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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AOC AGON AG273QCG 27in 144Hz TN Gaming Monitor Review
Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered Review
ASUS ROG Rapture AX11000 Wi-Fi 6 Router Review
ASUS TUF Gaming H5 Wired 7.1 Headset Review
Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1660 Ultra 6 GB Review
Cooler Master CM310 Optical Sensor Gaming Mouse Review
Creative Stage Computer Soundbar Review
Deepcool Gammax L240 AIO CPU Cooler Review
Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review
G Drive Mobile Pro SSD 1TB Review
GeForce 419.67 Driver Performance Analysis
Hitman 2: PC graphics DX12 (v2.20) Performance Update
HP OMEN Obelisk Review
Nvidia GTX 1650 neck-and-neck with AMD RX 580 in FFXV
Rosewill Cullinan V500 RGB Case Review
Samsung 983 ZET SSD Review
Sapphire GearBox Thunderbolt 3 Graphics Enclosure Review
Steelseries Arctis 7 Lossless Wireless Gaming Headset Review
The Samsung Galaxy S10+ Snapdragon & Exynos Review



AOC AGON AG273QCG 27in 144Hz TN Gaming Monitor Review

The AOC AGON AG273QCG offers the lightning quick response time and refresh rate of a proper gaming monitor but in a larger, higher resolution form than your typical 1080p gaming display. This 27-inch monitor has a 1440p resolution but still offers a 144Hz refresh rate (overclockable to 165Hz) and a 1ms response time.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered Review

Assassins Creed 3 Remaster is more of the same. If you liked the game originally, you will like the improved graphics here. If any of your criticism for the game came from outside its visual performance, you will once again be disappointed.

Read full article @ Wccftech

ASUS ROG Rapture AX11000 Wi-Fi 6 Router Review

While Wi-Fi 6 isn't expected to truly take off until later this year, there is no shortage of early adopters chomping at the bit to check out the latest technology. Netgear and ASUS are both on the frontlines with solutions on the market for this demographic.

Read full article @ TweakTown

ASUS TUF Gaming H5 Wired 7.1 Headset Review

It's a new TUF Gaming 7.1 headset from ASUS - does Briony rate it at £80? In this review we take a look at one of the peripherals from ASUS’ TUF lineup. The TUF name originally appeared on a range of motherboards, and now with the start of the TUF Gaming Alliance there has been a shift to create an entire range of more affordable TUF components. The H5 is a multi-platform wired headset with 7.1 virtual surround sound, a dual microphone setup and a stainless steel headband design.

It uses the same grey and yellow colour scheme that is a staple of the TUF family, but is this headset worthy of the TUF name and can it justify the £79.99 asking price?

Read full article @ KitGuru

Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1660 Ultra 6 GB Review

Priced at the MSRP of $220, Colorful's iGame GTX 1660 Ultra gives you a lot of graphics card for the money. It comes with a large dual-slot, triple-fan cooler with excellent temperatures, features a backplate and dual BIOS. An out of the box overclock to 1860 MHz Boost is included, too, higher than most other GTX 1660s.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Cooler Master CM310 Optical Sensor Gaming Mouse Review

Cooler Master has been in peripheral business for a long time, especially with regularly releasing newer keyboards and headsets. The Cooler Master CK550 and the MH751 are two good examples.

Cooler Master has been in peripheral business for a long time, especially with regularly releasing newer keyboards and headsets. The Cooler Master CK550 and the MH751 are two good examples. The gaming peripheral market is over-crowded and yet it manages to sell. The last mouse I’ve reviewed from Cooler Master is the Alcor and the Mizar. I loved the Alcor optical mouse. It was an agile mouse with all the switches places in reachable areas and I wanted more was the grips the Laser mouse Mizar. This wasn’t the only brand that had this point of view at the time since everyone was in the race to push laser sensors and the next best thing. I never really understood why optical sensors were considered less premium to justify lesser premium features when it was hassle-free, compared to laser sensors of certain makes that had quirks that took some firmware and sensor updates implemented by the manufacturer. Logitech was one of the gaming peripheral makers that were able to capitalize this with its MX series. For some reason, it ditched the MX branding under G series- and now brought it back.

Read full article @ Hardware BBQ

Creative Stage Computer Soundbar Review

The Creative Stage is a convenient budget 2.1 option with notable features, many inputs, and acceptable sound quality, but the power management bugs needs to be ironed out.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Deepcool Gammax L240 AIO CPU Cooler Review

Today we break out the test bench again and put the Deepcool Gammax L240 through it’s paces. Where will this 240mm cooler rank in our charts?

Read full article @ Play3r

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review

I have a need, a need to drive at reasonable, economic speeds with a full trailer load behind me. This is a review of Euro Truck Simulator 2, a strangely addictive vehicle simulator game, covering freight driving career progress across Europe, featuring intelligent touches like bank loans, rest, refueling and fines, extremely engrossing gameplay, some beautiful screenshots, and more. East Bound and Down, loaded up and truckin'.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

G Drive Mobile Pro SSD 1TB Review

For those that need a little more in their portable solution, NVMe has done wonders when paired with Thunderbolt 3. In the past, we have seen many solutions taking advantage of this pairing, offering extreme performance and capacity.

