Samsung Galaxy S6 S6 Edge Review Is The Galaxy S6 Or Galaxy S6 Edge Better

Hardware design isn’t one of Samsung strong suits, with the plastic Galaxy S5 being one of the uglier devices of 2014, at least among the flagships. But the company has turned things around drastically with the Galaxy S6, producing a smartphone body forged from metal and complemented with glass that looks great and is ergonomic to hold. Unfortunately the phone is a slippery fingerprint magnet, though Samsung has more than made up for this by ditching the cheap, crappy plastic we’ve been dished up for the past couple of years....

December 31, 2022 · 5 min · 909 words · David Mcmorris

Samsung S Ufs 4 0 Flash Storage Will Double The Speed Of Next Gen Phones

Samsung says UFS 4.0 offers speeds of up to 23.2Gbps per lane, doubling the performance of the current UFS 3.1 standard. The 7th-generation V-NAND technology will enable sequential read speeds of up to 4,200 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 2,800 MB/s. For comparison, UFS 3.1 tops out at 2,100 MB/s sequential reads and 1,200 MB/s sequential writes. Samsung says the extra bandwidth offered by UFS 4.0 will be perfect for 5G smartphones that require vast amounts of data processing and is also expected to feature in future automotive applications, VR, and AR....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 256 words · Melvin Hudspeth

Samsung Ssd 950 Pro 512Gb Pcie Review The Next Step In Mainstream Ssd Performance

Perhaps the most confusing results were those seen in our own custom file copy tests. Starting with the single large file test the 950 Pro delivered pretty much what we expected as it edged ahead of the SM951. However, the program and game copy performance was unexpectedly slow as the 950 Pro was really only able to outpace the SATA SSDs. We’re not sure why that was. We tried several Z170 motherboards but they all delivered the same lackluster performance and we made sure to use the Samsung NVMe driver under Windows 10....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 628 words · Leonard Orozco

Silverstone Raven Z Rvz01 Mini Itx Case Review Installation Impressions

Silverstone suggests that the user first remove all the screws from the graphics card bracket as well as the power supply cage. Between the two you are looking at having to remove a total of ten screws and the four around the power supply cage are quite difficult to remove and even harder to put back. If you wish to install an SSD on the center brace, it is also recommended that this be removed as well....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 499 words · Marion Nichols

Singularity Gpu Cpu Performance In Depth Singularity Screenshot Gallery

December 31, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Ivan Lucas

Solid State Drive Comparison Round 2 Ocz Vertex Turbo 120Gb

Truth be told, the difference between the two is very small. As the name suggests this is a performance-oriented version meant to squeeze the most performance out of the design. The Vertex Turbo uses the fastest SDR DRAM cache available and a proprietary FTL-level firmware that according to OCZ provides an even faster solid state drive for enthusiasts looking for the ultimate desktop or laptop storage upgrade. The SDR DRAM cache has been made faster through good old fashioned overclocking, a past time of which OCZ was based upon....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 280 words · Maggie Cannon

Sony Xperia Tl Review Software Camera Conclusion

AT&T confusingly adds its own Messages app that acts as a unified inbox for texts, missed calls, and voicemails. AT&T Messages syncs all communication across phone, tablet, and web. The app is convenient for users with both an Android phone and tablet, but standard text conversations will be better served in the Messaging app rather than the AT&T Messenger. Apps / App Store AT&T includes a number of pre-loaded applications on the Xperia TL, including its branded Code Scanner, Family Map, Navigator, Ready2Go, Smart Wi-Fi, Live TV, Messages, and My AT&T apps....

December 31, 2022 · 5 min · 996 words · Donna Foor

Splinter Cell Conviction Performance In Depth Conclusion

While 1920x1200/1920x1080 could generally be considered a very high resolution, it’s nothing particularly extreme by today’s standards. Today you can purchase a capable 24-inch LCD monitor starting at just $200, with better quality models going for $300+. This being the case, we have to assume owners of such monitors will want want to game at the LCD’s native resolution, and in Splinter Cell: Conviction that is no piece of cake....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 389 words · Justin Ortiz

Spotify Dips Its Toes Into Concert Tickets With New Live Events Section

The website is similar to the Spotify app’s recently introduced Live Events Feed, which also allows users to buy seats for concerts through Ticketmaster, AXS, DICE, Eventbrite, See Tickets, and other resellers. However, it appears that the new website intends to cut out the middleman. Users purchase the seats directly through Spotify. All tickets appear to be general admission with relatively reasonable pricing ranging from $17 to $45, with a Spotify booking fee....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 347 words · Lois Adkins

Squirrel With A Gun Is The Perfect Game For Fans Of Weapon Wielding Rodents

In fairness, Squirrel with a Gun does look very funny. The game’s name explains the premise: you play as one of the furry nut-loving creatures, but this one can carry and operate guns. Not an appropriately sized gun, mind you; this is an actual, full-sized handgun, which is basically what makes it so amusing. The trailer sees our gun-toting hero running around with a variety of firearms. At one point, it’s wielding an Uzi in a somewhat threatening manner, demonstrating how the recoil of the guns can be used to lift the squirrel into the air....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 303 words · Cindy Lueck

