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Lenovo is releasing an updated 2023 workstation portfolio. While the T series based P14s and P16s receive a upgrade to the Ampere based RTX A500, ThinkPad P1 Gen 6 and P16 Gen 2 will feature Ada Lovelace chips. Apart from the new GPUs, there are new screen options, an increased amount of RAM and PCIe 5 SSDs for the P16.

Small laptops with strong hardware are no longer a rarity. While the Gigabyte Aero 14 OLED nonetheless stands out in certain respects, not all of them are positive.

The Radeon RX 7600 and the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti are reportedly going to be the newest additions to the next-gen GPU race from AMD and NVIDIA respectively. According to a recent listing by EEC, both cards feature 8 GB of VRAM.

Released yesterday, the Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver package with the label that reads 531.79 comes with full support for Diablo IV Server Slam (DLSS 2 on GeForce RTX GPUs and DLSS 3 on RTX 40 Series), DLSS 2 for Showgunners, and DLSS 3 & Reflex enhancements in the open-world FPS Redfall. Two new titles also get GeForce Experience optimal settings.

The TGP is less than half of what most dedicated gaming laptops with the same GPU are aiming for. Nonetheless, the RYX 4070 is still a significant upgrade over last year's RTX 3070 especially for content creation and studio applications that support CUDA acceleration.

It appears that NVIDIA is close to releasing the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, its next mid-range graphics card. Inexplicably, NVIDIA has configured the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti with 8 GB VRAM, which may hamper performance in some modern games. Allegedly, the card's release may only be a few weeks away.

Can you squeeze an i9-13900H and an RTX 4060 into a tablet and expect it to work well? Yes, at least in the Asus ROG Flow z13. The 13-inch tablet renders all games in Full HD on its bright QHD+ screen and is less noisy than usual gaming laptops.

Samsung attempts to balance performance, mobility, power consumption and noise emissions in the Galaxy Book 3 Ultra 16 - and does well as a result. The Core i7-13700H and GeForce RTX 4050 deliver plenty of performance for gaming and rendering, even at reduced power.

A trio of fearsome AMD Dragon Range laptops have appeared on a Chinese retailer, coming courtesy of the manufacturer MECHREVO. The Jiaolong 16 Pro gaming laptops feature either an AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX processor or a Ryzen 9 7945HX part and either a GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU or the RTX 4070 Laptop variant. Prices start from the equivalent of around US$1,084.

With a list price of US$879.99, the factory overclocked Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC video card is now down to US$799.99 thanks to a 9% discount. This is US$0.99 more than the MSRP of the reference design. Overwatch 2 Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle and 90 days free of Amazon Music Unlimited come for free.

Medion installs up-to-date hardware into the Medion Erazer Major X20: a Core i9-13900HX and a GeForce RTX 4070 power the potent gaming notebook. Other specs include a responsive 16-inch screen (QHD+, 240 Hz, G-Sync) in 16:10 format, a mechanical keyboard and 2 TB of storage.

If you're a gamer or content creator on a tight budget, then the GTX 1660 Ti or RTX 3050 are going to be two common options on many laptops. The RTX 3050 becomes an easier sell for accelerating graphics editing software as its gaming performance is just passable at best.

Acer has presented the Predator Triton 17 X, a high-end laptop designed for gamers and creators alike. Powering Acer's new laptop is the Intel Core i9-13900HX, as well as an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU. Acer includes 64 GB of RAM and 4 TB of storage too, within the machine's unibody housing.

The Acer Predator Orion X is now official with up to an Intel Core i9-13900KS, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, 64 GB DDR5 RAM and 2 TB storage. It will be available in September 2023, starting at €2,499 (US$2,742).

The Neo version of the Acer Predator Helios 16 features up to an Intel i7-13700HX CPU, up to 32 GB DDR5-4800 RAM and up to 2 TB NVMe SSD storage in RAID 0. Acer provides RTX 4050 / 4060 / 4070 dGPU options, as well as two IPS screen options with 1600p and 1200p resolution.

New for the 2023 Triton models is a Mini-LED display option with 2,560 x 1,600 resolution and 250 Hz refresh rate. The latest Acer Predator Triton 14 packs an Intel i7-13700H processor with up to 32 GB LPDDR5-6000 RAM and up to 1 TB NVMe SSD storage, plus up to an RTX 4070 dGPU. This model also comes with a Thunderbolt connector and a miniSD card reader.