Read full article @ TweakTown

GeForce 419.67 Driver Performance Analysis

As a regular BabelTechReviews’ feature, this driver performance analysis will showcase the performance of the EVGA GTX 1060 SC and the RTX 2070 Founders Edition (FE) with 42 PC games using the latest GeForce Game Ready 419.67 Driver which released earlier this week. We will compare these drivers versus 418.91 for the GTX 1060 and 417.71 for the RTX 2070.

We document the performance changes of the current Game Ready 419.67 Driver on Windows 10 at 1920×1080 and at 2560×1440 resolutions using the latest games including The Division 2, Devil May Cry 5, and Metro Exodus.

Read full article @ BabelTechReviews

Hitman 2: PC graphics DX12 (v2.20) Performance Update

Hitman has seen many chapters, the latest is Hitman 2 released a while ago. The company added DX12 compatibility and we take a quick view on how that shapes up to be with both an Intel as well as a Ryzen platform on a quicky one-page review.

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

HP OMEN Obelisk Review

Purchasing a powerful, good-looking gaming PC used to require a visit to a boutique PC maker or a custom-built system from a local computer shop. There was a time when you couldn’t simply walk into a Future Shop or CompUSA and pick up something roughly equivalent to a DIY gaming system. Nowadays though, PC gaming has gone mainstream, and all of the OEM major players offer ready-built systems that cater to those that may not have the desire to build their own.

What if you don’t have the time or skills to build your own system, but want reputable, name-brand components and a PC that could easily be upgraded or modified down the road? That's where desktops like the HP OMEN Obelisk can make for an attractive option...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Nvidia GTX 1650 neck-and-neck with AMD RX 580 in FFXV

That's at 1080p HQ. Performance drops off significantly in the 1440p 'lite' quality test. The as yet unannounced Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 was spotted going through the EEC trading area about 10 days ago. This SKU will complete the GTX 16 series for now, unless the earlier rumoured 3GB GTX 1660 (Ti) cards start rolling out at the same time. In our previous GTX 1650 story we predicted the "3DMark, Geekbench, AoTS and / or FFXV scores," would be next in the leaky trail of this graphics card to launch date, and today the eagle eyed Tum Apisak shared the fact that he had spotted this very GPU in the official Final Fantasy XV online benchmarks database.

If you head on over to the FFXV benchmarks page you will find reference to an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 in the 1920 x 1080 High Quality, and the 2560 x 1440 Lite Quality tables. In the former table, part reproduced below, you can see that the GTX 1650's performance is somewhere between the AMD Radeon RX 570 and 580 graphics cards. Compared to previous Nvidia graphics cards it performs rather similarly to the GTX 1660 3GB version.

Read full article @ Hexus

Rosewill Cullinan V500 RGB Case Review

Rosewill has spent years selling affordable upgrades and peripherals for your PC setup, so it?s about time we took a look at one of their computer cases, don't you agree? And what better way than with a chassis as eye-catching as this? But a good case requires more than a cool look. Join us as we review the Rosewill Cullinan V500 RGB ATX Mid-Tower Gaming Computer Case.

Read full article @ MMORPG

Samsung 983 ZET SSD Review

Samsung's new Z-NAND powered 983 ZET goes toe-to-toe with Intel's Optane.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Sapphire GearBox Thunderbolt 3 Graphics Enclosure Review

Attractive and decent value for money. We're approaching an interesting time in PC graphics. On the one hand, Nvidia, AMD and Intel are all busy designing architectures that will power the GPUs of tomorrow. Connected to the desktop computer via a discrete PCIe card or integrated into gaming laptops, the fundamental design remains the same as five years' ago.

The interesting part is the wrinkle that cloud-based rendering may have on future buying choices. Google's Stadia promises low-latency game streaming at 4K60 HDR, while Microsoft isn't far behind with its cloud-streamed approach currently known as Project xCloud. GPUs are here to stay; it is the method of pixel delivery that may change.

Read full article @ Hexus

Steelseries Arctis 7 Lossless Wireless Gaming Headset Review

Were huge fans of the Steelseries Arctis series of headsets. Steelseries have always been a big hit with PC gamers anyway, having some of the best headsets of each generation. However, they really out did themselves with the Arctis Pro Wireless we reviewed last year.

Read full article @ eTeknix

The Samsung Galaxy S10+ Snapdragon & Exynos Review

We’ve been in 2019 for a while. Although weve covered one or two smartphones in the last couple of months of the calendar year, the true “2019 flagship” phone season is really only starting now. Samsung’s Galaxy S10 is among the first releases in this new wave of phones, and for many markets it outright is the very first of a brand-new generation.

Samsung mixed things up this year by announcing the Galaxy S10 in San Francisco instead of the usual Mobile World Congress event. Though not unprecedented, the big reason here for the change in venues was to reflect Samsungs close collaboration with US carriers such as Verizon on 5G and other matters. Indeed 5G has been pretty much the buzzword for the last year or more, and the last few months have been especially busy in this regard. To that end, there will be a 5G model of the S10, however with its limited availability it doesn’t have nearly the same mass-market appeal as the new mainstream variants of the Galaxy 10.

Read full article @ Anandtech