 32 package.

NVIDIA is just days away from officially releasing the GeForce RTX 4060, its cheapest RTX 40 series card to date. The company has now published official benchmark results for its AD106-based graphics card, positioning it more as a GeForce GTX 1060 or GeForce RTX 2060 replacement than one to which RTX 3060 owners should upgrade.

The expected Sony PlayStation 6 release date (or year) has been surprisingly stated by rivals Microsoft. In a statement made in the current Federal Trade Commission vs. Microsoft Corp et al. court case, it was revealed that the next-gen consoles from both the PlayStation and Xbox lines could turn up in 2028, thus boosting the likelihood of a PS5 Pro or PS5 Slim mid-cycle console.

Microsoft has revealed its expectations for the launch price of Project Q, Sony's gaming handheld accessory for the PlayStation 5. Disclosed as part of Microsoft's FTC hearing, the pricing would see Sony undercut the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model).

Asus' new handheld gaming device, the ROG Ally, has now paid a visit to a well-known electronics disassembly and repair YouTube channel. The portable console came in for glowing praise as a result of its new iFixit assessment, as well as and favorable comparisons between it and its Steam Deck rival - with some caveats.

Powkiddy has now launched the RGB10 Max 3 Pro, a 5-inch gaming handheld powered by an Amlogic A311D chipset and 2 GB of LPDDR4x RAM. Available from US$114.99, the RGB10 Max 3 Pro has three launch colours and should be powerful enough to emulate game libraries from the N64 and PS1 era.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon Sound is a suite of audio tech solutions for mobile devices, slated to support next-gen features such as Bluetooth 5.4 and Hybrid Adaptive Active Noise Cancellation even in its upcoming mid-tier S3 Gen 2 Sound Platform. Now, the OEM has announced that it will have variants specifically optimized for devices such as gaming dongles with "ultra-low latency" and chat-boosting features.

The 2022 ASUS ROG Flow X13 with a Ryzen 9 6900HS processor and an RTX 3050 Ti dGPU is now on sale at a considerable discount of US$700. After the price cut, the notebook has become an enticing gaming machine since it performs well, has an excellent portable chassis, and boasts good endurance.

The Xbox Series X will now cost as much as the PlayStation 5 in most markets. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and its console-only version will also be more expensive. PC Game Pass, on the other hand, will cost the same as earlier.

CheckList Hundreds, if not thousands of new games get released every year, only to be forgotten soon afterwards. Select few stay in our hearts for longer. In this article, we will revisit three top Android games that were amazingly good back at the time of their release and are just as good today.

The monitor is a sweet spot for gamers who want something faster than 165 Hz while keeping the benefits of fast response times and relative affordability. The VA panel is now more competitive against many IPS options.

This configuration also features 16 GB DDR5-4800 RAM, a 512 GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and a 15.6-inch IPS display with 1080p resolution and 144 Hz refresh rate. B&H is offering a 10% discount off the MSRP.

According to Hardware Unboxed’s GPU pricing update for June, brand new RTX 40, RX 7000, and Intel Arc cards are now marked down by an average of 6% on Newegg. In the case of the last-gen RTX 30 and RX 6000 boards, the reported average price drops are 12% and 33% respectively.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 scores 105,630 points in Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark and 99,419 points in Vulkan. It has 8 GB of VRAM, 3,072 CUDA cores (24 SMs) and outperforms its predecessor by 18%.

Syntech touts its 6-in-1 Docking Station as the ideal accessory for handheld consoles from Steam or Asus ROG (but not AYA NEO) thanks to its stand-like form-factor that also integrates useful ports such as HDMI 2.0 and USB type-C with Power Delivery. Now, it is on sale on Amazon at the best price since its launch.

Until OEMs decide to offer laptops featuring AMD's Phoenix 7040 APUs without any dGPU for US$800 or lower, Lenovo's LOQ budget gaming models that are now on sale for a little over US$1,000 seem to be the next best thing.

Dell has started the Alienware AW2724HF, a 27-inch Fast IPS gaming monitor that combines a 1080p native resolution with a 360 Hz refresh rate. The Alienware AW2724HF also has a USB hub with USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports and supports Adaptive-Sync technologies to minimise image tearing at high refresh rates.

The Alienware AW2724DM is a US$399.99 gaming monitor with a 27-inch Fast IPS panel. Dell bases the Alienware AW2724DM around a 1440p panel that also offers a 180 Hz refresh rate, 600 nits peak brightness and 95% DCI-P3 colour space coverage, among other features.

MSI has dropped the price of the factory-overclocked RTX 4060 Ti Ventus 2X Black by US$20 one month into the launch of the RTX 4060 Ti at US$399.99. The price cut comes as NVIDIA is preparing to launch the RTX 4060 non-Ti for US$299.99 on June 29.

Sony could soon sell a new PlayStation 5 bundle with a two-year PlayStation Plus Premium subscription in the box. It could debit in Germany initially, and then gradually spread to other regions. There is no information about when it will launch or how much it could cost.

ViewSonic has confirmed US pricing and a release window for the X2-4K, its 'Designed for Xbox' projector. The ViewSonic X2-4K can create up to 120-inch projections with 2,900 Lumens peak brightness and offers 4.2 ms input lag.

Images and a video of the Anbernic Win701 have leaked online. Reputedly, the gaming handheld will combine a 7-inch display with a 38 Wh battery and an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, a Zen 4 and RDNA 3-based APU.

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 can now be had for 32% off the list price for the SKU rocking a Ryzen 9 6900HS processor and and RTX 3060 laptop GPU. Enjoying an average rating of 4.4 stars from 397 reviews, the ROG Zephyrus G15 packs good performance, a color accurate display, and long battery life.

The Sony PlayStation 5 console God of War Ragnarök bundle is currently on sale via multiple retailers and over at the official PlayStation store. Various bundles are offered for the PS5 but only the one with the latest God of War game with it is offered at a cut price. The base model of the PlayStation 5 with disc drive was released in 2020 at a launch price of US$499.

The latest driver package from Nvidia arrives with DLSS 2 and Reflex support for F1 23 and Aliens: Dark Descent. It also adds 8 new G-SYNC compatible gaming monitors to the list of supported hardware while GeForce Experience receives optimal settings for 7 titles, including The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum and Diablo IV.

GeForce NOW has announced that it has added Xbox Game Pass to its list of supported account and platform types. Therefore, users with both services will be able to stream titles from the latter on NVIDIA GPUs over the cloud soon. In the meantime, the platform now supports Age of Empires IV's (AoE IV) Anniversary Edition as well as Dordogne, a new release from Steam.

The discounted configuration also comes with 16 GB of DDR5-4800 RAM, 512 GB NVMe SSD storage, 17.3-inch IPS screen with 1440p resolution and 165 Hz refresh rate, a Thunderbolt 4 connector and a full-size SD card reader.

One-netbook has announced plans to offer the ONEXFLY globally. The ONEXFLY will combine a 7-inch IPS display with an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U APU for 1080p and 120 Hz gaming. One-netbook has included a 48 Wh battery but has kept the console's weight to 580 g.

ASUS is now shipping the ROG Ally, for which it has also released a new BIOS update. BIOS 319 appears to reduce in-game performance by up to 20%, with even ASUS advising fans that they can skip updating for now.