The new TravelMate P4 series has launched with most of the highest-end specs to be found in Acer's latest crop of Raptor Lake-powered business laptops. They include up to 64GB of RAM, up to 1TB SSDs, and RTX 2050 cards to drive 16:10 displays, even in the new 14-inch convertible version. It also has up-firing speakers with DTS Audio and 4G/LTE to augment Wi-Fi 6E connectivity in common with the non-Spin 14- and 16-inch variants.

The latest TravelMate P2-series laptops have launched with a lot of the advantages of its higher-end P4 and P6 siblings, Thunderbolt 4, 4G/LTE connectivity and RTX 2050 graphics included. Then again, they make slight compromises to offer the cheapest starting recommended prices of their new productivity-focused line as a whole.

Less than a week after the release of the driver for the new RTX 4070 GPU, Nvidia launches the GeForce Game Ready Driver software package with version number 531.68. This piece of code comes with Dead Island 2 and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor optimizations alongside support for 5 new G-Sync Compatible gaming monitors.

NVIDIA launched the RTX 4070 on April 12 and reviews for the GPU went live on April 13. According to 3DCenter’s analysis of multiple launch reviews, the RTX 4070 matched the RTX 3080 10 GB in rasterization and ray tracing performance. However, the real competitor to the card seems to be AMD’s RDNA2 RX 6950 XT courtesy of street pricing around the US$650 mark.

Select RTX 4090 and 4080 cards are now available with a US$50 discount at Newegg and Best Buy. Nvidia is also expected to slash prices on the RTX 4070 / Ti models in the coming weeks.

After a 4-year hiatus, undervolting can again be safely performed on Intel's mobile CPUs. XMG is among the first to re-enable BIOS-based undervolting features for this year's NEO, PRO and KEY laptops.

We recently put the Aorus 17X AZF to the test with its Intel Raptor Lake CPU and the fastest GeForce RTX graphics card from Nvidia. Performance levels are excellent, but the noise under load is not insignificant.

The specifications of the HP Envy 17-cr0079ng sound more than solid for a multimedia laptop. While the large, 17-inch laptop impresses in many areas in the test, it also gives some reasons for critique.

The compact Cyborg 15 is not designed for the highest performance, but mobility, a long battery life, and a low power consumption also play a role. Nonetheless, the Core i7-12650H and GeForce RTX 4060 allow you to play all the current games smoothly with the Cyborg 15.

The 531.61 driver package has 735.7 MB in size and comes with full support for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, a GPU that delivers top performance across multiple titles at 1440p resolution with all eye candy enabled. This piece of code also includes GeForce Experience optimal settings for an additional four titles.

With a list price of US$1,799.99, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-powered Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 gaming desktop PC also sports NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics, 16 GB DDR4-3200 memory, and a 512 GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. Dell US slashed its price to a more wallet-friendly value of US$999.99, which translates to a massive US$800 discount.

NVIDIA has presented the GeForce RTX 4070, its latest mid-range graphics card. Based around the AD104 GPU and Ada Lovelace architecture, the GeForce RTX 4070 is billed as delivering strong value for money thanks to 5,888 CUDA cores, 12 GB GDDR6X VRAM and DLSS 3.0 support, among other features.

Serial leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead has alleged in a recent video that AIBs partners aren’t stoked to see NVIDIA marking the RTX 4070 price down significantly from the initial US$749.99 to US$599.99. However, Team Green might have made arrangements to take some of the burden caused by this price adjustment off AIBs.

NVIDIA is days away from announcing the GeForce RTX 4070, which will be its cheapest Ada Lovelace-based desktop graphics card released to date. Billed as a US$599 card, leaked performance slides point to NVIDIA marketing the GeForce RTX 4070 as a powerful option for 1440p gaming.

NVIDIA has not officially revealed the desktop version of the GeForce RTX 4070 yet. However, the company has now referenced the GeForce RTX 4070 and its potential performance in the lead-up to its anticipated release later this month.

NVIDIA debuted the RTX 40 “Ada Lovelace” boards late last year. While the mid-range RTX 4070 and RTX 4060/Ti are still not up for sale, the rumor mill has already moved on to the next big thing. To that end, RedGamingTech has published a slew of information about the upcoming RTX 50 “Blackwell” boards including preliminary specs and performance targets.

The new Intel and Nvidia generations - a Core i9-13900H as well as a powerful RTX 4090 - are doing the work in the new Asus M16 gaming laptop and the result is an increase in performance and efficiency. However, the real highlight of the forthcoming laptops is the improved display technology!