Samsung on Tuesday announced the Galaxy A12 and A02S, two new entry-level phones set to launch next year in Europe. Both offer a lower barrier to entry for anyone looking for a modern Android smartphone.
The A12 is designed to be a successor to the A11, sporting a 6.8-inch HD+ display with a notch for the 8-megapixel front-facing camera, an octa-core processor, a fingerprint sensor on the side, and a 5,000mAh battery. Photos are covered by a quad-array of cameras on the back, including a 48-megapixel main sensor, a 5-megapixel ultrawide, and a pair of 2-megapixel sensors to help out with macro and depth shots.
Samsung Galaxy A12 back.
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Samsung Galaxy A12 front.
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Samsung Galaxy A12 right side.
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Samsung Galaxy A12 left side.
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The A02S is slightly less impressive: it has the same display and battery but with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage (though you can expand storage with its microSD slot). The phone is also saddled with different cameras: a 13-megapixel main sensor and the same pair of 2-megapixel sensors as the A12. Costs are also cut with ports, the A02S features an older Micro USB port as opposed to the USB-C port you may have wanted. The A02S is also missing a fingerprint sensor.
Samsung Galaxy A02s back
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Samsung Galaxy A02s front
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Samsung Galaxy A02s right side
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Samsung Galaxy A02s left side.
Samsung recently rolled out 5G versions of its Galaxy A line of phones; we covered the Galaxy A51 more fully in our review. We thought that model favored screen quality over cameras and speed — expect potentially greater trade-offs with the A12 and A02S’s even lower prices. Regardless, Samsung’s budget options are its bestselling phones, so even minor improvements to specs seem like a good move for anyone in Europe looking for their first smartphone.
The A12 is currently set to start at €179 ($212) for 32GB of storage and 3GB of RAM, with 128GB and 6GB of RAM on the high end for €199 ($236). The A02S starts at €150 ($178). The A12 will be available in January 2021 and the A02S in February 2021. There are currently no announced plans for a North American release.
The Moto E7 is finally official, a couple of months after the Moto E7 Plus went live. The two phones are quite similar, naturally, this is just the more affordable version. How much more affordable does it get than a €150/₹13,000 phone, which is currently discounted to €112/₹9,500? Well, keep in mind the pre-discount prices of the Plus as the vanilla E7 will start at €110-120 in Europe.
The major differences between the vanilla and Plus versions of the E7 are the chipset and the battery. The Moto E7 is powered by the MediaTek Helio G25 chipset, which has eight Cortex-A53 CPU cores and an IMG GE8320 GPU at 650 MHz. The Plus model is equipped with the more capable Snapdragon 460 chipset. Even more important is the memory configuration – the vanilla phone gets only half, meaning 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB storage.
The E7 has a 4,000 mAh battery, compared to 5,000 mAh on the Plus. Motorola says that this is enough to last 36 hours of use. Plus, the 10W charger will have an easier time filling it up. If you want faster charging (20W), you’ll have to look at the G-series.
Motorola Moto E7 in Aqua blue, Satin coral and Mineral grey
The rest is more or less identical between the two models. The E7 has a 6.5” IPS LCD with a resolution of 720 x 1,600 px (20:9).
The main camera on the rear has a 48 MP sensor with a bright f/1.7 aperture and 1.6 µm pixels when binning is enabled. It is joined by a 2 MP module, designated as a macro camera this time. The third module is in a teardrop notch on the front, a 5 MP selfie camera (f/2.2, 1.22 µm).
Unfortunately, the chipset limits video recording to 1080p at 30 fps. Not that the Snapdragon-powered E7 Plus does much better, it too is capped at 1080p resolution, but at least it goes up to 60 fps. The Moto G9 Play (also known as just G9 in India, ₹11,000) has an even more powerful Snapdragon 662 and can’t do 4K either, but that’s just market differentiation by Motorola.
The E7 is slightly thinner and lighter than the Plus version (8.9 vs. 9.2 mm and 180g vs. 200g). Both phones have plastic bodies, but note the textured back on this one (the Plus has a smooth finish). There isn’t full water resistance, but the water-repellent coating on the internals should protect them from accidental spills.
The Moto E7 has 4G connectivity with different bands for South America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific/Middle East regions. The card slot is a hybrid design, so it can take a two nanoSIMs or a nanoSIM and a microSD (up to 512 GB, which you may need, considering the limited internal storage).
USB-C port on the bottom • 3.5 mm headphone jack on top • fingerprint reader on the back
Additional connectivity is provided by the USB-C port on the bottom and the 3.5 mm jack on top. An FM radio receiver is on board and can be used over headphones or the single loudspeaker. Local wireless data is handled by Wi-Fi b/g/n at 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth 5.0, but note that there’s no NFC. There’s a fingerprint reader embedded on the back.
The Moto E7 is coming to Europe this December and should be available in other regions soon as well. Depending on the region, the retail box will include a headset and/or a protective cover.
POCO has launched its new terminal Poco M3, a smartphone equipped with a huge battery of 6. 000 mAh and that will be released this Friday with an offer of 128 euros only.
After separating from Xiaomi, POCO, previously known as Pocophone, launched terminals on the market like the X3 for the mid-range, and now with the M3 they want to cover an even cheaper segment with this M3.
The POCO M3 integrates a Snapdragon 662 and 4 GB of RAM
Inside the terminal, under its 6 screen, 48 inches FullHD, we found a Snapdragon 662 , one of Qualcomm’s mid-range SoCs, accompanied by 4 GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64 to 128 GB of internal storage depending on model . Network connectivity stays at 4G for data and WiFi AC with Bluetooth 5.0. Supports FM and infrared radio.
This storage is UFS 2.1 for the 64 Gb model and 2.2 for the 128 GB, and can be expanded with microSD cards up to 512 GB.
All 6. 000 mAh battery can be charged using a charger 22, 5W, although the fastest charge it supports is 18 W. Taking advantage of its large capacity, it supports reverse charging via USB-C. That is, we can use the POCO M3 as a battery for other devices.
It offers a fairly modest triple rear camera system, with a Main MP sensor 48, with F1 aperture. 29, accompanied by two 2 MP sensors, one for macro and one for depth effects. On the front it integrates an 8 MP sensor.
The operating system is MIUI 12 customized by POCO, Xiaomi Layer for Android 10. All this in a terminal with 198 g of weight and measurements of 162, 3 x 77, 3 x 9.6 mm that will hit the market this Friday with a price of 129 euros for the version of 64 GB version and 149 euros for the version of 128 GB version launch offer.
The prices, once the promotion passes that will last until 30 November, will increase until 149 and 169 euros respectively.
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The first images corresponding to the PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Dragon , one of the Few cards based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 and RX 2020 XT whose design was not yet officially known, as well as key specifications such as operating frequencies are not known.
As we see in Videocardz, the filtered cards correspond to the variants Red Dragon and Red Devi l, These are the nomenclatures for the high performance cards of the manufacturer in question.
Both cards share a very similar layout for general purposes, with three DisplayPort ports and an HDMi port on the back, the absence of the USB-C port that we can find on reference graphics cards and three-fan heatsinks that will allow cooling suitably newer AMD graphics cards.
Regarding the design, although they are very similar, the Red Dragon seems to have a more rectilinear design entirely in black While the Red Devil appears to have a brushed metal design with colors that are slightly reminiscent of military hardware. Be that as it may, the data that is unknown about these cards will probably not be released until their official launch, so we will have to wait before knowing everything about them.
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Close One week after the start of the Xbox Series X and S, competitor Sony in Europe sends the Playstation 5 into the next-gen race. We’ll show you which accessories make the PS5 even better.
Before we introduce headsets, charging stations, Sony’s official PS5 accessories and more in this guide, an important note: Since the PS5 – just like the Xbox Series X / S – attaches great importance to Most of the PS4 accessories also work on the PS5. Whether headset, steering wheel or arcade stick, most gadgets do their job without any problems. In terms of PS4 gamepads and external memory expansions, however, there are restrictions that we explain in more detail in the text.
The official headset: Sony Pulse 3D As with the launch of PS3 and PS4, Sony is also offering an official headset for the PS5 launch. It bears the futuristic name ” Pulse 3D Wireless Headset “, brings about 300 grams on the scales and is coupled to the Playstation 5 via the supplied USB dongle. A coupling with the PS4, Windows PCs and Mac is also possible and worked without any problems in the practical test.
