PC Magazine - USA (2020-07)

DESIGN Available in black or white models, the circumaural (over-ear) HD 450BT headphones feature generously cushioned memory fo ...

The audio cable can be used passively with the headphones completely powered down, or it can be used with the headphones on and ...

One great aspect of the mics is they give you some in-ear monitoring of your own voice, which generally leads to speaking at mor ...

Orchestral tracks, like the opening scene from John Adams’ “The Gospel According to the Other Mary,” sound excellent through the ...

T he market for budget gaming laptops is ultra-competitive these days, with the latest components from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia al ...

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One of the more, well, special aspects of this special edition is the set of all-AMD core components. For $1,199, Dell includes ...

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Cinebench is often a good predictor of our Handbrake video-editing trial, another tough, threaded workout that’s highly CPU-depe ...

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Real-World Gaming Tests The synthetic tests above are helpful for measuring general 3D aptitude, but it’s hard to beat full reta ...

At any rate, the correct results here are a mix of good and bad news, though the Radeon GPU is certainly not bad. AMD may have p ...

Battery Rundown Test After fully recharging the laptop, we set up the machine in power-save mode (as opposed to balanced or high ...

W hile many enthusiasts shop for large, fancy keyboards packed with features and RGB glow, others want the most streamlined, sub ...

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Since the switches in this keyboard are Cherry’s popular MX Brown and not proprietary Das Keyboard switches, I don’t need to exp ...

I’ve become so used to key backlighting over the years in various laptop and desktop keyboards that, when I need it for a moment ...

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