Tag: comparison
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Gigabyte G5 MF review
[ntab Configuration] Gigabyte G5 MF is probably the most affordable budget gaming laptop featuring an RTX 4000 dedicated graphics card from Nvidia, making it a great contender in this market segment, where gamers want to have the newest technology but don’t necessarily want to pay for all the bells and whistles of the more expensive…
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Asus TUF A15 (2022) review – Intel or AMD?
[ntab Configuration] The TUF (The Ultimate Force) line-up from Asus, which consists of budget gaming laptops, got upgraded this year with an improved cooling solution, new displays and most notably, new CPUs from both Intel and AMD. The version equipped with Intel’s latest 12th gen processor has the “F15” designation. It comes with either the…
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Dell Gaming G15 Ryzen Edition (2021) review
[ntab Configuration] The Dell Gaming G15, as the name suggests, is part of the G-Series lineup of gaming laptops from Dell. It looks like Dell is consolidating its gaming laptop portfolio, setting the Alienware brand to focus on middle and high-end gaming machines while leaving the Dell G-Series to address the budget-oriented market. However, the…
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HP Pavilion Gaming 15 (2021) review
[ntab Configuration] The Pavilion line groups together most of HP’s affordable laptops. Traditionally, Pavilion laptops have pretty good specifications for the price, but they cut corners in other departments like cooling, chassis sturdiness and display quality. Despite these shortcomings, the HP Pavilion Gaming laptops have been popular among budget gamers. Recently, HP released another refresh…
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ASUS Zephyrus G14 (2021) review
[ntab Configuration] The GA401 reviewed here is the second iteration of the Zephyrus G14 line-up, which means that it is a sleek and super portable gaming device. Until the Asus G14 first hit the market in 2020, even if gaming laptops became increasingly thinner and lighter, they still maintained a relatively large footprint of over…
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Acer Aspire 5 (2021) – AMD vs Intel
[ntab Configuration] The Acer Aspire 5 is currently one of the most popular lines of mainstream budget laptops. Earlier this year, noteb.com published a review of the 2021 version with Intel Core i5 11th gen processor, paired with integrated Iris Xe Graphics. It is now only fair to take a closer look at its AMD…
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Acer Aspire 5 (2021) review
[ntab Configuration] The new Aspire 5 from Acer is a mid-range laptop designed to be used as a daily driver for both, office work and media consumption. The sleek chassis offers great balance between portability and performance, housing an 11th gen processor from Intel which is perfect for everyday computing needs, but how well does…
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Legion 5 (2020) – AMD vs INTEL
[ntab Configuration] The Legion 5 is the direct successor of the Y540, Lenovo’s 2019 budget gaming laptop, and it is available in various configurations, with users being able to choose between AMD’s Ryzen 4 or Intel’s 10th gen processors, in combination with various dedicated graphics cards ranging from GTX 1650, all the way up to…
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HP Omen 15 (2020)
[ntab Configuration] In late 2019 noteb tested the HP Pavilion Gaming 15, which overall was not a bad laptop. Still, the Pavilion was no match for its competition in terms of thermal management and overall performance. At the time, the HP Omen was noticeably more expensive, and user reviews were generally not very favourable. However,…
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Video cards: new features and gimmicks (2019)
New video card features