Gaming mice from Logitech and ASUS have solid discounts this weekend on Amazon, along with a great Razer gaming keyboard, RAM price cuts from PNY, mesh WiFI routers from TP-Link, and more.
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AMD has announced the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D CPU for gaming notebooks, with 3D V-Cache and 64MB of L3. However, it will only be in one high-end laptop, made by ASUS, when it launches in August.
ASUS has decided to mass-produce new graphics cards that don't need cables for their power source, but they will also require a custom motherboard, which means they could be expensive.
ASUS will now be able to make, sell and support the small form factor NUC PC systems under a non-exclusive contract with Intel, which will also allow ASUS to create future NUC-based designs.
You can get the Acer Nitro 5 gaming PC laptop for just $779.99 in this special Prime Day deal along with a number of other great gaming notebooks under $1,000 from ASUS, Lenovo, MSI,and more.
Amazon currently has great gaming keyboards from Corsair and Razer, along with two gaming mice from ASUS, that are all at all-time low prices and are less than $50 on Amazon right now.
An Asus ROG Ally teardown video shows its repairability and internal design comparison to Steam Deck. Battery, thumbsticks, and fans are modular and user-friendly for replacements or maintenance.
ASUS has issued a new security alert for many of its routers, including firmware patch downloads that are designed to fix a number of security issues that have been discovered in those devices.
Early reviews of the ASUS ROG Ally Windows 11 portable gaming PC have not been kind when it comes to its battery life but ASUS claims it will make improvements before its June 13 launch date.
This ASUS prototype ditches the normal power cord that's used for most graphics cards in favor of using a slot built into the motherboard, which should help with reducing the number of PC cables.
The newly revealed ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card uses a liquid metal thermal compound on the GPU to help cool the chip. The card and GPU are also housed inside an all-metal frame.
The NVIDIA G-Sync Ultra Low Motion Blur 2 technology offers over 1000 Hz of clarity to cut down on motion blur, but you will need a recent G-Sync monitor and a firmware update to use it.
The NVIDIA MGX server platform will be used by companies like ASRock Rack, ASUS, GIGABYTE, Pegatron, QCT and Supermicro to create and build servers in much less time compared to normal server designs.
In a live stream on Thursday, members of the ASUS Rog team answered questions about the upcoming ASUS ROG Ally portable gaming PC, including word that it will add features and improvements.
The ASUS ROG Ally is the Windows 11-based portable gaming PC with AMD's new Z1 Extreme processor, and it's due out in just over a month with Best Buy as its exclusive US retailer, for now.
An unconfirmed report claims the higher-end ASUS ROG Ally portable gaming PC model could have a price tag of €799 in Europe, which would make it more expensive than the top-end Steam Deck model.
A new leak claims that the cheaper version of the upcoming Windows 11-based ASUS ROG Ally portable game PC will cost $599.99, with the less powerful AMD Z1 processor and 256GB of onboard storage.
Leaks may have shed some light on the ROG Ally pricing targets. The reports show that the higher-end model of the Asus-developed handheld gaming PC will debut next month at $699.99.
AMD says the issue appears to be caused by much higher SoC voltage levels. A fix from the company is reportedly in the works, and some motherboard companies are updating their BIOSes as well.
ASUS went through a number of different prototype designs for a portable gaming PC before it settled on the final shape for the ASUS ROG Ally that will launch sometime later this year.
The two new Ryzen Z1 chips have up to eight Zen 4 cores and up to 16 threads, along with up to 12 AMD RDNA 3 compute units. They will be used first in the upcoming ASUS ROG Ally portable gaming PC.
The ASUS ROG Phone 7 and ROG Phone 7 Ultimate are the latest high end gaming Android smartphones in the ROG Phone series, and they will launch in some countries sometime later in April.
IDC says global PC shipments went down 29 percent in Q1 2023 compared to the same quarter a year ago, while Canalys claims the number was even worse, going down 33 percent in the quarter.
The ASUS ZenBook 14X OLED Space Edition Laptop, which includes a small secondary display on its lid, is one of the many ASUS notebooks that have deep discounts right now on Amazon.
AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs and AM5 boards are known to have really slow boot times in some cases. However, with the latest firmware update, Asus has significantly reduced the boot times.
Announced on April 1, and dismissed by most as an April Fools' joke, The ASUS ROG Ally has been confirmed as a real product. The Steam Deck-like Windows 11 portable PC gaming device is coming soon.
Lenovo has confirmed that it will no longer be making Legion gaming phones. Instead, it will most likely focus on the Moto line. Other gaming-related products won't be affected by this decision.
The ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 gaming notebook includes a second screen below the display that can be used for tons of applications, and it's currently discounted for hundreds of dollars on Amazon.
The ASUS AX5700 Wi-Fi 6 Gaming Router supports up to a 2 Gbps internet connection and supports router boost speeds up to 5,700 Mbps. It's currently on sale at Amazon with a 31 percent discount.
IDC has said that worldwide PC shipments will decline by 4.2% this year. It said shipments in 2022 started off well but deteriorated by the end of the year. It expects a recovery in 2024 and 2025.
NVIDIA's new lineup of Studio laptops, including laptops from ASUS, GIGABYTE, and Samsung, are "thinner, lighter, quieter". They are powered by GeForce RTX 4070, 4060, and 4050 Laptop GPUs.
Asus has announced a new ROG Xbox controller with an OLED display that can show important information. The controller can also connect to devices via USB-C, 2.4GHz RF mode, and Bluetooth.
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With help from Asus, Intel has finally managed to break AMD's CPU overclocking record, which stood the test of time for eight years. The Intel Core i9-13900K managed to surpass 9 GHz today.
The AMD RX 6500 XT 4GB variant, which is a really good card for light and eSports gaming, is on sale at the moment for just $100. This is half the price of what the 6500 XT's official MSRP is.
Here is your chance to upgrade your old graphics card to a much more potent and modern GPU for only $179.19. The ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 6GB can be yours with a massive 49% discount.
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Google introduced three new Chromebooks made in partnership with Lenovo, ASUS, and Acer. The laptops focus on cloud gaming and bring online services like Nvidia's GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud gaming.
Having only just launched the ASUS ROG Phone 6 and ASUS ROG Phone 6 Pro, images have surfaced of another two ROG devices, the ROG Phone 6D and ROG Phone 6D Ultimate, with a reported processor swap.
ICYMI, the U.S. CPSC has announced the formal recall of Asus ROG Z690 Maximus Hero motherboards. This boards had the potential to cause fire and burn hazard as it had a major manufacturer fault.
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Certain Windows PCs with Gigabyte and Asus motherboards have been found to be infected with a new "CosmicStrand" UEFI rootkit. The malware is an evolution of an older rootkit dubbed "Spy Shadow".
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