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RTX Spark Gaming Performance: Good for Gaming?

RTX Spark gaming laptop platform in NVIDIA Gamescom artwork

RTX Spark gaming performance is promising, but no retail laptop has a controlled gaming benchmark yet. RTX Spark laptops have been shipping since October 16. Surface, HP, Lenovo and selected MSI configurations are orderable, while Dell and some ASUS configurations remain on preorder. NVIDIA claims AAA play at 1440p above 100 FPS with ray tracing, … Read more

RX 9070 XT Hellhound Resonance Edition: Essential Guide

RX 9070 XT Hellhound Resonance Edition card, game code, and themed mousepad

RX 9070 XT Hellhound Resonance Edition is a standard PowerColor Hellhound in expensive-looking game art, not a faster graphics card. PowerColor gives it the same 3,010 MHz maximum boost clock, 16GB of GDDR6 memory, cooler dimensions, and power requirements as the regular model. The box adds a copy of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy and … Read more

Manual Walking Pad: 5 Honest Non-Motorized Picks

Manual walking pad by Office Walker used at a desk

Manual walking pad design splits the market in two. Most cheap non-motorized treadmills need an incline and handrails, while the low-profile models that genuinely fit under a desk cost much more. The best current desk-first option is the Office Walker preorder. For a lower-cost workout machine, the Soozier is the strongest lower-cost option, but it … Read more

Gaming Laptop vs MacBook: The Essential Guide

MacBook Pro connected to two external displays at a desk

Gaming laptop vs MacBook is an easy decision once you stop pretending one machine is better at everything. Buy the gaming laptop if Windows games, CUDA software, replaceable memory, or maximum graphics performance matter most. Buy the MacBook if battery life, quiet portable work, macOS, and colour-managed creative apps carry more weight. Trying to force … Read more