The USB dongle sends on the 2.4 GHz frequency and takes care of it Distances of up to ten meters for interference-free transmission. Super: A 1, 25 Meter-long jack cable is included and allows wired operation or use with other devices with a jack plug input on request.
The Pulse 3D Wireless Headset including the supplied USB dongle. The Pulse 3D Wireless Headset scores well when it comes to wearing comfort. The main reasons for this are the elastic band underneath the headband, which hardly exerts any pressure on the head, and the pleasantly soft padded ear cups. In addition: The control buttons on the outside of the left ear cups are all very easy to reach. Be it the volume control, the mute button, the balance control between game sound and chat volume or the monitor button – after a short time you can find the controls without any problems and without looking. Keyword monitor button: It enables the user to check how their own microphone sound sounds to other players.
Let’s get to the sound quality. Be it now Astro’s Playroom , Sackboy: A Big Adventure , Demon’s Souls or Spider-Man: Miles Morales – the sound goes right into the ear and enables very precise location of noise sources for games that support Sony’s Tempest 3D AudioTech. Bass-heavy situations like explosions or collapsing buildings also come into their own.
And the microphone? Strictly speaking, there are two of them: one above and one below the left auricle. Both are embedded directly into the headphones, have noise-canceling technology and reproduce chat conversations in good quality. However, as expected, they cannot keep up with professional podcaster microphones acoustically.
Conclusion: At the price of just under 100 Euro, the Pulse 3D Wireless is a really successful headset, with good ergonomics, great sound quality and a chic design that fits perfectly with the PS5. The biggest point of criticism remains the battery: After nine to ten hours of intensive gaming, it has to be recharged using the UBS-C cable provided. Headsets from other manufacturers last much longer.
Headphones and headsets Sony’s Pulse 3D Wireless is a great all-rounder at a fair price. If you want even more comfort and features, you will also find convincing alternatives from numerous other manufacturers. We would like to briefly introduce two of them at this point. On the one hand the Stealth 700 Gen 2 from Turtle Beach. Compared to the previous model, Turtle Beach has improved in many areas and thus created a professional headset that is available at a price of approx. 150 Euro leaves little to be desired.
That starts with the supple auricles made of memory foam, the Thanks to the gel core, they hardly heat up even when worn for long periods of time, thanks to the flexible material they also fit perfectly with glasses wearers and can be easily removed for cleaning. The high level of comfort is supported by a metal-reinforced headband with very comfortable padding on the inside.
Thanks 50 mm nanoclear driver gives the stealth 700 Gen 2 acoustically decent gas, delivers powerful bass and nuanced highs. If you like, you can also use the companion app “Turtle Beach Audio Hub” to adjust the sound experience in detail, reassign certain headset buttons and – Bluetooth makes it possible – even integrate cell phone calls directly into the audio feed. The foldable microphone earns praise: it captures what is being said crystal clear and can be intuitively muted by simply flipping it up. The all-round carefree package is rounded off by terrific funk performance and a 1000 – mAh battery that is running out 20 for hours.
The look des Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 is simple, but still chic. The Arctis 7P Wireless from Steelseries. Be it the excellent wearing comfort, the high system flexibility (PS5, PS4, PC, Android, switch) thanks to the supplied USB-C dongle, the excellent wireless connection via 2.4 GHz frequency, the convincing sound with its very well-coordinated bass and heights or the phenomenal battery life of up to 23 hours – the Arctis 7P is worth its high price of 180 Euro more than fair. On top of that, it also goes well with the new Sony console in terms of color.
If you don’t want to dig deep into your pocket after buying expensive consoles and games for a headset, you should take a look at das Head: Set 5 from Snakebyte. At a bargain price of just 17 Euro you get a soundproof headset with 40 – mm audio drivers, a 1.2 meter jack cable and some practical convenience functions. The latter include the detachable and removable microphone with pop protection, a volume control and mute button on the cable, as well as the option to fold the ear cups inwards, which makes transport noticeably easier. As a little treat, Snakebyte also includes a right-angled headset holder, which can be attached to the desk etc. with two adhesive strips.
charging station The DualSense controllers offer – depending on the intensity of the vibration effects – an average of around twelve hours of gaming. It is then charged using the USB-C cable supplied ex works or one of the numerous charging stations that appeared at the launch. The official one from Sony is called DualSense Charging Station , costs just under 35 Euro and works exactly like its predecessor for PS4. In other words: The controllers are placed in two troughs arranged one behind the other, where they can recharge their batteries using the contact surfaces next to the headset connection on the underside of the Dual Sense. Well done: Sony’s charging station takes up the typical V-design of the PS5 front and, like this one, is black and white.
Visually, it hits a very similar notch Twin: Charge 5 from Snakebyte. Here, too, up to two DualSense controllers snap into place one behind the other in a black and white docking station. The two charging indicators on the front of the Twin show whether a controller is actually being charged: Charge 5. To ensure that the charging station is securely held on smooth surfaces, Snakebyte also provides four anti-slip rubbers on the underside. Cost: 19, 95 Euro – and therefore just under 15 Euros less than the Sony variant.
The front of the Snakebyte Twin: Charge 5 is oriented on the V-shaped PS5 design. Another interesting one, also about 20 Euro expensive charging solution comes from Blade . The principle here: Instead of charging the controller via the contacts near the headset connection, a so-called mini-safe plug is plugged into the USB-C port of the DualSense and then placed in the station. Advantage: The controller does not protrude as high when charging as with the first-mentioned alternative, which is useful if you want to stow the charging station in a rather low shelf compartment. Disadvantage with Blade: If you don’t keep the two mini-safe plugs provided in the compartments provided in the station, you run the risk of losing the tiny ones. Do something different again it Raptor Gaming . Here you plug the pads for charging directly into two USB-C ports that look out of the middle part of the futuristic station on the left and right. So that everything is safely stowed away, the pads are also placed on a small storage area. Charging indicators are also provided. With a price of approx. 29 Euro, however, the Raptor variant is significantly more expensive than the versions of Snakebyte and Blade.
Accessories for Twitch streamers and YouTubers In addition to the Pulse 3D Wireless Headset and the Charging Station Sony also offers other official accessories. This includes the HD camera equipped with two full HD wide-angle lenses . The pleasantly compact camera has an integrated stand and is either clamped to the top of the screen or the television or placed on the surface below. A further fine adjustment of the camera angle is then possible via two rotating hinges in the base.
On screens with a border thickness of up to The HD camera has a great hold of five centimeters. With everything beyond that, things get shaky. Once connected to a USB port on the PS5 with the two meter long cable and successfully set up in the accessories menu, the HD camera is primarily used to show the player in a small window in the video when broadcasting Twitch or YouTube live streams. The location of the display can be specified in the options menu.
If the HD camera is used in conjunction with the PS5’s own video editing program Share Factory, it is also possible to use the background from the recording to remove and replace with another. This worked best in the test with a green or red background. White room walls, on the other hand, were less suitable. It is also a shame that this function is currently not available for streaming.
At the moment, the HD camera is not compatible with PlayStation VR. The latter still only works via the PS4 camera, which in turn is connected to the PS5 with the so-called PlayStation Camera Adapter. Tip: You can request the adapter free of charge from Sony after entering the serial number of the PS VR headset.
Remote control for Film and series fans The round 30 Euro expensive Media remote control has a white and black PS5 design and is primarily aimed at all those who like their next-gen console to watch Blu-rays and as a player want to use for streaming services. It is therefore not surprising that shortcut buttons for Disney +, Netflix, Spotify and YouTube have been placed at the bottom of the remote control. However, the respective assignment and labeling cannot be changed. So if you want to reprogram a button on Amazon Prime and one on Hulu, for example, look into the tube.
The Media Remote weighs just once 85 grams and lies comfortably in the hand. Above the shortcut buttons are the standard interaction buttons (fast forward and rewind, play / pause, level back, menu) as well as a 4-way directional pad with a centrally positioned selection button. All buttons have a solid pressure point and are not only used to control media playback, but also for convenient navigation through the entire PS5 system menu.
The keys in the upper third of the Media Remote. They allow rudimentary functions such as adjusting the volume or muting the audio output on compatible TVs.
Unfortunately, the microphone button at the top of the cannot be used at the moment Middle of the media remote control. It will most likely serve a voice control function planned for the future. When Sony will add this function for the console and remote control has not yet been determined.
Controller Games developed for the PlayStation 5 must all use the DualSense Controller from Sony, especially since only this one has adaptive triggers and noticeably improved vibration functions. Conversely, this means: If you need additional gamepads for PS5 games suitable for co-op or multiplayer, you currently do not need to buy additional DualSense controllers.
