Laptops need more and more power to perform more intensive tasks. Especially when you’re on the go to get your work done, it can sometimes get very heavy and tiring. Thanks to generative AI and hybrid work environments, such tasks can be handled better and better and with NVIDIA’s new 500 and 1000 RTX laptop GPUs, it should get even [...]
Normally laptops are not my area here at IgorsLab, but the leap from a mini PC is not far. Acemagic probably thought so too, because instead of sending one of the small systems for a test as usual, they sent a notebook. You can find out in the following test report whether the jump ends successfully or is more likely to be a crash. Packaging and [...]
Intel is working on its next major upgrade for laptops, which is aimed at energy-saving platforms and will be released in the form of Lunar Lake CPUs. The first models are expected to be available on the market by the end of 2024. In addition, Intel plans to launch its Arrow Lake product line, which will serve a variety of platforms, including [...]
Last year, there were reports that AMD was working on processors with lower clock speeds within its Dragon Range-HX CPU series. These processors for laptops retain the powerful Zen 4-core architecture and offer up to 16 cores, but at a slightly lower clock speed. The goal is to utilize all Dragon Range CPU chips for gaming laptops and offer more [...]
Once again, I was faced with the task of buying my lovely wife a replacement keyboard for her iPad. But with the requirement to convert the tablet into a notebook. She wants to write her book on the train and that doesn’t work with the simple models. What’s more, 2 different ones have gone in just under 2 years and none of them were [...]
The AMD Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Point” SKUs will be launched as an update to the current Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix” family. The Phoenix APUs are still very popular and AMD plans to update them first before launching the larger upgrades in the form of the Strix Ryzen 8050 series in mid-2024. The Hawk Point APUs will continue to utilize [...]
Es sind mittlerweile erste Benchmarks des Intel Core i7-14700HX “Raptor Lake-HX Refresh” Prozessors aufgetaucht und sie zeigen eine vielversprechende Leistungssteigerung im Vergleich zu seinem Vorgänger. Der Intel Core i7-14700HX ist der Nachfolger des Core i7-13700HX und gehört zur 14. Generation der Raptor Lake-HX Refresh CPU-Familie [...]
I wonder when Corsair will launch its own car with Capellix RGB lighting. Even Corsair itself probably doesn’t know yet whether this will work electrically or with direct hydrogen combustion. But the guys and gals seem to be capable of anything. Since last year, there are also notebooks from Corsair and I’ll take a closer look at the [...]
Insider Golden Pig Upgrade already has the new AMD Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix” APU-powered laptop in its possession and will be testing it like many other tech outlets. This means that customers who want to purchase the latest Phoenix laptop will have to be patient. However, it is unfortunate that the exact time when customers can purchase [...]
YouTubers Evan and Katelyn designed and made their own super-sized laptop that weighs over 100 pounds (about 45 kg). With the weight, you might wonder how it’s even possible to hold something that heavy on your lap, but for a very short time (assuming massive thighs) it might be doable (for a quick photo). This project involves a 43-inch TV [...]
The colleagues from Notebookcheck have tested the 16-core Zen4 Raphael and tried out the brand-new ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo. Today’s review focuses only on CPU performance, with more details on gaming performance to follow later (although they have already released a teaser). According to the combined results, the flagship Ryzen 9 7945HX is [...]
The very first Ryzen 9 7945HX benchmark was spotted in the Geekbench database. This processor is part of AMD’s “Dragon Range” series with up to 16 Zen4 cores and 32 threads. The number of threads is just as high as in Intel’s 13th generation Core HX models. Generation, but the number of cores is lower (compared to 24). The [...]
Der8auer visited Intel labs where the company’s current and upcoming processors are tested. In doing so, he explains the structure of the Intel reference platform used for testing and the capabilities these motherboards offer Intel engineers. Most of these features are not available to users (and never will be). Der8auer shows Intel’s [...]
The problem that low-end SKUs are outshone by flagship SKUs at similar power consumption above a certain range because they have more power reserves is generally known and documented. This became a real issue two GeForce generations ago, forcing NVIDIA and laptop manufacturers to disclose more information about the TBP (Total Board Power) of each [...]
Four new PCI device IDs were found, which do not belong to any of the currently known NVIDIA graphics cards. The designations are in no way official, but have been suggested by the operators of the PCI ID database, who often receive initial information earlier. Allegedly, four new mobile GPUs will be launched soon, each with a different GPU model: [...]
The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Raphael architecture (codenamed Dragon Range). This hybrid of mobile and desktop processor will probably power most high-end gaming laptops based on AMD hardware, such as Alienware m16/m18, ASUS ROG Strix or Lenovo Legion. According to AMD, these CPUs should work with TDPs of [...]
The final driver for the integrated RDNA3 graphics is probably still a few weeks away. Nevertheless, some preliminary results on the Bilibili platform with the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS processor, codenamed Phoenix, have now been published. This processor type features the latest AMD architectures like the Zen4 CPU with 8 cores and RDNA3 for graphics [...]
This week, Jarrod’s Tech is at it again. The YouTube channel had the opportunity to show the performance of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 laptop GPU, which will be used in the upcoming Razer Blade 16 gaming laptop. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 laptop GPU is insanely fast compared to the RTX 3080 Ti for both gaming and workload creation. An [...]
A notebook in my test – what’s up? Yes, there is always a first time. By chance, I became aware of the product and thought to myself: Hey, there is an OLED display and quite potent hardware installed. I’ll definitely have to check that out. I have to say that I was most interested in the OLED panel. So, I sent a request to MSI [...]
We already had all the relevant information about the Ryzen 6000 for mobile use at CES, but AMD has now added some more details. Zen3+ features the improved Zen 3 cores with up to 5 GHz clock and a new RDNA 2 graphics with a targeted doubling of performance. The whole thing is manufactured in TSMC’s N6 and also features a completely new [...]
