The first gaming laptops with NVIDIA RTX graphics are starting to ship, but for the most part you’re stuck with the graphics card that you choose when you buy your computer. Unlike gaming desktops, gaming laptops don’t usually have upgradeable graphics. Premium computer company Eurocom, on the other hand, does sell laptops with upgradeable graphics, […]
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Gigabyte’s new external graphics dock houses a GeForce RTX 2070 GPU
Adding a high-end graphics card to a desktop PC isn’t usually all that hard. But things get trickier when you want to add desktop-class graphics to a laptop or mini-desktop (which may have no room for a discrete GPU). Enter graphics docks, which allow you to use a desktop graphics card with any computer… as […]
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NVIDIA is bringing ray tracing to laptops this month
Less than half a year after introducing its first desktop graphics cards with support for real-time ray tracing, NVIDIA is bringing the technology to mobile devices. The company says the first laptops with GeForce RTX 20xx graphics will be available starting January 29th, and we should see as many as 40 different models from “every […]
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NVIDIA’s next-gen MX250 entry-level laptop graphics leaked
NVIDIA offers a range of graphics processors for laptops and desktops, and over the past year or so we’ve seen a number of notebooks ship with the company’s entry-level MX150 graphics. The GPU offers better graphics performance than you’d get from Intel’s integrated graphics alone, while having relatively low power consumption — so when you’re […]
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Intel Bean Canyon NUC review
Intel’s NUC line of mini computers have been around for years, offering a combination of compact design and decent performance for situations where you might want the power of a full-fledged PC, but you’d prefer if it didn’t take up a lot of space. For the most part, Intel NUC computers feature laptop-class hardware. But […]
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Intel promises 2X better graphics with Gen11 integrated GPU
Intel’s integrated graphics technology has come a long way in recent years, making it possible to power multiple 4K displays or play some less demanding 3D games on a computer featuring just an Intel processor with an Intel UHD integrated GPU. But rivals AMD and NVIDIA haven’t exactly been sitting still — NVIDIA’s entry-level MX130 […]
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Intel confirms its new discrete GPU coming in 2020
Most recent Intel processors for desktops, laptops, and tablets feature integrated graphics capable of driving 4K displays and maybe even some gaming tasks. But Intel has been beefing up its graphics team recently, and now the company has confirmed recent reports that it plans to launch a discrete graphics card in 2020. The news comes […]
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Lilbits 327: Will Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 850 be fast enough?
Qualcomm is working on a new processor designed specifically for Windows tablets and laptops. It’s called the Snapdragon 850 and it’s basically a sibling to the Snapdragon 845 chip that powers the latest high-end Android smartphones, but it’s optimized for larger devices that have more space to help dissipate heat, which could allow the chip […]
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Shuttle’s DH02U mini PC packs NVIDIA graphics, measures 1.7 inches thick
Shuttle is updating its line of small form-factor PCs with two of the smallest desktops to feature NVIDIA GeForce graphics. The Shutttle DH02U measures 7.5″ x 6.5″ x 1.7″ and features an Intel Celeron 3865U dual-core processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics, while the Shuttle DH02U5 is the same size and packs an Intel […]
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Samsung developing GPUs for smartphones, autonomous vehicles
Samsung already develops its own ARM-based processors that are used in some of the company’s smartphones, tablets, and other devices. But it looks like Samsung is looking to take even more control over the design of those chips. Most Exynos processors tend to use Mali graphics designed by ARM. But according to a job posting […]