Very important: Playstation-4- Controllers can be connected to the PS5, but only to play backward compatible PS4 and PS VR titles. It is not yet clear when third-party manufacturers will offer alternatives to the official DualSense controller.
Memory expansions Similar to Microsoft, Sony offers an officially certified NVMe SSD with which the internal memory can be expanded. If you want to add more fast storage to the console, you have to retrofit a compact, PCIe 4.0 compatible SSD via an M.2 interface. The slot required for this is located inside the console and is accessible if you carefully push the right side wall of the console (the one without the PS5 logo) downwards with both hands. Now remove the cover of the SSD slot and the memory expansion can be installed.
However, there is currently one crucial problem: A list of certified expansion SSDs, which anyway hl fit in the slot and are fast enough to deliver the performance of the integrated SSD is not yet available. As a result, it is currently not possible to expand the SSD storage for PS5 games. In view of the huge size of many games, it shouldn’t take too long until the corresponding memory expansions find their way onto the market.
Similar to the Xbox Series S / X but you can help yourself with USB storage devices. If you want to install PS4 games on the PS5, you can do this as usual on a external storage medium as long as this is connected via USB 3.0 and via the console has been formatted accordingly. Inexpensive models for this purpose include the My Passport hard drives from Western Digital with, for example, 4 TB or the 6 TB model of the Expansion product line from Seagate.
Storage systems Order must be! This not only applies to the home desk, but also to everything to do with gamepads, accessories and game packaging. If you have just bought a PS5 and want to neatly stow the things just mentioned in one place, you should get the Games: Tower 5 by Note snakebyte. In a kind of mini-shelf, users can store up to four controllers, ten games and smaller accessories such as the media remote control presented above in a well-organized manner.
The Games: Tower 5 ensures order on the gamer’s desk. The construction of the accessory tower is a bit cumbersome at first, as the plastic parts only snap into place with a lot of pressure. But once you have overcome this hurdle and removed the protective film on the anti-slip pads on the underside, the Games: Tower 5 does very well and is stable.
Exciting for multi-format gamers: In addition to DualSense controllers, the controller holders on the outside are also suitable for all common wireless PS4, Xbox One and switch pads. The slots for the games are so high that PS4, Xbox One and Switch titles can easily be accommodated in them.
Conclusion There are already enough exciting accessories for the Playstation 5 at the start. It’s just a shame that PS5 games can only be played with the – admittedly excellent – DualSense controller. At least for titles with locally playable co-op or multiplayer mode, Sony should make an exception. In the long term, however, it is to be expected that third-party manufacturers will also be able to offer their own pads for the PS5.
The current status quo is also somewhat unsatisfactory in terms of additional storage for PS5 -Games. 667 GB of free space on the system’s ultra-fast SSD is a start on But definitely not enough in the long run for most gaming enthusiasts. It is to be hoped that Sony will certify compatible SSDs as soon as possible and communicate clearly which memory expansions will ultimately allow further PS5 game installations.
If you are looking for a suitable TV, We recommend our TV purchase advice for PS5 and Xbox Series X. In our Consoles theme world, we also have further tests, for example for Xbox or various retro consoles.
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Two of the recently released new Apple devices have now been dismantled by users for the first time. The results for the new Mac mini with M1 chip and the HomePod mini are expected, but also contain as yet unknown innovations.
Mac mini: Centralized and soldered So Apple has the new compact computer (from 759, 90 €) internally shrunk with ARM processor, like a teardown in the eGPU.io- Forum can be found. The motherboard has been reduced in size as Apple focuses more on integration. The RAM modules are located – there may be a maximum of GB – right next to the SoC and form one under one with it Heat sink unit. Other components that are discreetly constructed in Intel Macs also found their way into the M1 SoC – including the Thunderbolt controller.
The repair options and upgrade capabilities naturally limit further centralization on the motherboard. Neither RAM components nor SSD can be replaced. Accordingly, users have to order the configuration that they actually need. The SSDs Apple offers a maximum of 2 TB. Due to the smaller number of components, access to the innards seems to be easier than with the Intel machines.
HomePod mini: Actually for recycling? The teardown of the HomePod mini (from 96, 50 €) reveals further details on Apple’s current hardware strategy. The small ball at a price of under 100 euros, which develops a voluminous sound, is nailed from front to back. According to an adventurous user in the forum of MacRumors not even the USB-C cable can be used from the device. With the HomePod, this was still possible with a little effort. It was already known that the cable is integrated directly into the device, but the teardown now shows a fixed connection to the circuit board. Under no circumstances should you pull it harder from the outside in order not to damage the smartspeaker.
The touch-sensitive surface of the HomePod mini is also virtually impossible to remove. “Removing it is a great way to destroy the device.” After all, this doesn’t have to be done to get to the main board, a side board with the S6 chip, and the drivers. By the way, Apple itself apparently does not plan any repairs. If the mini is defective, you pay almost as much for service outside of the warranty as for a new device. (bsc)
Tuxedo has the Ultrabook InfinityBook S 11 Gen6 presented as the first own model with Intel’s Tiger Lake processor. The -Nanometer top model Core i7 – 1150 G7 with four CPU cores, eight threads, up to 4.7 GHz clock frequency and integrated Xe graphics unit. The manufacturer leaves the processor with 15 Watt Thermal Design Power (TDP) run; a 71 Wh large battery should enable a long battery life.
The IPS display of the InfinityBook S 14 Gen6 measures 14 inches, solves with 1920 × 1080 pixels (Full HD) and lights up with 300 cd / m². In addition, the screen completely covers the SRGB color space. The hardware sits in a housing made of a magnesium alloy, thanks to which the notebook weighs only 1.1 kg. The InfinityBook S is closed 14 just under 17 mm thick.
Tuxedo InfinityBook S 11 Gen6 (17 Photos) (Image: Tuxedo) Linux pre-installed Tuxedo uses its own Linux distribution Tuxedo OS with the Budgie desktop environment as the standard operating system. Alternatively, openSUSE or Ubuntu can be installed. The whole thing is preinstalled on an M.2 SSD – in the basic configuration one 250 GByte SATA 6G model from Kingston, buyers can have a PCIe card installed for an additional charge. Either another SSD or an LTE module for mobile internet fits into a second M.2 slot. 8 GByte DDR4 – 3200 – RAM are firmly soldered; A SO-DIMM slot is available for more memory.
On the connection side, the InfinityBook S 14 Gen6 like most Tiger Lake Notebooks have a Thunderbolt 4 connection in the form of a USB-C port ready, the data with 40 Gbit / s (USB 4.0 Gen 3×2) transfers and outputs a DisplayPort 1.4 signal. There are also two USB-A ports with GBit / s (3.2 Gen 2) and 5 GBit / s (3.2 Gen 1), HDMI 2.0, an audio combo jack and a micro SD card reader. Users can charge the notebook either via the DC connection or (with its own power supply unit) via USB C. Wi-Fi 6 (WLAN 696. 11 ax) and Bluetooth 5.1 are included.
The sale of the InfinityBook S 11 Gen6 starts immediately. The basic configuration with Core i7 – 1150 G7, 250 – GByte SSD and 8 GByte RAM costs just under 1150 Euro.
The Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite 5G has arrived at our office and we are gearing up to put it through our review gauntlet to find out if it’s worth your money.
The Mi 10T Lite 5G comes in Pearl Gray, Atlantic Blue and Rose Gold Beach colors, and we’ve received the gray variant, with the retail box including the usual paperwork alongside a protective cover, SIM ejection tool, USB-C cable and a 33W adapter.
The Mi 10T Lite 5G sports a 6.67″ 120Hz FullHD+ LCD protected by the Gorilla Glass 5. It is HDR10 certified and has a punch hole in the center for the 16MP selfie camera.
The back of the smartphone is also covered with Gorilla Glass 5, and it has four cameras placed inside a circular module. The setup comprises a 64MP primary, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, and 2MP depth sensor units.
Under the hood, the Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite 5G has the Snapdragon 750G SoC and runs Android 10-based MIUI 12 out of the box. Our unit has 6GB RAM and 128GB storage onboard, but there’s one more variant with 64GB of storage space.
Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro and Mi 10T Lite
The rest of the highlights of the Mi 10T Lite 5G include a side-mounted fingerprint reader, 3.5mm headphone jack, dual speakers, multi-functional NFC, and a dual-frequency GPS. Keeping the entire package up and running is a 4,820 mAh battery with 33W fast charging.
