Everything is getting AI and voice assistant integration today and Qualcomm has announced tech that aims to make it easier for manufacturers to roll Amazon Alexa into earbuds and other devices. Qualcomm has announced the industry’s first qualified end-to-end Bluetooth Smart Headset reference design. This design has push button support for Alexa for users of …more
Qualcomm announced a new Snapdragon 675 platform this week (press release) and noted that the new platform is aimed directly at “outstanding gaming” and advanced AI along with “cutting-edge” camera performance. The SoC will land for consumer devices in early 2019. On the gaming side of things, Qualcomm says the 675 will deliver high frame …more
We just ran across a special offer on Newegg where you’ll get a free Gigabyte P650B 650W ATX 80 PLUS BRONZE certified power supply with the purchase of a Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8GB RGB video card for $859.99. It isn’t super often that you come across a promotion that gives you a power …more
We all know that some services consume more of the global internet bandwidth than others. It’s not hard to assume that streaming giants like Netflix, YouTube, and Prime Video slurp lots of internet capacity globally. What might surprise you is just how much of that global traffic PlayStation downloads generate. Netflix makes up 15% of …more
Black Ops 4 developer Treyarch made a post over on Reddit recently that talked about the October 21 update for the game. That update addressed issue with the game globally that had to do with bugs and glitches. Part of that post also directly addressed allegations of reduced server performance for the game at launch …more
One of the things that annoy users of the current iPad Pro tablets is Apple’s continued insistence on using the proprietary Lightning port. Apple has sent out invites for an event that will happen this month and is expected to be for the launch of new iPad Pros. A rumor is making the rounds that …more
There has been a lot of drama going on when it comes to benchmarking the Intel Core i9 9900k processor against rival AMD parts. AMD and its own Robert Hallock, Senior Technical Marketing Manager at AMD, have put together a two-page PDF document that covers best benchmarking practices for consumers and reviewers. This is the …more
Taco Bell is running a contest in cooperation with Microsoft that gives customers a chance to win one of the available custom Xbox One X game consoles. The console is a monotone Xbox One X and when the console powers on, it makes the Taco Bell “ring” tone heard in all its commercials. The special …more
If you have been half expecting Rockstar to delay the long-anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2 again, you aren’t alone. It looks like this time Rockstar will really deliver with the announcement that pre-loads of the game will start this week. Specifically, those who plan on buying the game can pre-load it on Friday, October 19 …more
If you were around and playing games back when the original Crysis hit PCs, you will remember that the game was notorious for bringing high-end machines of the time to their knees. The game later landed on consoles and if you are an Xbox One Gamer, Crysis and the sequels Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 …more
Over the weekend a beta was held for Fallout 76 and to participate the chosen gamers had to sign an NDA. That NDA was clear, no posting of pictures, video, or even allowing others to watch you play. One guy decided to ignore all those rules and posted a 90-second video on Twitter reports Forbes. …more
NVIDIA has touted how deep learning technology on their Turing GPU architecture will change gaming and is finally showing off some detailed benchmark results. NVIDIA is using the Infiltrator benchmark to show TAA (Temporal Anti-Aliasing) versus DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) on Pascal versus Turing powered cards. The benchmarks were done on Windows v1803 at …more
A new patch will land for Fortnite today and the patch will bring with it a new feature- in-game tournaments. The first tournaments will start today. Tournament mode supports skill-based matchmaking enabling a balanced playing field report VGR. This is good news for new to the game players as it means that one, very good …more
PC gamers responded well to the latest Call of Duty game, Black Ops 4, as sales of the PC version of the game are reported to be more than double the sales of last year’s CoD launch. PCGamer reports that Activision has said that PC sales have hit a new franchise high. The new game …more
9th Gen Intel Core i9 9900K The Intel Core i9-9900K 8-Core, 16-Thread LGA1151 95W desktop processor that was announced earlier this month is finally something you can walk into a store today and purchase! It’s certainly been a long and weird road to get to this point, but here we are. We’ve already covered much …more
