Gaming

Two phones, one review. If you don't mind not having a Snapdragon processor, Asus' ROG Phone 6D or 6D Ultimate may be an interesting alternative for mobile gamers. The slimmed-down phones are equipped with a MediaTek SoC. But are they a really good choice for real gamers?

REACT team assemble. The MSI Crosshair 15 Rainbow Six: Extraction Edition sports a vibrant design that caters to fans of Ubisoft's popular co-op shooter. Under the hood, we get an Intel Alder Lake-H Core i7-12700H and Nvidia RTX 3070 Laptop GPU that together take on some of the more expensive competition on the market. The inclusion of a QHD 165 Hz makes this a great all-rounder, but there are a few caveats to be aware of.

High refresh fragging frenzy. The MSI Optix MAG274QRX comes across a capable QHD gaming monitor with a high 240 Hz refresh rate. Though primarily targeted at the gaming crowd, the Optix MAG274QRX offers superior display performance for both competitive gaming and content creation alike at a price that undercuts many of its popular rivals.

The most powerful Zenbook is the Pro 16X with an Intel Core i9-12900H and a Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Supplemented by 4K OLED, a touchscreen and stylus input as well as an Asus Dial, the notebook is aimed at demanding users from the creative industry. But it can also double as a slim gamer or workstation.

Navi vs. Ada Lovelace! AMD RDNA 3 architecture marks the use of a multi-chip module design for the first time in consumer GPUs, similar to what we have been seeing with Ryzen on the CPU side. The smaller dies seem to afford higher yields and reduced manufacturing costs, which are being passed on to the consumer. In this review, we take the new Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT for a spin and see if they are indeed capable of taking on Nvidia's Ada juggernaut at more reasonable price points.

Compact, fast, and versatile! Intel's NUC Extreme series has been updated to the latest 13th gen. Raptor Lake processors. Compared to its predecessor, a lot has changed in terms of the exterior design. In this review, we will evaluate the performance of the NUC 13 Extreme Kit with Intel's fastest CPU and a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with many benchmarks and technical details.

Interesting visual style. Need for Speed Unbound offers a very exciting visual style that combines cel-shaded characters and effects with realistic cars and environment. Read our benchmark review to find out what this means for its hardware requirements.

Lacking technical refinement. The Callisto Protocol joins a long list of games in the last few years that released in an unfinished state. Despite the game's technical flaws, we took it upon ourselves to see how well the game runs on various notebook and desktop GPUs using the built-in benchmark.