Our review is underway, so stick around to find out if the Mi 10T Lite 5G is a worthy buy.
The Skullcandy Crusher may not sound like something you’ll want to put on your head, but wait: it’s a noise-canceling headset that packs in several unique features that you won’t find elsewhere. But can a button to adjust the basses and a personal tuning based on an ear test be enough to stand out from the crowd? There are plenty of rivalsâ ?? ¦
Advantages of ANC During the spring lockdown we are â ???? and probably more people â ???? will appreciate the benefits of noise-canceling headphones even more. NC headphones were already on the rise anyway, but the sales figures are now getting even more of a boost. So if you’re looking for an explanation of why so many new headphones are popping up that actively combat ambient noise, that’s it.
Among the many new models that have recently appeared we also saw this futuristically shaped Skullcandy Crusher ANC, which for approximately 220 euro is in the shops. Not to be confused with the â ???? ordinaryâ ???? and older Crusher Wireless headphones that only have Bluetooth, by the way. But given that the design of the two Crushers differs somewhat, the risk of making a mistake is rather small.
With its price tag of just over 200 Euro, the Crusher ANC is a middle class in the segment. That is significantly cheaper than the high-end models, such as the Sony WH – 1000 XM3 or Bose NCH 700, and still a bit more pricey than the loafers. The Philips PH 805 for example. What do you get for that amount? Some surprising and even unique things. The most important two: you can personalize the sound on the basis of an ear test and via a large slider you can adjust the basses while listening. Certainly the latter function is not only available for music, but also for people who play games and watch films while traveling. Most NC headphones don’t really do much with those audiences, so Skullcandy does.
Modern looks Like many of its peers, the Crusher ANC is a headphones designed for mobile use. You can fold it so that you can easily store it in the supplied case. It is a very solid fabric thing, by the way, with room for the charging cable and a thin audio cable for when the battery is empty. The headphones are available in different color editions (including a stylish black version with cognac brown ear cushions) and are made of plastic, so that the weight can be kept low. That is not at the expense of the build quality; the Crusher ANC seems solid and doesn’t crack when we twist it. That is immediately distinctive compared to cheaper devices.
The Crusher ANC looks a bit futuristic, an impression that is reinforced by the three large buttons on the right ear and Sensory Bass slider and a series of bright LEDs indicating the battery level on the left. And then there is the USB-C port (handy, you can use the cable from your new smartphone) and an aux input for wired listening. This remains a useful option if you want to watch a movie on an airplane via the inflight system.
Real buttons The buttons on the Crusher NC are large but very easy to operate by touch. That is a plus. And we prefer physical buttons to touchpads for headphones because you can always operate real keys, even when wearing gloves, so that’s worth a pat on the back. But don’t worry, touchpad lovers: Skullcandy has also thought of you. By tapping on the left ear you can switch on noise canceling or activate an ambient mode so that you become more aware of your surroundings.
If you look closely, the feeling of luxury disappears a bit, partly because the brackets and small visual elements that seem to be metal from far away still appear plastic at a few centimeters away. The ear pads are of high quality and rest softly on the head. Since the headband is also well padded at the top (with a shape that allows a little more cooling), the Crusher ANC deserves good marks when it comes to comfort. expected, to be fair.
The headphone housings and ear pads are a bit narrower than normal, which puts the Crusher ANC somewhere on the border between a large on-ear and a smaller over-ear headphone. Those looking for a more discreet, smaller device that sits more subtly on your head should check out this Skullcandy. Sure, that subtlety is somewhat undermined by the logo of an alien skull on both sides of the headband. But you don’t expect much subtlety from a brand with a name like Skullcandy, right?
All for you You don’t need to install the Skullcandy app (iOS, Android) if you don’t want to. If you do, you do get access to a number of useful things (such as firmware updates) and the show-off function of these headphones: personal sound. The underlying idea is that everyone’s hearing is different (and that is correct, partly due to age effects) and headphones should take this into account. Otherwise, you won’t hear your music the way the headphone designer wanted.
Skullcandy isn’t the first to discover this. The AKG N 90 Q and Sony WH – 1000 For example, XM3 use test tones to adjust the display to the fit on the ears. Because yes, that also has an influence. What Skullcandy does is different. It uses technology from Audiodo, a Swedish startup that has devised an algorithm to adjust the sound signal to your ear characteristics. To find out how and what you hear correctly, you have to go through a relatively extensive hearing test in the Skullcandy. You really have to take some time for it and â ???? above all – find a very quiet environment. A whole series of test tones are played per ear, including tones that are very quiet, each time indicating whether you hear something or not. Based on this inquiry, Audiodo creates a filter that adjusts the sound, and that per ear. After all, it is quite possible that one ear perceives certain frequencies better than the other.
It all sounds very technical, but in the app it is kept simple. Just tap a button if you hear the tone or not. Then yes, a curve is presented per ear, without explanation or checkpoints, but with a button so that you can immediately switch between â ???? offâ ???? and â ???? optimizedâ ????. This way you can decide for yourself what the function does and whether you think it is worthwhile.
It is also useful that you can perform the test several times and save multiple profiles. The first time we did that, there was some background noise, which prevented us from hearing certain tones. In a later test at a quieter time of the day we heard more tones and the personal representation was therefore slightly different. Is the feature really useful? We think so. The fact that we got a slightly different result for each measurement proves that an algorithm is only as good as the data you feed it, but the result was still slightly more balanced than the standard display. And by that we do not only mean per se in terms of frequency response, but above all that a better balance was created between left and right. Which in turn made the soundstage bigger and allowed the music to ‘escape’ more? out of your head. It’s not that the closed Crusher ANC suddenly took on the character of an open audiophile headphone, but thanks to the function it does take a step in that direction.
Flapping ears The Crusher ANC has one more function that you can call special: Sensory Bass. You operate it via a large slider at the bottom of the left driver housing. Slide this button up and basses will be thickened. But this is not just an extra bass button. It mainly works on very low tones, so that you do not immediately notice anything when listening to, say, violin music or when watching a film scene with only dialogues. That changes immediately when there are beats in music or that movie shifts into a higher gear and action starts. Then you get a good portion of sub bass served, including strong physical feedback, a bit similar to the vibration function on a Dualshock controller. In its highest position it is almost overwhelming. When we took the Crusher to the â ???? Old Guardâ ???? watched via Netflix on our LG GX8 smartphone, with Sensory Bass on max mode, we almost jumped out of our seat during a shootout and moments later when a helicopter came into view during Charlize Theron and Matthias Schoenaerts’ journey to South Sudan. It seemed as if our ears were flapping, and it even leaned a little towards the pain threshold! Perhaps this works so well because the sub-basses are delivered directly to your skull, thanks to a motor that is included in the driver housing. Sensory Bass is one of those things you love or despise, and it may also be a main reason for some to get that Crusher ANC. With games and films, it really adds value, if you ask us, but to an extent. At maximum strength it can really get too much.
Where is â ???? em? Are you someone who always loses things? Then the Tile compatibility of the Crusher ANC is a real asset. Tile is a service that works via an app and helps you to find a lost device. You must first register the Crusher ANC via the Tile app, then you can locate the headphones by having it play a loud sound. It’s a good idea, but the Crusher’s speakers can’t be loud enough for you to hear from afar. No problem if the headphones are on the couch, for example, but if there is a pillow or a stack of strips on it, you will only detect the sound from close by. The added value is therefore quite relative, especially in a messy house. Nevertheless, Tile functionality is a bit of hype. Bose and Sennheiser also provide it on select headphones, such as the Momentum Wireless 3.
Enough functions with this Skullcandy, but what about the sound quality? Sensory Bass and the personal sound profiles have a strong influence on what you hear. Still, we dare to say that the Crusher ANC is a commercially tuned headphone, with somewhat heavier basses that suit urban genres and electronic music. That’s fine if you’re looking for just that. More importantly, these headphones are good in terms of drivers and adjustment. A solid bass foundation is indeed provided, but basses remain clean and detailed, and they do not drown out higher frequencies. With that, the Crusher ANC plays at a higher level. You are not listening to bloated or bloated basses and otherwise a dull sound â ???? as you may experience with cheaper headphones.