RTX 2070 – Turing For The Masses The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 graphics cards starts shipping tomorrow and we are allowed to post our benchmark review today. This is NVIDIA’s newest mid-range enthusiast graphics card that should be widely available in the $499 to $599 price range. Just like more expensive NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX …more
Savage EXO SSD – The First Portable SSD Series From HyperX Today we’ll be taking a look at the HyperX Savage EXO, which is one of the newest USB 3.1 Gen 2 portable SSDs on the market. Inside, HyperX went with a SATA III drive powered by the Marvell 88SS1074 controller paired with 64-layer 3D …more
Enabling SLI on the RTX 2080 Ti with an NVLink Bridge A number of sites already have GeForce RTX 2080 SLI coverage up, but we just recently got our hands on everything needed for an SLI setup. That means we can give you our own performance testing and thoughts! We’ll be using two NVIDIA GeForce …more
ROG STRIX RTX 2080 OC Edition – ASUS Shows How To Do It! The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is a great graphics card, but NVIDIA’s board partners are looking to differentiate themselves by offering something better. NVIDIA is making that tough for this generation as they moved away from the blower-style fan and …more
Have you been one of the many out there that have been looking for a USB to NVMe drive adapter that will allow you to use whatever brand SSD you want and is fully bus powered? The new MyDigitalSSD M2X Portable USB 3.1 Gen 2 M.2 PCI Express SSD External Enclosure Adapter might be what …more
Today we’ll be taking a look at the HyperX FURY RGB SSD. This SATA III 2.5-inch drive series is available in 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities and each has a light bar inside to give your gaming PC a little RGB lighting in a place that most don’t. This is yet another SATA III 6 …more
GeForce RTX 2080 Series Cards Arrive With Turing The NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 20-series is without a doubt the most anticipated graphics cards for 2018. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-series was released in May 2016, so this new series has been years in the making. NVIDIA already announced the RTX 20-series cards as well as allowed us …more
Last month, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the GeForce RTX 2000 series graphics cards ahead of Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. The RTX 2000 series is exciting not only because it is the first new GPU series from NVIDIA in over two years, but also because it is using the new Turing GPU. The NVIDIA Turing …more
Legit Reviews was recently able to get a Lisa Pearce, Intel Vice President, Platform Engineering Group Director, Visual and Parallel Computing Group Software Engineering, to sit down and talk about iGPU and dGPU graphics drivers. Intel recently announced that they will be bringing a discrete graphics card solution to market in 2020. This is the …more
Legit Reviews was recently contacted by Shenzhen Youkeshu Technology to see if we’d like to review their ELEPAWL EP6 Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Bluetooth Headphones. We like to cover new companies to keep the content fresh on the site, so we figured we’d give Youkeshu a chance. We were also intrigued by the price point …more
Our First Time Benchmarking The SM2262EN Controller The Silicon Motion, Inc. (SMI) SM2262 Gen3 x4 NVMe 1.3 high-performance controller has had much success in 2018 thanks to having sequential Read/Write performance up to 3200/1900 MB/s and 4K Random performance is up to 370,000 IOPS! The affordable price of this 8-channel controller along with its solid performance …more
Samsung Portable SSD X5 – Thunderbolt 3 and NVMe SSD For Max Performance Samsung is entering the Thunderbolt 3 market today by unveiling their first-ever NVMe-based portable solid state drive (SSD) – the Samsung Portable SSD X5. The X5 series features speeds of up to 2,800 MB/s read and 2,300 MB/s write, making it an ideal portable storage device …more
Gigabyte / Aorus is well known for their reliable motherboards and video cards. Like most companies, they are slowly diversifying their catalog branching into other markets; today they are expanding their product line into memory. I believe they are the first motherboard manufacturer that is daring to step into the memory market. As it is …more
Get Monster Hunter: World Free With Select EVGA GeForce GTX 10-Series October 23rd, 2018 – In Monster Hunter: World, you’ll hunt gigantic monsters in amazing landscapes while crafting epic weapons to take on an even bigger, badder beasts. Upgrade your weaponry with an EVGA GeForce GTX 10-Series powered graphics card and enjoy the ultimate hunting experience. …more
