BATTERYFORPC BLOG
HP Omen 15 with GTX 1660 Ti, 144 Hz Now $999
The holiday season is winding down, but there are a number of great after-Christmas sales on laptops going on, including this one. Walmart has the HP Omen 15 with a GTX 1660 Ti GPU, 144 Hz display, Core i7-9750H CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD for just $999. With these specs, the Omen 15 should provide smooth gaming at demanding settings and 1080p resolution. The 144 Hz screen will allow you to ... Read more
2019-12-29 20:30:12
ThinkPad P73 has a problem with the fan control – Lenovo is working on a solution
Lenovo's ThinkPad P73 is a classic mobile workstation, which does not use the slimmest chassis, but has a focus on good thermals and numerous ports instead. This is why we were surprised by the comparatively bad performance utilization of the Nvidia Quadro RTX 3000, especially under sustained workloads. The fans were very restrained at the same time; it appeared as if Lenovo favored a quiet operat ... Read more
2019-12-26 20:19:46
WE COULD FINALLY SEE FLAGSHIP CHROMEBOOKS WITH POWERFUL AMD PROCESSORS AT CES
It has been a full 9 months since Gabriel unearthed the first signs of an AMD-powered Chromebook beginning development with the newer, more powerful Picasso chipset inside. That device was revealed to have the codename ‘Zork’ and all we knew about it at the time was the fact that it looked to be the first Chromebook packing a truly competitive APU from AMD inside. Last year at CES, quite a few ed ... Read more
2019-12-26 20:19:46
OnePlus 6 and 6T Android 10 update rolling out again as Oxygen OS 10.0.1
Reports have been trickling in for the last couple of hours that the stable Android 10 update for the OnePlus 6T has been rolling out — apparently without any fanfare or an associated announcement at the OnePlus forums, as is customary. In addition to bringing all the Android 10 features you can expect, the OxygenOS 10 update for the 6T also includes the company's Game Space feature and the " ... Read more
2019-12-26 20:12:24
Apple's 2019: Macs to the max, but don’t mention Siri
How did Apple fare over the course of 2019? That’s what we’re aiming to discern in this piece, taking a look at the big launches for the company this year, and the positive advances, as well as the niggles and missteps, or even downright fails. There was certainly a flurry of action at the close of 2019 in terms of new Mac products, as you probably noticed. But did these really hit the mark? In s ... Read more
2019-12-26 20:12:24
DS4Windows 2.0 release makes pairing a DualShock 4 to your PC easier than ever
Most PC games that support controllers are designed to work with the XInput Windows API, which is perfect for Xbox controllers, but not so much for the Sony DualShock 4. The DS4Windows utility fixes this by emulating an Xbox controller when a DualShock is connected, and now the incredibly-useful program has received a major update. DS4Windows 2.0 was released yesterday, and as you might guess fro ... Read more
2019-12-26 20:03:12
Google Chrome affected by serious security flaw
Another serious security flaw has been found in the popular Google Chrome Internet browser. Known as Magellan 2.0, it is actually a set of five vulnerabilities relating to how Chrome uses the SQLite function to work with data. Discovered by researchers at the Tencent Blade Team, the Magellan 2.0 vulnerabilities come just after a year since the same team discovered a similar set of issues within ... Read more
2019-12-26 20:03:12
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review
The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is the baddest cat in town when it comes to processors that don’t land in the HEDT (high-end desktop) category of processors. But, with the specs and performance it offers, it may break apart that classification system altogether. The Ryzen 9 3950X is built on AMD’s 7nm Zen 2 architecture, and is the highest tier in the Ryzen 3000 series. That naturally makes it the most exp ... Read more
2019-12-25 19:58:41
Intel's First Discrete GPU, the DG1, Listed with 96 EUs
According to information that has appeared online, Intel’s first discrete graphics chip, referred to as DG1, will pack 96 execution units (EUs), as many as Tiger Lake’s integrated graphics. Although by working together with the CPU, DG1 might double Tiger Lake's graphics performance. The information originated from the Eurasian Economic Union on Wednesday and was posted on Twitter. The register e ... Read more
2019-12-25 19:58:41
The CAMERADACTYL Brancopan: A 35mm Panoramic Camera You Can Print at Home
My name is Ethan Moses, I make cameras at CAMERADACTYL. I 3D print film cameras and ship them all over the world. I want to share the newest camera I’ve made: the CAMERADACTYL Brancopan, a 35mm wide format camera that makes 20x 24x58mm frames in a 1:2.4 aspect ratio on standard 36 exposure 35mm film. This article will cover camera specs and features, a bit of how it works and how to use it, some ... Read more
2019-12-25 00:34:33