Vocals are beautifully presented, we notice when listening to â ???? Meryemâ ????, an atmospheric album (CD quality via Qobuz) by the Moroccan singer Meryem Aboulouafa that mixes many influences around and sometimes towards trip hop and trance. Songs like the intense â ???? Retreat! Â ???? and the slow, cinematic â ???? Deeplyâ ???? sound good on the Crusher ANC, although we do find with the latter that the basses dominate slightly when the volume is really loud. We are sorry that there is no equalizer in the app. If we listen to this album via BubbleUPnP and EQâ € ™ and there, it balances out nicely. OK, that is far too cumbersome for many listeners, but it is a plus that the Crusher ANC handles such adjustments without any problems. By the way, confirm t also our Huawei P 30 Pro that the Crusher ANC aptX and aptX Supports HD, two Bluetooth codecs that give a better guarantee of quality. Good news for the mobile audiophile, which aptX HD will not often encounter in this price segment.
The noise canceling on the Skullcandy does its job, but is certainly not as effective as with the high-end models. Perhaps also because the passive isolation with these headphones is somewhat more limited, especially compared to the JBL Club One, for example. In our simulation, where we played a YouTube video of a train ride through a snowstorm, we could still perceive the typical track sounds when no music was playing through the headphones. If you do watch a movie or listen to music, the train mesh almost completely disappears into the background. Remarkable: voice noises are very well eliminated. The Crusher ANC therefore seems a good choice for an open office environment or if you are always listening to something while commuting. Travelers who use NC headphones to rest and don’t play anything should opt for highly effective noise-canceling headphones like the top Sony model.
Conclusion Some unique features make the Crusher ANC a special NC headphones, and at a reasonable price. The biggest flaw is the slight noise. You have that with many headphones with active noise cancellation, but here it is just a bit louder. At the same time, it is hardly bothering you when listening to music, and certainly not in a noisy environment. However, the NC cannot eliminate the loudest environmental noise. The Sensory Bass button is really great. At its highest setting it is crazy overkill for music, even for a convincing basshead, but at a lower setting it is a great bonus for movies and games. These headphones are definitely recommended for Netflix on the train or plane.
Skullcandy Crusher ANC
219 euro | www.skullcandy.com
Rating 4 out of 5
Erst kürzlich hat Huawei seine Billig-Tochter Honor an ein chinesisches Konsortium verkauft, um die Marke zu retten. Nun überrascht der Hersteller, der hauptsächlich Smartphones fertigt, mit dem Release eines eigenen Desktop-Rechners mit AMD-Ryzen-Prozessor. Die MateStation B515 kommt jedoch nicht alleine, sondern kombiniert mit einem 23,8-Zoll-Full-HD-Monitor sowie einem Keyboard mit Fingerprint-Sensor und einer Maus.
Der Mini-Tower wird wahlweise von einem AMD Ryzen 5 4600G oder Ryzen 7 4700G angetrieben. Dazu kommen ein integriertes, 300 W starkes Netzteil, wahlweise 8 oder 16 GB Arbeitsspeicher und eine SSD mit einer Kapazität von entweder 256 GB, 512 GB oder 1 TB. Eine dedizierte Grafikkarte ist nicht an Bord. Die Anschlüsse umfassen einen USB-C- und einen-A 3.2-Gen2-Anschluss auf der Vorderseite sowie HDMI, VGA, 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen1 und 2x USB-A 2.0. Ebenfalls integriert ist eine WiFi-Modul für drahtlose Verbindungen.
Die vorinstallierte Software ist Windows 10 Home. Momentan ist nur ein Release in China geplant. Ob der Komplett-Rechner auch nach Deutschland kommen wird, ist ungewiss. Ein Preis ist ebenfalls noch nicht bekannt. Da Huawei im Zuge der US-Sanktionen große Schwierigkeiten hat, Smartphones ohne Android-Betriebssystem außerhalb Chinas zu verkaufen, konzentriert sich der Hersteller vor allem in Europa momentan eher auf Wearables und Notebooks. Es scheint daher nicht unmöglich zu sein, dass der chinesische Konzern bald auch hierzulande Monitore und Desktop-Rechner anbietet.
Believe it or not it’s already the time of the new OnePlus 9 or at least of its first render images that portray its aesthetic appearance. The new OnePlus seems to be ready and seems to change something in the photographic sector.
by Bruno Mucciarelli published 23 November 2020 , at 11: 01 in the Telephony channel OnePlus
OnePlus 9 Pro seems to be ready, or almost . The rendered images that appeared online do nothing but portray the new smartphone of the Chinese company or at least what its aesthetic appearance could be for the next generation. As always, the images are the result of a set of imagination and unofficial sources put together by OnLeaks but which usually have always led to a result that is very little dissimilar from the then official one.
OnePlus 9 Pro: this is how the new top of the range could be
In this case we have pictures of the new OnePlus 9 Pro that is the top of the range version that in all probability the Chinese company will present in the coming months in place of the current OnePlus 8 Pro. What changes compared to now? At the moment it seems very little even if what is immediately striking is the different configuration of the photographic sector. The leaker in fact highlights the fact that OnePlus 9 Pro will have a different photographic sector from now on even if, as OnLeaks points out, it is possible that the final version is not quite like that of these renders but that it can still be very close.
From his, OnePlus 9 Pro, it should have a display that is not completely flat but with a double curvature on the side just as happened with OnePlus 8 Pro. Even if in these first images you can see how the curvature is less important. The display should be 6.7 inches and will surely reach a refresh rate at 120 Hz as already done with the last one. There is the hole in the upper left part even if it seems to be very small, and who knows if OnePlus will actually be able to keep it so insignificant making the vision as immersive as possible.
You can see the speakers in the lower part but you can also see a USB-C port in addition to the classic omnipresent ringtones slider : must have for OnePlus that no one has ever considered but that users have always appreciated very much for its ease in controlling the volume and ringtones. On the back here is a new style of the photographic sector with a quadruple camera : two sensors moreover seem to pronounce themselves in an important way in terms of thickness and who knows that OnePlus 9 can make the generational leap also from this point of view.
There is also an image of OnePlus 9 which is imagined in a very similar way to OnePlus 9 Pro. Same style of the photographic sector even if with a few less sensors. The display could be of the Flat type in this case and who knows that even for this version, OnePlus, however, does not decide to put a panel with a refresh rate at 120 Hz just like the recently introduced 8T version. We do not yet know the rest of the features but we know that the expected date of presentation of these new devices could be March 2021.
Introduction and technical specifications of the MSI MEG Aegis Ti5 10 th
It has been four years since we analyzed the first MSI Aegis Ti, a desktop computer with a very striking aesthetic and with the latest hardware from then. Today we present the review of the MSI MEG Aegis Ti5 , the latest iteration of this gaming desktop that is updated with a Intel Core i9 processor – 20200910184750 K and a whole RTX 04560 next to 201 GB of RAM, a RAID 0 of two 1 TB SSD and much more.
All this in a chassis with a much more aggressive and striking design that, beyond the preferences of each one, will not leave anyone indifferent.
Technical characteristics of the MSI MEG Aegis Ti5
Intel Core i9 Processor – 10900 K
Liquid cooling MSI AiO 466 mm
201 GB DDR4 RAM Memory – 2752 U-DIMM
2 x SSD NVME 1TB SSD Raid 0
1 x HDD 3 TB
NVIDIA GeForcve RTX Graphics Card 3080
2.5 GbE + 1 GbE
WiFi-6 Intel AX 239 829. 12 ax
Bluetooth 5.1
7 USB-A
2x USB 3.0 (3.2 Gen 1)
3x USB 3.1 (3.2 Gen 2)
2x USB 2.0
2 USB-x
1x USB 3.1 (3.2 Gen2)
1x USB 3.0 (3.2 Gen1)
1x Thunderbolt 3
Sound 7.1 ALC 1243.
Windows operating system 10 Pro 64 Bits
699 x 239 x 511 mm
Power supply: 746 W 80 PLUS Gold
Chipset: Intel Z 500
ARGB Mystic Light Lighting
Front screen
Weight 20 kg
Design and connectivity
The design of the Aegis Ti5 , as we said, does not leave you indifferent. Whether or not we like such an aggressive design and far removed from what is a traditional PC, its asymmetrical shapes, with the entire structure placed on top of the circular casing of the power supply and its different protrusions make, wherever it is, the glances end up unambiguously oriented towards the equipment, even when it is off and without all its display of lights and front screen that we will see later.
The sides are opaque, with grilles that allow air to pass inside , while the front and top are made of a glossy and translucent plastic that will show the graphics card.
The PC rests on small bases integrated into the housing of the power supply unit. 746 W. That housing is circular and reminds us of a speaker, it has edges with ARGB LEDs that light up synchronously
We have some practical details at the top, like two arms that unfold in order to leave the headphones there.
