Author Archives: Gordon Mah Ung

Acer’s Nitro 7 has long been the middle child Jan Brady in the company’s gaming laptop family, sandwiched between the bulkier, but lower-cost Nitro 5 and the more luxurious Predator Triton 500-series. To read this article in full, please click … Continue reading →

Apple’s news on Monday that it will be dropping Intel’s x86 CPUs for its own ARM chips can mean only one thing to anyone who doesn’t want to be left behind: Don’t buy a Mac.You may think this is another Internet-baiting hot take that will ar… Continue reading →

The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550 is a dual-screen gaming laptop that’s learned a thing or two. It has a few predecessors, most recently the HP Omen X 2S 15 and Asus ZenBook Pro from 2019. But auxiliary screen sizes have been the limiting fact… Continue reading →

The MSI GS66 Stealth is the latests GS-series laptop from the company, and it continues the tradition of pushing the envelope on thin-and-light gaming machines.With the GS66 Stealth, MSI redesigns the trend-setting GS65 Stealth to be, well, a bit st… Continue reading →

Pay no attention to those rumors that say AMD’s upcoming Zen 3 CPUs are being delayed until next year, sources tell PCWorld.
Update: AMD officials have now confirmed that Zen 3 is on track. This article originally published on June 16, 2020 but wa… Continue reading →

With its new Ryzen XT-series CPUs, AMD may have stolen a page from Intel’s playbook by offering a moderate clock speed bump while taking away the bundled cooler.Although accidentally leaked already, the three CPUs are officially:
Ryzen 9 3900XT wi… Continue reading →

If AMD’s new mobile Ryzen 4000 CPUs are on your radar, you’re probably facing a laptop buying decision you haven’t considered in a long time (if ever): AMD or Intel?The bigger question some are asking is this: “Should I even buy an Intel-bas… Continue reading →

If you were waiting for another laptop besides the Dell G5 15 SE gaming laptop to feature AMD’s new SmartShift technology this year—don’t hold your breath.Smartshift, which can dynamically shift performance resources between a Radeon GPU and R… Continue reading →

The HP Pavilion Gaming 16 knows that sometimes a 15-inch laptop is a little too small, and a 17-inch laptop can be a lot too big. As its name suggests, the Pavilion Gaming 16 splits the difference, building itself around the uncommon 16.1-inch diag… Continue reading →

The HP Omen 15 claims to be the “smallest 15-inch gamingâ€� laptop that costs less than $1,000. Even more interesting is what’s inside: your choice of AMD and Intel CPUs.Announced Tuesday and available immediately at HP.com and Best Buy, the Ome… Continue reading →