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Razer Kraken Ultimate Gaming Headset Review
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 " Right after connecting the Kraken Ultimate to our testing PC and trying out some games and 4K TV Shows, we have found the headset lacking bass and overall it was not giving out very much audio detail. After adjusting the output details via Synapse software (Bass Boost, EQ settings, etc), the difference was very noticeable and it was like we were wearing a complete different headset in our hands. Thanks to the large, custom-tuned 50mm drivers, explosions and weapon noises were well represented in CS: GO, car noises were correctly rendered in Forza Horizon 4, while the Witcher TV show atmosphere and voices could really make us think that we were present in a cinema chair, especially after turning THX effects on. Granted we are not getting audiophile grade quality from this particular headset, but its audio output should be enough for most mainstream crowd, not only for games but also for other multimedia content. "
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Intel's Mitigation For CVE-2019-14615 Graphics Vulnerability Obliterates Gen7 i
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"Yesterday we noted that the Linux kernel picked up a patch
mitigating an Intel Gen9 graphics vulnerability. It didn't sound too bad
at first but then seeing Ivy Bridge Gen7 and Haswell Gen7.5 graphics are
also affected raised eyebrows especially with that requiring a much
larger mitigation. Now in testing the performance impact, the current
mitigation patches completely wreck the performance of Ivybridge/Haswell
graphics performance."
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Microsoft Surface Pro X And Pro 7 Review
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The Surface Pro family has been around for years, but these latest tablet 2-in-1 devices come with a twist. First is the tried-and-true Surface Pro 7 with an Intel Core processor and a surprising amount of power for the form factor. However, the Surface Pro is now available with an Arm 64 system-on-a-chip (SoC) and platform from Qualcomm, to boost battery life and expand connectivity with Gigabit LTE, while still providing respectable performance.
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Sennheiser GSP 370 Wireless Gaming Headset Review
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Alongside that is a claimed 100-hour battery life, five times that of the GSP 670; an amount that almost seems unrealistic. You could go two or three weeks of reasonable usage between charging, something that’s pretty much unheard of in the wireless headset market.
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Team Group Delta Max RGB SSD 1 TB
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The Team Group Delta Max RGB SSD offers truly impressive RGB illumination that can be synced with your motherboard's lighting effects. Each of the LEDs in the SSD can be controlled separately, both in color and brightness. Performance is also very decent thanks to the combination of SMI controller and Samsung TLC flash.
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BIOSTAR M700 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSD
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With just $50 for the tested 512 GB model, the BIOSTAR M700 M.2 NVMe SSD is the most affordable SSD we ever reviewed, even cheaper than most 2.5" SATA drives. Thanks to its fast PCIe x4 3.0 interface paired with a SMI controller, performance is good too. Is there any reason left to buy a 2.5" SATA SSD?
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PNY Power Pack Power Delivery 10000 Review
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In this day and age everybody has multiple devices that travel with them on a daily basis, but what’s everyone’s worst nightmare? Losing power! That worry ends here with the Power Pack Power Delivery 10000 by PNY. This power bank is the perfect everyday safety net when it comes to charging your electronic devices. Equipped with a 10,000mAh capacity, two 12W USB 3.0 ports and a certified 18W output USB-C Power Delivery 3.0 port for fast charging, your devices are sure to survive.
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HyperX PulseFire Dart Wireless Gaming Mouse Review
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Could the latest PulseFire Dart Wireless Gaming Mouse by HyperX with its Pixart PMW3389 optical sensor, OMRON primary buttons, 50 hour battery life, Qi wireless charging and dual-zone RGB lighting system be the best of its kind currently? Today that's up to us to find out.
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SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 5600 XT In-Depth Review
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 5600 XT is one of the first Radeon RX 5600 XT cards to ship, and a highly-overclocked one at that too!
Here is our in-depth review of the SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 5600 XT graphics card, including noise and performance comparison of its two BIOS modes!
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Creative Sound BlasterX G6 Review
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Creative are known for making excellent audio products and more for gamers. Everyone has built in soundcards on their motherboards and these are good enough right? Well Creative think you’re wrong and that’s why they’ve made the Sound BlasterX G6 external USB sound card. This tiny package promises to change your listening experiences of gaming, media and music forever. Can this little box really have such a huge impact? We find out.
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AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
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AMD changes things too close to the NDA date of the Radeon RX 5600 XT, causing major issues at launch. We explain here."
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AMD Clarifies Last-Minute RX 5600 XT Overclocking!
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There has been speculation that AMD is giving the Radeon RX 5600 XT a SUPER power-up to compete against the discounted GeForce RTX 2060 cards.
We reached out to AMD about the last-minute Radeon RX 5600 XT overclocking, and here are a couple of things we found out...
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Is Nvidia RTX going to survive?
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Ever since the inception and announcement of RTX, Nvidia has hard a bumpy road getting it into the hands of gamers in a satisfying manner. The RTX launch title being Battlefield V which unfortunately took a patch about a month later to make RTX a much more playable technology for users. There has been a slow burn of titles integrating the ray tracing tech over the past year, but now we have another major AAA title that may be the key to RTX adoption. Some gamers love Battlefield for its realistic nature while some love COD for its more run and gun arcade gameplay. There is also a specific cross-section of users who can play both and enjoy them each for their merits and values.
Today we have the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for PC and we will be running it through its paces and showing what you can expect from three levels of GPU in the RTX family.
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Looking At The Linux Performance Two Years After Spectre / Meltdown Mitigations
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"Last week marked the two year anniversary since the formal
public disclosure of the Spectre and Meltdown disclosures. To
commemorate that anniversary, I was running some fresh benchmarks of
various Intel desktop and server processors with the in-development
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to look at the performance impact today with the
default CPU vulnerability mitigations and then again with the
mitigations disabled at run-time."
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