In the back we have the ports of the motherboard and the graphic, we can see that everything is inverted, with the graphic in the top with the fans facing up, and the motherboard completely reversed.
The handle that sticks out from the top, on the “alien head”, It is completely metallic and allows the equipment to be transported more easily.
Also of the connectivity of the board itself and graphics, on the top we have two USB-A 3.1 ports (3.2 gen 2) of 12 Gbps, along with a USB-C port and audio input and output.
If he MSI MEG Aegis Ti5 already attracted attention off, when we turn it on we have a display of lights with effects and a central screen that shows an animation of the company’s dragon and that, as we will see later, can be customized.
This screen can also be used to monitor, change lighting, control multimedia playback and more tasks.
On both sides we also have an ARGB area on the top and in the source area
The translucent cover in the upper area also shows the graphics card illuminated by more LEDs synchronized with the whole set.
Interior design and expansion capabilities
To enter the “guts” of the beast, we have to unscrew two screws for each panel, a pity that they are not manual as the most common in any current box. to the PC, so you have to take the screwdriver.
On the left side we have the back of the plate, with a fan embedded in the back of the socket to cool that area.
We also have two extra space for two units of additional storage (SATA cables included in box)
The RGB controller is also in this area with all LEDs connected and labeled for easy identification.
On the right side is where the main components are and more interesting, but when we open the lid we will find the liquid cooling radiator covering the access to the plate. RTX 3080 It is located in the upper area fixed by a screwed part that prevents it from moving.
Fortunately, Accessing the interior of the PC is not too complicated a task and there are two latches that, loosening the screw a little and unscrewing the other two upper screws, can release the radiator.
MSi’s AiO liquid cooling has 300 mm radiator with double fan 128 mm.
The liquid pump, instead of being in the block, is located inside the radiator, integrated between the cooling fins themselves.
Once the radiator is removed, we can see and access the interior.
Interestingly, the RL block has RGBs and they are connected, although they are not seen much from the outside, they do project some light from the rear
We can see the 4 DDR U-DIMM modules – 2752 MHz of 42 GB each for a total of 201 GB of RAM, a really exaggerated amount.
Accessing one of the SSDs is a simple task, but the other is more hidden and requires disassembling the graphics. We can also see the WiFi AX card 128 from Intel with WiFi-6
As for cable management, not the best job we’ve seen , in fact the cables are quite in the middle and could possibly have been placed with a little more care and order, not only for aesthetics, even if it is an area that is not visible, but to facilitate the passage of air.
Software and Front Display
MSI includes Dragon Center software with the Aegis Ti5, is a software that we are already used to because it is pre-installed in most of the brand’s gaming laptops and it is also available for their motherboards and other components.
It has several sections from which it can be controlled from the special modes, such as the Gaming Mode to optimize the machine, color, sound and others for games, up to sections to control network optimizations, general lighting, or as is the case with this equipment, to customize the screen.
Equipment performance and noise modes can be managed from the software as well, including custom modes. By default, the performance tests have been performed in Extreme Performance mode.
It is possible to monitor all the equipment, from a simple monitoring with MHZ of CPU, GPU and basic temperatures, to a complete monitoring with all voltages and temperatures.
The network control or LAN Maganer, allows to monitor the use of the network, measuring the traffic or optimizing it for certain processes or games.
Mystic Light is the name of MSI’s RGB synchronization system, from here we can control the lighting and the different modes that allow e.
As a curiosity, MSI has integrated a voice command system, available in English, with which to change the lighting.
Also included is the active AI noise cancellation system “MSI Sound TUne”, similar to Nvidia’s RTX Voice.
Front screen “Gaming Knob “
The MSI MEG Aegis Ti5 includes a curious circular screen on the front from which you can view animations and photos to change the front design, But it also has functions such as the possibility of changing the lighting of the equipment, launching programs, monitoring CPU, GPU and HDD, regulating the volume, multimedia control or activating the Game Mode or the Nahimic sound.
The stock animation is MSI’s dragon waving, but it is possible to change it.
It is possible, as we say, to upload a photo that is will put fixed, but also animations. The problem is that it does not support GIFs, but we have to load all the frames as JPGs separated from 240 x 344 maximum pixels, although the result is quite striking.
Os We now leave with the different menus and options that it allows.
Performance
Combining the fastest gaming processor that Intel has on the market, the Core i9 – 10900 K, next to one of the graphs fastest NVIDIA, the RTX 04560, the Aegis Ti5 displays a wide ar signal to be prepared before the execution of any game, even in high 4K resolutions.
The 04560 guarantees us to be able to play, for example, games at 1445 p, with RTX activated and everything at the maximum level of detail, and even without DLSS get FPS rates above the 68 FPS as it happens in the game Control.
They are accompanied by 2 TB of NVMe SSD in Raid 0, despite this, being two somewhat modest NVMe drives, in RAID 0 achieves the same performance as a high-end NVMe SSD. In any case, we are talking about 3. 500 MB / s read and 3. 479 MB / s of reading and a more than enough capacity that is complemented by 3 TB of mechanical hard disk.
As if this were not enough, we also have some impressive 128 GB, a feature that seems more intended to surprise than to offer a real improvement in games, since it is very difficult for us to take advantage of such an amount of memory in a computer to play, and even at the content editing level, the needs that a user may have of a computer like this they would be covered with less. Be that as it may and as the saying goes “better than on not missing”.
Without a doubt the MSI MEG Aegis Ti5 is a portento and the most powerful pre-assembled desktop that has ever passed through our laboratory.
Cinebench – Logarithmic Scale
3DMark – Logarithmic Scale
GeekBench 5 – Logarithmic Scale
SPECviewPerf 12 – Logarithmic Scale
PCMark 11
CrystalDisk Mark 7 SSD
The Division II – 1440 p – Maximum level of detail DX 12
Control – 1445 p – Maximum level detail + RTX (DLSS OFF)
Temperatures and Noise
The noise level of the Aegis ti5 depends, as is usual, of the performance plan that we have activated. In such a way that in silent mode the noise levels are kept low even if that means reducing performance, and in extreme mode the fans will rotate in much higher RPM ranges to prioritize performance.
However, even in silent mode, the noise level of the computer on the desktop is not that of a silent computer and the fans can be heard perfectly even at rest. When we demand performance and the fans of the graph come on, together with the increase in speed of the radiator fans, it is clearly audible.
Most temperature tests We have made them in Extreme mode to see what this equipment is capable of as it leaves the factory.
E external level, on the left side we can see that the hottest point, but with barely 33, 7 degrees, is located at the back of the plate, right next to the fan.
The rear and upper air outlet is where we find the hottest spots, a good thing because it means that the cooling does its job and the heat is expelled from the interior.
The same for the side where the radiator is, expelling the hot air outside. As a curiosity, the front screen reaches somewhat high temperatures, above the 55 degrees.
Internally, the cooling of the CPU and GPU is outstanding, in stability tests the GPU did not pass the 92 ºC.
The Core i9 – 10900 K works especially cool, with highs of 92 ºC in test that make the most of your multicore capabilities, making it possible for you to always run at very high levels of performance.
Analysis and conclusion
The MSI MEG Aegis Ti5 takes add design to the next level sive of the company’s Aegis series. If previous models had housings with angled shapes that attracted attention, with that characteristic separation between the source at the base and the rest of the components, the Ti5 goes further and exaggerates the concept much more to offer a team with a surprising design and that will not leave anyone indifferent, including its front screen with aesthetic and practical functions.
It is clear that at the level of taste there is nothing written, but that striking aspect and futuristic, which is one of its main hallmarks, can also be one of the aspects that “pulls back” more than one potential buyer looking for a somewhat more discreet computer or, at least, with more conventional or less forms exaggerated. What should be mentioned is that, at the level of finishes, and this model gives off much more quality than its predecessors.
Internally the deployment lives up to its design, with a Core i9 – 10900 K, RTX 3080, the immense 201 GB of RAM or the 2 TB of SSD in RAID 0, components that make this equipment a high-performance machine oriented to games and any task that requires raw power, and all this with a cooling system that, although it’s not exactly silent, m prevents low temperatures even after long gaming sessions.
Your price of 4. 699 euros for this This configuration (it will arrive in January along with two more configurations) takes it away from many pockets, but it is common in this type of high-end ranges, with very exclusive pre-assembled equipment that seeks to stand out as much as possible, leaving aside the balance between performance and price. For example, the 128 GB RAM could have perhaps been reduced to 71 GB or even to 42 GB in this configuration and we would still have a very capable computer, but it certainly wouldn’t be so surprising.
