ZenWatch 2 runs Android Wear Asus-style
Asus has crafted the follow-up to its ZenWatch, the ZenWatch 2, and it comes in two face sizes: 1.63" and 1.45". The company not-so-subtly indicates that the bigger version is meant "for him," while the more petite one is "for her." There's no accounting for taste, but both watches look stylish enough to my eyes:
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Asus previews ROG Swift PG348Q and PG279Q G-Sync monitors
A liquid-cooled laptop wasn't the only insane thing Asus unveiled at IFA today. The company is hopping on the curved gaming monitor bandwagon in a big way with its 34" Republic of Gamers PG348Q display. That expansive vista holds a 3440x1440 IPS panel with G-Sync baked in for smooth fragging. The PG348Q's housing and stand are undeniably unique, too: it's like a Wankel rotor connected to a fusion reactor.
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Wanted for review: AMD's Radeon R9 Nano
Although we've covered the Fiji GPU and the Radeon R9 Nano graphics card closely since it was first announced, I've just been informed that AMD has chosen not to provide TR with a product sample for review. The reasons behind this decision aren't clear to me, but whatever.
Here's the deal: we are in need of an R9 Nano card to review. If you're in the industry and somehow have access to one, please contact me at damage@techreport.com . I only need to borrow ...
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MSI's Z170A Gaming M5 motherboard reviewed
Gaming PCs are a growing market. This bright spot within the otherwise shrinking world of PC sales has gotten the attention of motherboard makers. MSI has offered its own lineup of gamer-oriented boards for the last couple of chipset generations to target this burgeoning segment, and the company's Z170 Gaming boards continue this tradition.
If you've somehow missed the trend, here are the important points. Gaming-branded boards typically involve subtle tweaks to the tried-and-true enthusiast formula. They usually ...
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Qualcomm debuts Kryo custom CPU for the Snapdragon 820
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 SoC is an ambitious one. We already know that the company is targeting 40% improvements for graphics performance and power consumption with the chip's Adreno 530 GPU. Today, the company is throwing us another bone with details of the chip's custom CPU block, called Kryo.
Kryo is a 64-bit, quad-core processor built on a 14-nm FinFET process, and Qualcomm says it'll be able to reach speeds up to 2.2GHz. What's more, Kryo is supposed to deliver twice the performance of the Snapdragon 810 ...
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MSI's H170 and B150 mobos bring Skylake to the gaming masses
MSI has expanded its portfolio of all-caps GAMING motherboards with mainstream models based on Intel's H170 and B150 chipsets, with support for Skylake CPUs.
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Phone screens make the leap to 4K with Sony's Xperia Z5 Premium
At IFA, Sony showed off its Xperia Z5 family in small, medium and large sizes. The biggest of the bunch is the Xperia Z5 Premium, and it's equipped with an eye-popping 4K display.
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Acer Predator laptops stay cool under fire with Skylake
Acer has revealed its take on Skylake-infused gaming laptops under its Predator brand. Available in both 15" and 17" sizes, this new breed is powered by Intel Core i7-6700HQ Skylake CPUs, graphics cards as powerful as Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980M, and up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM. All Predator notebooks are Nvidia G-Sync-enabled, and their display resolutions range up to 3860x2140 (4K).
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Satellite Radius 12 notebook packs a color-correct 4K screen
Toshiba has announced what it calls the world's first 12.5" convertible with a 4K screen. The Satellite Radius 12 is a svelte machine with a 12.5" 3840x2160 IPS screen. This panel can reproduce 100% of the Adobe RGB color gamut, which could make this Satellite a good choice for color-critical work.
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Acer's Predator displays stalk their prey with G-Sync
Acer has added a quartet of G-Sync monitors to its Predator lineup at IFA in Berlin.
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Republic of Gamers laptops power up with Skylake CPUs
The full Skylake CPU lineup is here, and Asus isn't wasting any time getting Intel's latest chips into its Republic of Gamers notebooks.
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MSI infuses its gaming laptops with Skylake CPUs
MSI is stepping up its game by adding Skylake CPUs to its gaming-oriented notebooks. The refreshed MSI gaming notebook lineup has Skylake Core i7 CPUs, DDR4 memory, Geforce GTX GPUs, and a host of other interesting features.
All the machines come with SteelSeries RGB LED-backlit keyboards with "silver lining print," which is supposed to let the backlight shine while reducing eye strain during long gaming sessions. Surround-sound virtualization is handled by Nahimic's Audio Enhancer ...
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