PlayStation gamers who need to renew or buy a PlayStation Plus membership will want to check out this deal. Gamers in the US can hop over to G2A for a limited time and get a year of PlayStation Plus for $43.57. The deal is only good for US gamers reports Comicbook. That $43.47 price represents …more
Apple wants to get rid of all the external suppliers it can and make components for its devices in house. Going in house is part of Apple’s drive to squeeze all the profits and margins from its product lines possible. As part of this deal, reports indicate that Intel expects Apple to transition away from …more
SoundCloud has announced that it is getting into the music distribution market with a new set of tools in the SoundCloud Premier program. The tools allow Soundcloud Pro or Pro Unlimited users to distribute music to other platforms. The other platforms include Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited, YouTube Music, and other services. Premier distribution …more
Epic Games has the hottest game out there to its credit, and that game is Fortnite. A company out of the UK called Exciting Events wanted to capitalize on the popularity of Fortnite and hosted an unofficial themed event in Norwich. Epic has now sued that event out of existence. Exciting Events did host the …more
Intel today announced ‘The Odyssey’, a community-based program that will help create better relations with their users. The goal of the program is to facilitate two-way conversation where Intel engineering and business leaders will listen, engage and bring along a genuinely passionate community on a journey into a better visual experience. The feedback received will help …more
Epic Games launched a patch for Apex Legends this week on PS4, Xbox, and PC. The update is focused on reducing crashes and squashing bugs in gameplay for the device. PlayStation gamers will be thrilled about the patch. This update is specifically targeting a stability issue on the PS4 that sees the GPU hang, and …more
Logitech has announced that its MX518 gaming mouse has returned. The updated mouse has new hardware inside, but retains the same shape and feel that made the MX518 a classic for users around the world. Under the hood are a new HERO 16K sensor and a 32-bit ARM processor. The updated MX518 has a 1ms …more
Far Cry fans might not be happy with the latest installment of the franchise, Far Cry New Dawn. As popular as the previous entry in the franchise, Far Cry 5 was, New Dawn has tanked in sales compared to FC5. Reports indicate that sales are down significantly compared to both Far Cry Primal and Far …more
Amazon unveiled a very cool wall clock last year that was designed to show you at a glance the timers you had counting down with Alexa. It was probably a hit mostly with the folks who spend a lot of time in the kitchen or parents of kids that need a visual reminder of how …more
Razer wanted to get in on the digital sales action for video games to fight against Steam. The problem for Razer is that gamers stayed away. The Razer Game Store launched last April, and Razer has now announced that the store will close this month. The store closure is part of Razer’s realignment plans. Razer …more
The developers behind an older VR game that can be purchased on Steam called Apex Construct are having a hard time since Apex Legends launched. Sales of Apex Construct are up massively because gamers on Steam can’t be bothered to read a description. Apex Construct is being confused for Apex Legends because of the name …more
One of the big complaints that gamers had in Fallout 76 was that nefarious players had large numbers of duped items. Bethesda has now removed a massive amount of duped items in the game and is getting praised by players for a change. Bethesda said that it went after a list of over 400 weapon …more
Apple has been under a sales ban on some of its older models of smartphones in Germany after losing in court to Qualcomm. To get around that sales ban Apple has done something that it isn’t happy with, but consumers will appreciate. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 smartphones will be up for sale again …more
The game Apex Legends has quickly become one of the most popular battle royale titles out there. It launched yesterday on the Xbox One console and caused issues for some users. Respawn announced that it had found an issue with the Through the Heart DMR skin that was part of the Valentine’s Day update for …more
The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Arrives With Turing NVIDIA Turing-based GeForce RTX graphics cards have amazing performance and are the first consumer cards on the market to have dedicated RT and Tensor cores to accelerate Ray Tracing and AI. The GeForce RTX series pricing starts with the RTX 2060 Founders Edition at $379 and tops out …more