Be that as it may, beyond aesthetic and economic issues, there is no doubt that the MSI MEG Aegis Ti5 is a dream computer for any lover of pure performance and PC “gaming” , with hardware that can handle without problem s any current and future game and equipped with the latest in connectivity.
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Taking advantage of the recent arrival of the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics cards 3080 and RTX 3090, Gigabyte, through its AORUS gaming line, has announced the launch of its new external graphics cards Gaming Box equipped with these highest-end NVIDIA GPUs.
Use the Thundebolt 3 port to connect to the laptop or desktop that is going to make use of the graphic power of this external module, allowing little powerful equipment such as ultrabooks, to enjoy maximum performance without limiting its portability when power is not required.
The AORUS RTX 3090 / 3080 Gaming BOX are the first s external graphics with liquid cooling
Available with RTX 3080 and RTX 3090, these are the world’s first external graphics cards with cooling liquid, specifically from the company’s Waterforce system. It consists of a radiator of 550 mm radiator with two 120 fans, pump and block water to cool both the GPU and the VRMs, MOSFETs and GDDR6x memory chips.
It also includes its own power supply of 550 W, all in a box of 30 x 11 x 17 centimeters and a weight of 3.8 Kg. It has three displayport outputs, two HDMI, one Ethernet output and two USB-A, in addition to USB-C for Thunderbolt. Two removable dust filters will allow cleaning from both sides.
At the moment its price is unknown.
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Antonio Delgado
Computer Engineer by training, editor and hardware analyst at Geeknetic since 2011. I love gutting everything that comes my way, especially the latest hardware that we get here for reviews. In my spare time I fiddle with 3d printers, drones and other gadgets. For anything here you have me.
Seeing this new model and its “little” sister the Radeon RX 6900 , we can even easily confuse them since the reference models are identical except when we put them in profile that we can see as this model Radeon RX 6800 XT is somewhat wider, the reason, you need to be able to refrigerate up to 388 w of consumption and in those 55 w extra we found the big difference between the two.
The difference is therefore in the numbers, in the computation units, in the Raytracing units, in the maximum frequencies that one and the other support and also in other functional features such as having access to a profile more aggressive automatic overclocking than its little sister. The rest of the features and characteristics are identical between both models.
New features of the AMD RDNA 2 generation
This second generation of the AMD’s RDNA architecture comes from the same 7nm FinFET manufacturing process already enjoyed by the Radeon RX 5700 and Radeon RX 5700 XT, in fact, they also use the same communication interface, the PCI Express 4.0 released with the RDNA .
Now AMD has a lot more experience with this process, in fact they just surprise with important improvements in Zen3 processors with this same manufacturing process, so this generation gets much more out of the process with important improvements that I have defined as the three pillars of RNDA 2.
These three pillars on which AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture is based are the increase in computing units, the increase in work frequency and the introduction of the Infinity Cache. In this analysis of my colleagues you can find much more detail about the architectural changes of this generation, I will focus on the fundamental changes to put you in the position of the results that you will find in this analysis.
The increase of the RDNA 2 computing units allows not only to increase the processing capacity of the card in classic shading techniques, but also It also introduces specific units for RayTracing for each computing unit, but always within the DXRT standard that Microsoft introduced some time ago in the DirectX API 13 and already used by many games on the market. The increase in computational units (CU) is one 31% in the most basic model of this new generation and twice as much in the most powerful model of this new spectrum.
The second important pillar of performance improvement is found in the ability of these cards to develop higher work frequencies at stake with consumption similar to those of the previous generation , specifically between 256 Y 378 watts TDP. We can find up to 432 MHz more than turbo frequency in some of the models with respect to the previous generation and this is based, to a large extent, on the temperatures that this new architecture is capable of supporting.
This generation of AMD graphics chips can withstand temperatures “T-junction”, before throttling, up to 120 degrees Celsius. Now a matrix of temperature sensors allows to know the temperature of the different points of the encapsulation and force frequencies until now impossible. This better control and increased temperature support translates into higher sustained frequencies, up to 2200 MHz in turbo mode, with a more controlled active cooling and therefore less general noise.
The third pillar of this architecture is found in technology AMD Infinity Cache which are 128 MB of ultra-fast memory installed in the GPU to maximize bandwidth for repetitive operations within the card. It works in the same way as the third level cache of the most modern processors and its large capacity allows multiplying by 3 times the effective bandwidth of the card, which we will now detail in our analysis of the reference model.
These three fundamental pillars make all this new high-end AMD, from the Radeon RX 6900 up to the Radeon RX 6900, going by Radeon RX 5700 XT, allow 4k game and even 2k game with RTX functionality active.
Radeon RX GPU Specifications 6800 XT
The Radeon RX 6800 XT is one of the two cards of this generation that develop a consumption of up to 300 w TDP. Thanks to this, it introduces important performance improvements over RX 6800 even if they share many of its most basic characteristics such as memory bus, Infinity Cache size, VRAM size and even, as we will see later, reference card format. Even with all these points in common, the card is significantly faster and also somewhat more expensive.
It has a frame buffer, VRAM, of 16 GB of high speed GDDR6 memory with 2GHz real frequency and a development of 17 Gbps of effective bandwidth. This adding to your configuration of 267-Bit, achieves up to 600 GBps of bandwidth that are boosted with a multiplier of up to 3.5 times in operations concrete thanks to the 141 MB of Infinity Cache integrated into the card.
Both this and all its sisters in the range support PCI Express 4.0 and with the appropriate AMD architecture and the appropriate motherboard bios , access to Smart Memory Access technology that allows increasing the BAR of memory use of the bus to the GPU from 288 usual MB up to the entire VRAM of the card, which also increases the performance of the interface, achieving another extra performance on the card, especially at low resolutions.
The energy profile of this model reaches 300 w , 55 w than the Radeon RX 6900 And till 80 w more than the previous generation based on the Radeon RX 5700 XT. Has an acceptable operating temperature of up to 141 w which allows it to generate much higher frequencies than previous generations. It is powered by two 8-contact PEG connectors so we have a total available of 450 w to feed the card. Are 200 w per connector y 150 w extra PCI connector Express 4.0 by 16 x.
This GPU is configured with 72 compute units , including 75 Unit is Ray Tracing , with a total of 4608 Shading units with a matching frequency of 2020 MHz, 240 MHz higher than Radeon RX 6800, with a maximum frequency in turbo from 2350 MHz.
Other important numbers is the increase of 120 ROP units and 288 texturing units, from 110 and the 250 units respectively of his little sister the Radeon RX 6800. Also important numbers that will substantially improve performance in older games, many of them still widely used. With the same 28. 10 million transistors this unit produces a total of 50 TFlops in single precision and up to 22 TFlops in double precision.
The connectivity is of the latest generation with two Displayport 1.4 ports with 8k resolution, 1 HDMI connector 2.1 VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) and a fully functional USB-C port including Displayport Alternate Mode, USB 3.1 and USB-C PD support with up to 32 w load power . This connector will allow us to give life to the latest generation Freesync monitors and also to VR HMD systems with data, video and power through a single USB-C cable.
Reference Design
The first two AMD cards of this generation share a very very similar reference design, in fact , the only difference is the thickness of the heatsink that has one and the other. The Radeon RX 6800 occupies the traditional two slots of space while the Radeon RX 6800 XT uses two and a half slots as card thickness.
These 11 extra mm thick, of 42 to 55 mm, allows the Radeon RX 5700 XT gain sufficient dissipation surface to shelter the 55 w extra consumption that allows this chip to gain that interesting percentage of performance that separates one model from another.
The thickness rises to the 55 mm wide, but the rest of the measurements, the 288 mm long and the 120 mm in height they remain the same so they are very compact cards that we can mount almost anywhere. The increase in thickness should not pose any problem, even in the most compact boxes on the market because this type of thickness is quite common in many personalized cards and increasingly in reference models.
Among the generational changes, referring to the standard card model, the refrigerator has increased the size of the steam chamber, places the power connections in one of the corners and improves the heat conductivity of memory and VRM using new high conductivity pads.
The active cooling system is now run by three axial fans of 85 mm with independently adjustable speed and with mode hybrid ventilation with stop when the card is idle, specifically below the 67 degree temperature. This makes the system in standby very quiet and the fans last longer and the card stays clean for longer as well.
