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WLAN mesh system in the reader test: test the Tenda Nova MW12!

In cooperation with Tenda Technology, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of network and IT solutions, we are now looking for four Hardwareluxx readers and community members who would like a brand new Try out the mesh system in your own four walls and want to publish a comprehensive test report about it for our… Read more

PlayStation 5 in a new look: exchange side panels can be pre-ordered

At the 19. November the long-awaited PlayStation 5 will be available in Europe. The futuristic design in black and white represents a completely new design direction and is very different from its predecessor. There are many supporters of the new look, but for some it may be a little too sterile. The website Theplatestation has… Read more

Small but mighty: Pebble v3 from Creative put to the test

Page 1: Small, but powerful: Pebble v3 from Creative in the test With the new Pebble 2.0 speaker system, the manufacturer Creative presents its USB-C speakers, which are now in the third generation, inspired by the Japanese Zen rock garden. In addition to USB connectivity, the current version of the system also has control via… Read more

KW43 / 2020: Our articles from the last week

During the past seven days, once again numerous exciting articles went online on Hardwareluxx.de. We not only put the Sharkoon Light² 32 to the test or the live gamers Ultra GC 553 from AverMedia, but also the Gigabyte AORUS 17 G, the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 OC, the MSI MEG Z 4890 I… Read more

Google Pixel 5 in the test: Less innovation for a better smartphone

Page 1: Google Pixel 5 in the test: Less innovation to a better smartphone The Pixel 5 is Google’s new top smartphone. However, Google does without a high-end SoC and has also deleted some of the innovative features of the predecessor. In the test, we show why the Pixel 5 has become a pleasantly coherent… Read more

GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Founders Edition for a short time at cheaper notebooks

So far, NVIDIA sells the Founders Editions of the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3090 in Germany exclusively via its own webshop. There is the GeForce RTX 3080 – if it is available – for 699 Euro and a GeForce RTX 3090 costs 1. 499 Euro. Now NVIDIA has apparently started the Founders Editions… Read more

Intel: Alder Lake and Sapphire Rapids at partners and third-party production at TSMC until 2023

In addition to a problematic outlook into the future and the announcement of a DG2 GPU for the coming year, Intel has announced the figures for the third quarter 2020 talked about the plans for the processors and the current developments. So you already have started to deliver the first samples of the Alder Lake… Read more

Amazon Echo and Echo Dot with clock in double test: The 4th generation Alexa speakers

Page 1: Amazon Echo and Echo Dot with clock in double test: The 4th generation Alexa speakers Amazon is already offering its smart echo speakers in the fourth generation – and has significantly refreshed this generation. In a double test we try out both the new large Echo and the new Echo Dot with clock…. Read more

PNY with the new XRL8-CS3040-NVMe-PCIe 4.0-SSD series

Since the introduction of the Zen 2 architecture and the X 570 platform the demand for PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs is steadily increasing. Tiger Lake and the upcoming Zen 3 generation are pushing this development even further. Already at Computex 2019 PNY made an effort and presented its first M.2 SSD model with the designation… Read more

Tape out done: DG2 based on Xe-HPG is already running

This week, Acer introduced a notebook with Intel’s first discrete GPU DG1. ASUS anticipated this announcement in a certain way and presented such a notebook with an Intel GPU a few days earlier. As part of the announcement of the figures for the third quarter 2020 spoke to Intel’s CEO Bob Swan about the GPU… Read more

Windows 10 21H1: Preview version now available for Windows Insiders

Just yesterday Microsoft released the Windows 10 – Update 20 H2 free to download, but it was announced in a blog entry that the next version is already in the starting blocks and a preview version is available for Windows insiders. The preview has the build number 20241 and the name Windows 10 21 H1…. Read more

Rumor: But no GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 with double memory

After the existence of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 with 20 GB and the RTX 3070 16 GB by listing in the various partners, such as Gigabyte and Galax, were considered practically confirmed now new rumors emerge that a publication of these cards was completely canceled. On the VideoCardz page, two independent sources are named… Read more

Geekbench versus SPEC: Nuvia explains differences in the requirement profile

A few weeks ago, the server startup Nuvia drew attention to itself with the first projections of the performance of the design baptized Phoenix. At the end of the development, you want to be twice as fast and significantly more economical than AMD, Intel and Co. Phoenix is the name of the micro-architecture, or the… Read more

We're not afraid of ghosts: Epic Games Store announces the next free games

After the Epic Games Store is currently offering Costume Quest 2 as well as the horror game Layers of Fear free of charge for Halloween, the next week will be a big ghost hunt. True to the motto “ We are not afraid of ghosts” , the remaster of the Ghostbusters: The Video Game can… Read more

After EA, there are now in-game advertisements at 2K Games

Already last September, the game company EA annoyed the community with advertisements in the mixed martial arts game UFC 4. It should be widely known among game publishers that in-game advertising is not the best idea for promoting products. However, this does not seem to have arrived at 2K Games yet. According to various players,… Read more