ADATA XPG EMIX H30 XPG is the gaming division of ADATA, who manufactures many different things, however we are focused on their PC peripherals. ADATA is probably best known for their memory, and USB storage devices. XPG focuses their attention on providing the PC components with the features that gamers need. For audio, XPG has …more
Is The Affordable EVGA RTX 2060 XC Right For You? NVIDIA Turing-based GeForce RTX graphics cards are now widely available at retailers worldwide and we are starting to see some selling for less than the suggested retail price! The introduction of the GeForce RTX 2060 cards means that gamers can now get an RTX-20 series …more
Radeon VII Arrives With 16GB Memory The Radeon VII has finally arrived and we are now able to tell you about AMD has done with 2nd Gen Vega. For starters, the Radeon VII graphics card is the world’s first to be powered by a 7nm GPU. The move to 7nm was a big deal for …more
The AMD Radeon VII has been something that we’ve been benchmarking and gaming on for a number of days here at Legit Reviews. We’ve been pounding on AMD’s Radeon VII and while we can’t talk about performance just yet, we can give you a glimpse of the card and the special press kit that was …more
Intel Xeon W-3175X Arrives For Workstations Today, we have a real treat for our readers as Intel sent over a system powered by the mighty Intel Xeon W-3175X 28-core, 56-thread processor for us to try out. Intel has had a 28-core Skylake-SP processor on the market since 2017, but not like this one. Intel wanted …more
XPG INFAREX K20 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard XPG is the gaming division of ADATA, and has been manufacturing high performance computer peripherals for gamers and enthusiasts since 2010. XPG keeps close contact with the enthusiast market to determine their needs and develop the appropriate devices. Today, we are looking at their Infarex K20 mechanical gaming keyboard …more
Fractal Design Meshify S2 In late 2017, Fractal Design introduced the Meshify C, a mid-tower case with a Tempered glass side panel, and a distinctive front panel. In early 2018, they shrunk the case down to Micro-ATX size with the Meshify C Mini. Then in October 2018, Fractal Design took customization of the Meshify C …more
The Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus was released this morning and features the latest fifth generation Samsung V-NAND with optimized firmware for even more performance. The Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus is available in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB capacities right now with a 2TB capacity model coming out in April 2019. Performance on the 970 …more
Western Digital today introduced the WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD series that is targeted to gamers and hardware enthusiasts. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen a storage drive targeted at gamers, so I was excited to see what WD was releasing. Hopefully WD wasn’t just slapping a heatsink on the drive and calling it a …more
Do you need a sound card for your PC? EVGA has teamed up with the audiophiles over at Audio Note to create the EVGA NU Audio Card. The add-in sound card business is a new product segment for EVGA and one that isn’t flooded with a ton of options. For a number of years now …more
Real-time ray tracing on Battlefield V was pretty impressive when it came out in November 2018, but GeForce RTX series cards took a pretty big performance hit when turning on this new feature. The good news is that in December 2018 a patch for Battlefield V along with the latest GeForce drivers were able to improve …more
RTX 2060 – Turing For The Masses The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 has arrived and promises to bring Turing GPU performance and features to mainstream gamers. With a price of $349 for the RTX 2060 Founders Edition and partner cards, this card is poised to be one of the most popular models for 2019. NVIDIA …more
Huawei Mate 20 Pro – Packed With Cool Features When the Huawei Mate 20 Pro showed up to be reviewed back in October I went straight to using the smartphone to see how I liked it. Well, it’s been two months and I’m still using the Huawei Mate 20 Pro as it has the best …more
Jabra Launches Elite 85h Headphones With SmartSound: Exclusive AI Technology for Intelligent Adaptive Audio – Best-in-class headphones sets new standards with maximum battery life, custom engineered 40mm speakers and advanced six-microphone call technology for crystal-clear sound – SmartSound technology: AI for adaptive sound environments – Digital Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation for total calls and music immersion – 100 percent hands-free …more
