I recently got a Asus TUF A17 Gaming laptop and started playing games like Fortnite and Forza Horizon on it. Using MSI Afterburner to monitor the performance, the thermals were not performing very well. The CPU temps stayed at peak levels of 94-95 C when playing fortnite with clock speeds at 4025+ Mhz. Though Ryzen… Read More »
So I recently bought the Acer Aspire A515-45 Ryzen 5 5500U laptop. This laptop will be used for regular tasks, like web browsing, watching youtube videos, editing documents, blogging, taking notes etc. I checked quite a few laptops from other brands as well including Lenovo, MSI and Asus. Finally settled for this one for some… Read More »
Most standard laptops for office and professional use are equipped with displays with 60/75 Hz refresh rates. However when it comes to gaming, 60-75 Hz refresh rate is just not enough specially for first person fast shooting games like Fortnite, Valorant etc. So gaming laptops started providing higher refresh rates like 120Hz, 144Hz, and 165Hz…. Read More »
Laptops with 4K displays are among the latest trends in the portable tech industry in 2021. Compared to its predecessor, the 1080p or Full High Definition, 4K display is exactly four times the pixel count. Backed with powerful CPUs like 10th/11th gen i7 and GPUs, these new laptops can support resolutions of 3840×2160 pixels also… Read More »
A gaming laptop with a 6GB graphics card will not only enable you play AAA+ game titles like Fornite, Battlefield 5, Forza Horizon 5, Call of Duty with highest graphics settings, but will also allow you to stream or record your game play if you wish to. The latest gpus that come with 6GB or… Read More »
Sometimes users have tasks that require running a whole new OS on their current machine’s operating system. This is where virtualization comes in, and with various programs, you can do just that. If you are using Oracle VirtualBox, VMWare or any other virtualization application run other operating systems on your existing system, then you need… Read More »
So this is my second laptop this year, and I was specifically looking for a gaming laptop with moderately high-end specs. There are many options available from brands like Acer, Asus, HP, Dell, Lenovo. The Asus TUF and Acer Nitro series caught my attention. I decided to go with the Asus TUF A17, as it… Read More »
The RTX 3080 series of gpus from nvidia are amongst the most powerful ones based on the new Ampere architecture and with advanced features like Ray Tracing, DLSS. With the RTX 3080 gpu on a laptop you are sure to get high fps in games, and be able to run heavy tasks like 3d modelling… Read More »
Fortnite is an online action battle royale-style RPG where players compete for survival to win matches. It is one of the most popular games in the world, with a huge following and lots of players. The best thing about it is that it does not have huge system requirements to play. According to the publisher,… Read More »
A few months back I was looking for a new laptop to use for blogging and writing tasks. I was looking for very specific hardware requirements. The laptop should be LIGHTWEIGHT, but with powerful hardware and LONG battery running time. For the monitor size I decided to go for 14″ since 15.6″ would be full… Read More »
The RJ45 port is often called ethernet port since RJ45 is the type of connector that almost all ethernet connections use. Some of the advantages of ethernet over Wi-Fi are speed, reliability, security, and low latency. An ethernet port in laptops guarantees faster data transmission because it uses wires, whereas Wi-Fi uses radio waves which… Read More »
The Ryzen 7 is one of the best-performing CPU series from AMD, coming in just behind Ryzen 9 in the Ryzen lineup. The best laptops running on AMD Ryzen 7 offer great performance which is evident from features like fast CPU clock speeds and up to 8 CPU cores with hyperthreading. The AMD Ryzen 7… Read More »
There are numerous technical features and specifications that you need to carefully consider when buying a laptop. With a desktop machine you can usually change some of the components later on if you feel like they were not the right choice. However, with laptops most things are usually fixed and you cannot change much in… Read More »
Micro-Star International, commonly known as MSI, introduced its first laptop way back in 2009. In 2016, the tech company became the largest gaming laptop supplier worldwide, according to a news report from DigiTimes based in China. They offer high-end processors including i7-10th Gen, powerful GPUs like Nvidia RTX 3060, with RGB mechanical keyboards, super slim… Read More »
There are many laptop brands across the world, but only few of them are popular worldwide and have most of the market share. Only six of these brands hold over 80% of the worldwide laptop and notebook market. These are Hewlett-Packard or HP, Lenovo, Dell, Apple, Acer, and Asus. HP and Lenovo are the most… Read More »
Almost everyone needs a laptop, where a student, a professional, a gamer or a stay at home mom. In a world where computers and online platforms have become our primary workplaces and communication channels, it is critical that we purchase the best gadgets to fit our needs in a budget friendly way. More than ever,… Read More »
With so many laptops available for college students to choose from, it can be challenging to find the right laptop for taking notes, writing papers, making presentations, watching tutorial videos and taking online classes. Not to mention keeping up with your social network, streaming movies, and posting photos. Laptops are growing more indispensable for students… Read More »
Laptop with Numeric Keypad When entering phone numbers, dates or passwords on a laptop, most people are fine with the number row above letters on the keyboard. However, if your work or profession requires that you enter large amounts of numbers, a laptop that has a numeric keypad would come in handy. Mostly found on… Read More »
Laptops for Animation and Graphic Design To achieve optimal results in animation and graphic creation, you need a high end configuration laptop or PC. For you to be able to create transformative animation and graphics imagery, you should have a laptop or PC that has a powerful processor, plenty of RAM memory, good storage, and… Read More »
Laptops for Data Science and Data Analysis As a data scientist, you have to deal with lots of data, collecting, analysing and interpreting it, in a way which is beneficial to a business the most. When handling such large amounts, you also need a laptop which works as efficiently as you, making the work smoother… Read More »