Starlink Aviation Will Deliver 350 Mbps Satellite Internet On Airplanes

The service promises up to 350 Mbps to each plane with latency as low as 20 ms, enabling online activities not previously possible on a flight such as online gaming, video calls and connecting to virtual private networks. Starlink will bring its tech to planes using a low-profile Aero Terminal featuring an electronically steered phase array antenna designed to enhance reliability, redundancy and performance. Each kit includes an Aero Terminal, a power supply, two wireless access points and all of the necessary harnesses....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 274 words · Diane Connelly

Synology Diskstation Ds2411 Nas Review Benchmarks Crystaldiskmark 3 0

Here the write performance is extremely fast, showing heavy utilization of Link Aggregation, but the reads are much lower than the limits of a single Gigabit Ethernet connection. The DS2411+ was also a bit slower than the DS1511+ and DS411+ when comparing read performance. The random 512K performance trends are similar to those seen when testing the sequential performance and again the DS2411+ was a bit slower than the DS1511+....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 94 words · Dwight Holland

Tesla S Director Of Software Admits 2016 Autopilot Demo Video Was Staged

In a recent deposition for a lawsuit against Tesla filed by the family of Wei “Walter” Huang, who died in 2018 when his Model X crashed into a highway barrier while autopilot was engaged, Elluswamy said the video’s intent was “not to accurately portray what was available for customers in 2016. It was to portray what was possible to build into the system.” The video starts with a tagline that reads, “The person in the driver’s seat is only there for legal reasons....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 409 words · Clyde Lentz

The Best Smartphones Early 2021

There are many factors to consider when buying a new phone, but for most people the crucial element is price. Are you willing to shell out almost a grand on the latest and greatest phone or will a $300 mid-range champion suffice? To help you make your decision, we’ve collected together the top handsets from several different price ranges, explaining their best features and what makes them great buys....

December 31, 2022 · 12 min · 2394 words · Barbara Eiselein

The Fast And Affordable Ssd Crucial Mx100 256Gb 512Gb Review Benchmarks File Copy Test

The single large compressed file is a game ISO weighing 6GB and Crucial’s MX100 512GB managed just 223MB/s, which is comparable to the recently reviewed Plextor M6S 256GB and Crucial m4 256GB. This means the MX100 is about 100MB/s slower than the fastest 2.5" SATA SSDs we’ve tested, such as the Samsung SSD 840 Pro, SanDisk Extreme II and OCZ Vertex 450. The MX100 256GB was 23MB/s slower than the 512GB version, putting it on par with the Samsung SSD 840 Evo 1TB....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 218 words · Megan Holt

The Ray Tracing Slideshow Dxr On Nvidia Pascal Tested

Prior to this you needed an Nvidia Turing RTX graphics card to get the visual benefits of ray tracing, but for a variety of reasons we’ll get to later, you can now access the feature with many other GPUs. For putting together this test we took the most powerful Pascal GPU we had on hand - the Nvidia Titan X - and pitted it against Nvidia’s RTX line-up in the three games that support ray tracing thus far....

December 31, 2022 · 10 min · 2042 words · Teresa Mcburney

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Benchmarked Graphics Cpu Performance

After much anticipation and a few delays, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launched this week to a similar degree of critical acclaim, with praises in the order of “one of the best role-playing games ever crafted” (GameSpot), “a game that often feels like a stunningly confident, competent shot across the bow of the open world genre” (Polygon), and “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is shaping up to be one of the best RPGs of the year” (PCMag)....

December 31, 2022 · 4 min · 732 words · Cornelius Shields

Then And Now 6 Generations Of Geforce Graphics Compared Power Consumption

Well, that bar has been raised once again with the GTX 1080, which delivers around 60% more performance while consuming on average ~10% more power in a typical high-end gaming system. Back in 2010 the GTX 480 was a very power hungry GPU that pushed our test system up to 319 watts. Nvidia refined the 480 design slightly with the 580 to save a little power while delivering more performance....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 197 words · Brandy Irvin

This 14 800 Asrock Mining Rig Is Powered By 12 Playstation 5 Chips

Twitter leaker Komachi highlighted the mining server, which he believes is made up of defective PlayStation 5 Ariel/Oberon SoCs. This wouldn’t be the first instance of AMD repurposing the PS5 silicon; it’s almost certainly part of the 4700S (and 4800S) Desktop Kit, a small motherboard that uses the rejected PS5 processor. The Asrock Mining Rig Barebone 610 Mhs 12x AMD BC-250 is for sale in Slovenia for €13,499, which works out at around $14,800....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Herbert Hines

This 150 Biodegradable Keyboard Has An Intel Processor Inside

According to Pentaform, the Abacus is the most affordable computer in the world. It’s a regular office keyboard with a trackpad tacked onto the side and a quad-core system tucked underneath it. It doesn’t have a screen, but it has an HDMI port. Part of what makes it special is its environmental friendliness. Pentaform co-founder, Joon Sang Lee, says the Abacus “considers the planet as one of its prime beneficiaries....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 358 words · William Geathers