RAZER BLADE 15 UPDATED WITH NEW NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX GRAPHICS World’s smallest 15.6” gaming laptop, available with up to GeForce RTX 2080 GPU with Max-Q design, delivers high framerates and quick renders IRVINE, Calif. – Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, announced today a new range of the Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model gaming …more
NETGEAR Advances the Smart Home Experience With New Technologies Introduced at CES 2019 LAS VEGAS, Jan. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), the leading provider of networking devices that power today’s smart home and small businesses, has been named a CES® 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree for a range of new products across the company’s …more
LAS VEGAS, NEV., JANUARY 7, 2019 – Cooler Master, a global leader in designing and manufacturing innovative gaming peripherals and computer components, will be showcasing its new line up of wireless peripherals including the MH670 gaming headset, MM831 gaming mouse, SK621 65-key travel size keyboard, SK631 60% layout keyboard, SK651 full-layout keyboard, and the GS750 …more
Today, AMD announced a number of exciting additions to its mobility line-up, encompassing all notebook segments, including: 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Mobile Processors powering ultrathin and gaming notebooks, AMD Athlon 300 Series Mobile Processors powering mainstream notebooks with the fast and efficient “Zen” core, and Optimized 7th Gen AMD A-Series processors elevating performance …more
Qualcomm Introduces The World’s First 7 Nanometer PC Platform —Designed from the Ground up for the Next Generation of Computing Experiences, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx is the Most Extreme Snapdragon Ever, Bringing Breakthrough Innovations to PC Design— HAWAII — December 6, 2018 — During the third day of the annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm Technologies, …more
Qualcomm Announces New Flagship Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform – A New Decade of 5G, AI, and XR —World’s First Commercial 5G Mobile Platform is Sampling to Customers Now and Excepted to Support Premium Multi-Gigabit Smartphones in the first half of 2019— HAWAII — December 5, 2018 — During the second day of the annual Snapdragon Technology …more
Verizon and Samsung to release 5G smartphone in the U.S. in first half of 2019 NEW YORK – Verizon and Samsung announced their plan to bring one of the first commercial 5G smartphones to market in the first half of 2019. The companies will unveil a proof of concept, powered by the upcoming flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon …more
SK Hynix Inc. Announces 1Ynm 16Gb DDR5 DRAM Seoul, November 15, 2018 – SK Hynix Inc. (or ‘the Company’, www.skhynix.com) announced that it has developed 16Gb (Gigabits) DDR5 (Double Data Rate 5) DRAM, the industry’s first DDR5 to meet the JEDEC standards. The same 1Ynm process technology used for the recently-developed 1Ynm 8Gb DDR4 DRAM …more
SK Hynix Launches World’s First ‘CTF-based 4D NAND Flash’ (96-Layer 512Gb TLC) Seoul, November 4, 2018 – SK Hynix Inc. (or ‘the Company’, www.skhynix.com) launched the world’s first 96-Layer 512Gb (Gigabit) ‘CTF based 4D (Four-Dimensional) NAND Flash (4D NAND)’ based on its TLC (Triple-Level Cell) arrays, using 3D CTF (Charge Trap Flash) design paired with the PUC …more
Kingston Digital Top Branded Channel SSD Maker in 2017 Kingston Leads All Competitors with 23 Percent Market Share Rankings Recently Released by Analyst Firm DRAMeXchange, a Division of TrendForce Fountain Valley, CA – October 30, 2018 – Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced DRAMeXchange, a division …more
Samsung Demonstrates Gaming Benefits of the Samsung 970 Series at BlizzCon 2018 Samsung Electronics America partners with top PC builders for the ultimate game night with the 970 Series ANAHEIM, CA – November 2, 2018 – Samsung Electronics America, the official SSD partner of BlizzCon 2018, will be hosting Samsung Game Night featuring streamer and …more
Cooler Master Introduces the MasterCase SL600M Introducing the first in a new series of cases from Cooler Master LOS ANGELES, CALIF., OCTOBER 30, 2018 – Cooler Master, a global leader in manufacturing CPU coolers, computer components and peripherals, today, announced the availability of the MasterCase SL600M, marking the start of the SL series, designed to blur …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