ADATA Establishes XPG Overclocking Lab Taipei, Taiwan – October 22, 2018 –ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash products, announces that it has established a new facility at its headquarters in New Taipei, Taiwan dedicated to pushing the limits of memory performance, the XPG Overclocking Lab (XOCL). The XOCL is …more
Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform Brings Outstanding Gaming with Advanced AI and Cutting-Edge Camera Performance to Consumers in Early 2019 HONG KONG — Oct 22, 2018 — Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM), has introduced the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform. The Snapdragon 675 offers outstanding gaming, a leap in artificial …more
Qualcomm Announces the Latest and Smallest Additions in its Family of 5G NR mmWave Antenna Modules — New 5G NR mmWave modules are 25 percent smaller in size, allowing mobile device OEMs high design-in flexibility for their 5G mobile handset designs set to launch in early 2019 — HONG KONG — October 23, 2018 — Qualcomm …more
Micron Announces Intent to Acquire Remaining Interest in IM Flash Technologies Joint Venture Acquisition Will Enable Micron to Independently Drive R&D and Manufacturing of 3D XPoint Technology and Emerging Memory Roadmap at Utah Facility BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc., (NASDAQ: MU) today announced that the company intends to exercise …more
Change the Way You Work with the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Samsung elevates the mobile PC experience with LTE connectivity, multi-workday battery and included S Pen and keyboard for the modern work-life experience RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ – October 18, 2018 – Samsung Electronics America, Inc., today announced the Galaxy Book2—a new, always on, always connected PC …more
A Higher Intelligence: Huawei Unveils HUAWEI Mate 20 Series LONDON, United Kingdom—October 16, 2018—Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) today unveiled the HUAWEI Mate 20 Series, one of the most highly anticipated smartphone series of the year. Representing a momentous milestone in the history of the HUAWEI Mate Series, the HUAWEI Mate 20 Series embodies the …more
MSI ANNOUNCES CUSTOM GEFORCE RTX 2070 SERIES [Taipei, Taiwan] As the world’s most popular GAMING graphics card vendor, MSI is proud to introduce its full line up of graphics cards based on NVIDIA’s new Turing GPU with supreme performance. Equipped with revolutionary thermal design, MSI GeForce RTX 2070 series are optimized for higher core and …more
Spectrum Launches Spectrum Internet Gig and Spectrum Business Internet Gig in St. Louis ST LOUIS – (October 9, 2018) – Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) today announced the launch of Spectrum Internet Gig for residential customers and Spectrum Business Internet Gig for small and medium-sized business clients in St. Louis and surrounding areas, featuring the deployment …more
ASUS Republic of Gamers Collaborates with Activision and Intel to Introduce Limited Edition Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Products ROG Black Ops 4 Products Include Unique Styling, Custom AURA Integration, and Come Bundled with Digital Standard Edition of the Game for PC Fremont, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 20, 2018 — Today, ASUS Republic …more
AOC Introduces New G1 Series Curved Gaming Monitors Fremont, Calif. – September 7, 2018 – AOC, a worldwide leader in monitor display technology, today announces the new G1 Series of curved gaming monitors. This affordable line of gaming monitors packs powerful gaming specifications in an understated design with incredibly thin bezels, making them a perfect fit for the …more
Samsung Electronics Unveils Comprehensive Data Center SSD Line Up for Enterprise and Business Big Data Applications Comprehensive New Lineup Designed to Address Super Computing Trends of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things Ridgefield Park, N.J. – September 4, 2018 – Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today unveiled the Samsung Data Center solid-state drive (SSD) lineup to …more
New Athlon processors, Athlon PRO processors, and 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO desktop processors provide generational leap in performance every day to enterprise-focused workloads, and unified Socket AM4 infrastructure SANTA CLARA, Calif. 09/06/2018 AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced a reimagined family of AMD Athlon desktop processors with Radeon Vega graphics that have been optimized for everyday PC users: the AMD …more
CHARTER LAUNCHES SPECTRUM MOBILE: A SMARTER NETWORK, DESIGNED FOR THE FUTURE Spectrum Mobile Offers the Best Network and the Best Devices, all at the Best Value in St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4, 2018 – Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) today announced the full market launch of Spectrum Mobile for new and existing Spectrum Internet …more
