CES always brings out some interesting products, and while many of them aren’t directly related to our normal Maximum PC coverage, there’s plenty of overlap. Case in point is Nvidia’s new Drive PX 2 solution, which the company is billing as a one-stop solution for in-car artificial intelligence, deep learning, and autonomous driving. Perhaps more…
Top Deal: Not every system has to cost several thousand dollars and come decked out with top shelf parts. If you’re just planning to mosey around the web and play in Word, you can get by with a more modest setup. For general purpose computing chores, one option with a low footprint is today’s top…
Long live the Chromebook Bargain priced Windows laptops have stolen some of the appeal of Chromebooks, though the cloud-centric devices are still popular in the education market. To keep the good times rolling, Samsung unveiled the Chromebook 3 with improved battery life. The Chromebook 3 measures 11.36 inches by 8.04 inches by 0.7 inches and…
Throwing down the Gauntlet 4 Patriot’s been busy fleshing out its lineup of varied memory and storage products with an eye on cutting edge technology. Following up on its announcement of a pair of PCIe-based SSDs (M.2 SATA and add-in card form factors) the other day, Patriot today added a new SSD enclosure and three…
It’s all about options For the most part, the all-in-one space has been reserved for general purpose PCs. We’ve seen a few gaming oriented AIO systems, but they’re the exception to the rule. Now all of a sudden system builders from every corner are readying big size AIOs for gamers. We already told you about…
It’s really happening We were never really concerned that Oculus Rift would fall into an unfortunate category known as vaporware. Even though it’s been almost three years since it was introduced on Kickstarter, development kits and hands-on testing with said kits gave us confidence that it would eventually arrive, we just didn’t know exactly when…
Hello, everybody! So, Fenix Rage is now changing its name to Fenix Furia! Why? Because it sounds more exotic! Okay no, we changed the name because of unforeseen circumstances. Personally, we believe it’s a conspiracy against having cookies in our game… but that’s another story! But why Fenix Furia? Well, we believe this name captures…
Volume for PS Vita has arrived! *exhale* Everything from the PS4 version of Volume is now portable sized. That’s all 100 levels of the stealth action campaign, along with all curated Staff Picks and uploaded levels from the community. The game’s level editor is also packed in there with the ability to design, upload, and…
Razer today announced its new ultrabook Blade Stealth, which is basically a thin and light notebook but with gaming credentials. From looking at it, you’d be forgiven if you thought it was slow. But nope, it’s got a Core i7 6700U humming along at 2.5GHz (3.1GHz turbo), and PCIe SSD that’s configurable up to 512GB–no…
PCs Aren’t the Only Things that Become Obsolete It’s consumer electronics week, with all sorts of new gadgets being announced in Vegas. That means that many of the offerings from last year are finally available—at least the ones that were able to get beyond the prototype stage. One of the more interesting aspects of CES…