The conclusion is a no brainer. The Radeon RX 5600 XT wins by a decent margin. On top of that, it’s cheaper too. Before you start, let me continue. EVGA’s RTX 2060 KO Edition is only available in the US and a few select regions. For the vast majority of gamers, the RTX 2060 still costs nearly $350. At the moment, the Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT is available for $289 on Newegg. Out of all the 5600 XTs, this is the fastest variant and the one we tested, so don’t look any further.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Many OEMs including ASUS and Lenovo are pairing AMD’s Ryzen 4000 “Renoir” mobile processors with dedicated graphics parts that are slower or near-about as powerful as the accompanying integrated graphics solutions. While this normally wouldn’t be an issue with the 45W high-performance H series, many vendors are doing the same with low-power 15W (cTDP: 25W) Renoir APUs, pairing them with low-end discrete GPUs such as the MX350.

Publication: Hardware Times 

The refreshed HP Envy x360 15 is priced starting at $699.99 (roughly Rs. 53,400) for the AMD SKU and $849.99 (roughly Rs. 64,900) for the Intel SKU. The device will go on sale in May in the US. It features a 4K AMOLED display with 88 percent screen-to-body ratio, up to 10th Gen Intel Core CPU with optional Nvidia GeForce MX330 graphics. There is an option of AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile processors with Radeon graphics as well. The laptop offers an 18.5 hours battery life and connectivity options include Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth v5.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

Recently, we’ve discussed about several CPU benchmarks pertaining to the new Intel 10th gen Comet Lake-H Core i7-10875H in the Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR X8 laptop that is currently under review. Now, we shall take a preliminary look at the sustained performance of the chip. We compare the Core i7-10875H with the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS in the Asus Zephyrus G14. Also included in this comparison are the Core i7-10750H in the Acer Predator Triton 500, which is currently under review, the 9th gen Core i9-9880H in the HP Omen 17, and the Core i7-9750H in the Schenker XMG Pro 15.

Publication: Notebook Check 

Lenovo has announced 24×7 free technical support for all laptops and PCs, including those of other brands as well. The support will be free of cost and will be available via a toll free number. The technical assistance support will include basic operating system related troubleshooting.

Publication: The Times of India

Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook led a companywide virtual meeting on Thursday to address concerns about the impact of Covid-19 and discuss the iPhone maker’s plan to return to work. During the meeting, Cook called the pandemic an “uncertain and stressful moment,” but expressed confidence that the company will emerge strongly from the crisis, as it did after the 2008 recession and following a near-bankruptcy in the late 1990s.

Publication: Indian Express 

Minecraft, one of the most popular world-building games has released a new beta for Windows 10 which will allow players to take advantage of Nvidia’s RTX technologies including the DLSS 2.0 and ray tracing in the game. Interested game enthusiast can download the beta version and start playing right now. But do note that you must have a Windows 10 PC with minimum requirements.

Publication: Gizbot

The Lenovo Yoga C640 is in our studios for review! We tell you if this is a powerhouse and is everything you may need from a work from home standpoint. This convertible by Lenovo is priced comfortably and comes in a perfect size, but under the hood, does it get everything right? Find out.

Publication: NDTV

The Taiwanese giant has made an interesting move by bringing back its NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 and listing “new” one. The GT710-4H-SL-2GD5 is the new GPU but with the ancient tech but it still remains very popular on Amazon for its cheap price and can be used for low graphics use. The GPU is still based on the Kepler architecture, the GeForce GT 710 features 192 CUDA cores, 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM and a bandwidth of just 40 GB/s along with a 954 MHz base clock.

Publication: TechnoSports

ASUS India is all set to roll out the ‘Back to School’, e-learning courses for students aged 10-18, from April 20 – May 31. As a part of the association with Toppr, students can purchase ASUS laptops and pay an additional amount of Rs 699 to avail Toppr’s advanced plan worth Rs 40,000 for one year. The company said the campaign is conceptualized using insights on what drives the youth of today, as per the company’s official release.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine 

If information circulating the internet is to be believed, then Sony will produce fewer PS5 in its first fiscal year than the PS4. This is because the price of the console is expected to be higher than the launch price of the PS4 and may put off some customers to purchase the console at launch.  According to Bloomberg, “The PS5’s loftier price tag may also deter initial take-up.

Publication: Digit

Data storage, processing and management are critical now as most activities worldwide move online during coronavirus lockdowns. Migration to the cloud was happening even before this crisis but now, organizations are depending on cloud services more than ever.

Asus has updated its entire gaming laptop portfolio with AMD Ryzen 4000H gaming processors already and now they will update their premium laptop series i.e. the ZenBook 14 with the new Ryzen 4000U mobile processors. The ZenBook 14 with the name of UX434IQ will feature 16 GB of LPDDR4x RAM clocked at high 4,266 MHz speed along with a 1 TB Samsung PM981 SSD. It’s clear that the UX434IQ will be one of the first Ryzen 7 4700U-powered laptops.

Publication: TechnoSports

In the late 2000s, high-speed data access and seamless connectivity allowed companies to access servers from a remote location. It allowed organisations to scale capacity by the click of a button and a pay-as-you-go model developed. Clouds provided a much-needed boost to new age start-ups. Now, any developer could create an app and run it on Amazon, Microsoft or Google’s servers and make millions or billions in the process.

Publication: Financial Express 

HP has revamped its 2019 Envy 17 which was already having pretty specs like Wi-Fi 6, Core i7 Comet Lake-U CPUs, along average GPU performance. But the design which included an optical drive made it look a bit boring. In 2020, HP has totally redesigned the 2020 Envy 17m-cg0013dx and will begin shipping later this month according to HP. The laptop now features 17.3-inch FHD IPS backlit multi-touch display with 86% screen-to-body ratio with 100% sRGB colour gamut.

Publication: TechnoSports

By mid-March, John Lyotier’s travel software business Left was cratering with the spread of the pandemic. Seeking to cut costs, he reached out to his office landlord, who offered rent relief. Then he contacted Amazon, asking to “explore creative financing opportunities” for his monthly cloud-computing bill. The response was succinct. “’Nope, that’s the way it is,’” Lyotier recalled.

Publication: The Economic Times