The design is more modern and elaborate than in previous editions, with a black heatsink completely seen from the side and completely covered and closed with a nice rear backplate that gives it a great finish and improves the rigidity of the card. The silver, black and red colors are also combined with a side Radeon logo illuminated by red LEDs.
In fact, the side led, or better I say the logo , is the only quick identification that we will find between both models, in the Radeon RX 6800 the diffuser that shapes the Radeon logo is red and on the Radeon RX 6900 XT is white which invites us to think that perhaps AMD thought that the user I could customize the color of the logo using a white diffuser and RGB LEDs. Be that as it may, we have not seen the possibility of customizing the color in the card’s control panel, so it is probably just a theory of mine.
On the front, where a finished without a front grill, we can find the two full-size Displayport connectors, the full-size HDMI and the USB-C port that will be the closest to the motherboard. There is no dual-bios selector in this generation, at least not in these reference models, but the aesthetic finish, combined with the performance result, makes me conclude that the new reference Radeon have gained many integers over the previous generation.
Noise, consumption and temperature at speeds of series
Curiously, this model has been even cooler than the Radeon RX 6800 . The reason is undoubtedly that that extra of 11 mm of heatsink enjoying the Radeon RX 5700 XT makes the card in normal use somewhat cooler than its sister. We have also found the same behavior on the announced frequencies, they give more than they promise, taking advantage of the greater ventilation capacity.
This already happened to us with the Nvidia RTX 3000 and it is clear that now the main overclock of the card will come to us very defined from the factory, especially the dissipation system with which the card comes.
Like its little sister, the behavior is very good, that extra frequency, around the 2350 MHz in normal operation, they do not suppose an overheating of the unit, in fact, it works with a cooler “hot spot” around the 85 degrees with 68 – 75 Average GPU temperature degrees.
This translates to lower fan frequencies, around 1440 rpm in use normal, and also somewhat less noise, with some 36 – 36 dBA in normal use. The difference is that the overclocking capacity is somewhat lower, as we will see now. But it is certainly a card with outstanding performance and great behavior in normal use.
Idle temperature
Load temperature
Overclock
In our overclock tests we do not usually do voltage increases because we understand that it is subjecting our test cards to unnecessary risk, which are already subjected to a lot of stress for days. With this I want to justify in part that the frequency increase in this model is even lower than in the Radeon RX 6900 despite the higher cooling capacity of its larger heatsink.
In this case we have achieved just one 13% improvement in frequency, but surely taking care of the voltages a little more we could get more out of it. Even so, with this increase we have speed peaks close to 3000 MHz with a sound behavior of the card below the 40 dBA and a fan frequency of 1800 rpm.
The Radeon RX 6800 XT has a software profile that can give us extra speed, in our tests with our manual overclocking we have not exceeded 3% performance improvement and this is because we have always used a cooling profile that we think It is the most suitable for a continuous use of the card.
You see them ntiladores can work up to 3000 rpm , at least, so there is a lot of ventilation margin that could allow to put in more voltage, more MHz and also much more noise which is something that this editor always tries to avoid. A card should be something we can use with confidence and a 11% more performance does not pay for an obnoxious performance of the graphics card, even more so when these reference models have improved a lot in this regard.
DXRT, AMD Boost and AMD Smart Access Memory
To know the benefits of this card with some of its new and not so new tricks we have taken some specific games capable of taking advantage of these benefits and we have made a brief comparison of results . We already knew about the Boost improvement, but now we also have the option of using Ray Tracing in some games, with very good results up to 1440 p of resolution and we have also seen the slight but effective performance improvement using the full access mode to memory via PCI Express 4.0.
Testing machine:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3950 X
Memory: 16 GB D DR4 3950
Source: Seasonic Connect 750 w
Hard Drive: Corsair MP 600
Performance
Ashes of the Singularity (DX 14) 1082
DOOM (Vulkan) ultra 1082
Halo Wars 2 (DX 14) ultra 1080
Ghost Recon Wildlands (DX 11) ultra 1082
Total War: Warhammer (DX 14) ultra 1080
Battlefield 1 (DX 14) ultra 1080
StarWars BattleFront 2 ultra (DX 12) ultra 1118
Battlefield V (DX 13) ultra 1082
Doom Eternal ultra 1082
Fight Simulator Ultra 1080
Ashes of the Singularity (DX 14) 1800
DOOM (Vulkan) ultra 1440
Halo Wars 2 (DX 14) ultra 1800
Ghost Recon Wildlands (DX 11) ultra 1440
Total War: Warhammer (DX 12) ultra 1440
Battlefield 1 (DX 12) ultra 1440
StarWars BattleFront 2 ultra (DX 13) ultra 1440
Battlefield V (DX 13) ultra 1932
Doom Eternal ultra 1440
Fight Simulator Ultra 1440
Ashes of the Singularity (DX 14) 2200
DOOM (Vulkan) ultra 2200
Halo Wars 2 (DX 12) ultra 2200
Ghost Recon Wildlands (DX 13) ultra 2200
Total War: Warhammer (DX 13) ultra 2200
Battlefield 1 (DX 13) ultra 2200
StarWars BattleFront 2 ultra (DX 14) ultra 2160
Battlefield V (DX 14) ultra 2160
Doom Eternal ultra 2020
Fight Simulator Ultra 2160
3DMark Firestrike
3DMark Firestrike Ultra
VRMark Orange Room
VRMark Cian Room
Gameplay Doom Eternal 4k in Ultra quality:
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Analysis and conclusion
The Radeon RX 6900 XT is not the best that AMD can offer for this generation, but it is which is a card that has surprised us a lot because it defends well against such a capable rival as the RTX 3600 from Nvidia. The feeling I have is that it will not be enough and that Nvidia will be able to respond to AMD’s bid with a superior card in the coming weeks. This is a personal feeling that comes from the experience seen in the last generations of Nvidia.
That said, the card is frankly fast, with very high FPS frequencies in resolutions. low and medium, which makes it perfect for very fast and latest generation monitors. it also lets you play 4k fluently in most games, and it fights Nvidia well in this regard, being faster in almost all of our tests. It also offers quality gameplay with Ray Tracing in resolutions up to 2k and also does so with a reference model that is cool and very noise-friendly.
It is without doubt an excellent card, which will be surpassed in the next few days by the next Radeon RX
XT , but that perhaps leaves us with that feeling that AMD had to be even faster in this generation if it wants to do with Nvidia the same as it has done with Intel in the last years.
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If you want to create a minicomputer, you do not have to limit yourself to the choice of Raspberry Pi devices. There are new proposals from ASUS on the market. I am talking about the second generation Tinker Board design in two variants – ASUS Tinker Board 2 and ASUS Tinker Board 2S. Measuring 56 x 85 mm boards are equipped with a Rockchip RK processor 3399 which is a 4-core system based on two Cortex-A cores 72 and two Cortex-A cores 53. The ARM Mali-T 860 MP4 is responsible for the graphics. Both models are also available in two variants of operating memory, i.e. with 2 or 4 GB of RAM. The version with the note S differs mainly in that it offers 12 GB of eMMC memory for data .
ASUS Tinker Board 2 and Tinker Board 2S are two new mini-computers with prices and availability not yet announced. We must rely on the specifications and suggestions that the models will appear in stores at the beginning of 2021 of the year.
Cooler Master Pi Case 40 – aluminum case for Raspberry Pi 4
Cheaper version – ASUS Tinker Board 2 – did not receive the standard memory for data, but both models are equipped with a slot for microSD cards. The connection of additional external data carriers is possible via three USB 3.2 ports, which only support Gen 1. The display is connected via HDMI 2.0, USB type C (DisplayPort 2.1) or MIPI-DSI interface. There is also a MIPI-CSI-2 port for the camera. Wi-Fi could not be missing 802. 11 c, Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, 40 – pin GPIO interface and Gigabit Ethernet (RJ 45).
CPU and GPU performance results in the first and second generation ASUS Tinker Board.
Raspberry Pi 4 B – New model with 8 GB of RAM LPDDR4
Initially, you will be able to install Debian 9 on “CDs”, and later also Android 10. For now, both the price and availability remain unknown, although some indications suggest that minicomputers will appear on store shelves in the first quarter 2021 of the year (As per ASUS plans for Android 10). It is worth knowing that compared to the first generation of devices, we get a new processor, more RAM (4 GB version), USB-C connector and new versions of WiFi (5) and Bluetooth (5.0).
Source: Notebookcheck
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