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Maingear Retro98 - PC in the late ’90s
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Author: Vlad Phigod,
Maingear Retro98 Brings ’90s PC design back with nodern flagship hardware

Maingear’s new Retro98 desktops look like PCs from the Pentium era, complete with a Turbo button and beige case - but inside they pack modern…

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ROG Xbox Ally X Review: $1,000 of Promise Stuck Behind Windows
Author: Kate Chu,
ROG Xbox Ally X Review: $1,000 of hardware brilliance held hostage by Windows

The ROG Xbox Ally X packs the most powerful hardware in any gaming handheld and then asks Windows 11 to not ruin everything. At $999,…

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Colorful iGame RTX 5060, RTX 5070 Ti Mini
Author: Vlad Phigod,
Colorful unveils white iGame RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5070 mini GPUs

Colorful has introduced new white versions of its compact iGame RTX 50 Mini graphics cards, offering RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5070 models designed for…

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Intel Core i9-10900K vs Core Ultra 5 225F benchmarks
Author: Vlad Phigod,
Intel Core i9-10900K vs Core Ultra 5 225F tested at 1080p

Fresh 1080p benchmarks reveal that Intel’s Core Ultra 5 225F consistently beats the older Core i9-10900K in modern games, highlighting how far CPU performance has…

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RTX 5090 Crysis test
Author: Vlad Phigod,
RTX 5090 takes on Crysis at 4K and 8K

Nearly 20 years after launch, Crysis is still demanding. Fresh benchmarks show how NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 handles the legendary game at 4K and 8K resolutions.

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Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D benchmarks
Author: Vlad Phigod,
Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs 9800X3D tested in 1080p gaming

Fresh benchmarks reveal that AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9850X3D delivers only a small performance uplift over the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in 1080p gaming, despite higher…

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NVIDIA RTX 5070 performance review 2026
Author: Vlad Phigod,
RTX 3080 vs RTX 5070 – 4K gaming benchmarks compared

A new set of 4K gaming benchmarks from YouTube channel TestingGames puts NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3080 head-to-head with the newer GeForce RTX 5070 to see…

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GTX 1080 Ti performance in 2026
Author: Vlad Phigod,
GTX 1080 Ti vs RTX 5060: an 8-Year GPU gap, tested at 1080p

Eight years separate the GTX 1080 Ti and RTX 5060 - but how big is the performance gap at 1080p? Fresh benchmarks reveal a clear…

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Why Windows XP runs faster than Windows 11
Author: Vlad Phigod,
Why Windows XP can outrun Windows 11 on identical hardware

A surprising benchmark comparison reveals that Windows XP often feels faster than Windows 11 when both run on the same aging laptop. The reason isn’t…

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Chrome new features with Gemini, Nano Banana
Author: Kate Chu,
Google is turning Chrome into more than a browser

Google is transforming Chrome from a simple browser into an active digital assistant. With a new sidebar, automatic shopping tools, image editing, and deep Google…

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Problematic Windows 11 update, January 2026
Author: Vlad Phigod,
Microsoft’s Black January was more than a bad update

Microsoft’s January exposed cracks across its ecosystem. Windows 11 updates broke core features, cloud services suffered extended outages, and a BitLocker encryption case raised uncomfortable…

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Personal AI assistant - Clawdbot
Author: Vlad Phigod,
Clawdbot is gaining attention as a Local, Open-Source AI Assistant with deep integrations

A new open-source project called Clawdbot is gaining traction online. Unlike typical AI assistants, it runs locally or on a private server, connects to multiple…

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