BATTERYFORPC BLOG
Motorola Edge Plus Smartphone Review – High-End Again at Last
Cheap no more! The Edge Plus is Motorola's attempt to compete with the best of the best the smartphone market has to offer. An assertive price and decent connectivity may look good on paper, however they are nothing out of the ordinary. But is it enough to go head to head with Samsung and Apple? Back in May of 2020 we had the chance to review the Motorola Edge, a high-quality device somewhere in- ... Read more
2020-09-11 02:55:28
AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX Thinkstation Listed for $18,000: Benchmarks Emerge
AMD's Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX is one heck of a chip. It recently found itself atop PassMark's leaderboard (as spotted via @TUM_APISAK), leaving heavy hitters, such as the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and EPYC 7702, in the rear view mirror. That makes it all the more exciting that this powerhouse CPU has landed in a new system. But who can actually afford it? Debuted back in July, the Threadrip ... Read more
2020-09-10 03:09:38
SiPearl working on a giant 72-core processor for supercomputers
A Twitter post by a French politician inadvertently revealed details about SiPearl’s upcoming high-performance processor powered by Arm’s Neoverse Zeus cores. The SiPearl Rhea system-on-chip will be used for an experimental ‘towards exascale’ supercomputer platform, with Rhea’s successor, SiPearl’s Cronos, used for the first European exascale supercomputer. The SiPearl Rhea SoC is based on 72 ... Read more
2020-09-10 03:09:38
Alleged AMD Radeon RX 6000 engineering sample spotted
A photograph showing an engineering sample of the alleged RDNA2 graphics card has been published online. Is this Big Navi? A picture of a mysterious engineering sample has emerged on Bilibili. It is not possible to determine which graphics processor does the graphics card has, but one could guess this might be one of the upcoming Big Navi variants (or any other NAVI 2x family processor at this p ... Read more
2020-09-10 03:05:56
The Armari Magnetar X64T Workstation OC Review: 128 Threads at 4.0 GHz, Sustained!
Blitzing around a race track in a fast car only ever convinces you of one thing: I need to go around the track even faster. I need a better car, I need a better engine, better brakes, or better tires. I need that special go faster juice, and I need to nail the perfect run. The world of professional computing works the same, whether it comes down to rendering, rapid prototyping, scientific compute, ... Read more
2020-09-10 03:05:56
Rumored Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Specs Hit the Sweet Spot
Nvidia might have already announced its GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards, but the Ampere rumor mill never rests. Hardware insider @kopite7kimi, who was spot on with Ampere's specifications before launch, just revealed alleged specifications for another undetermined SKU that could well earn a spot on our Best Graphics Cards list. According to the tweet, the leaker doesn't know if the card in q ... Read more
2020-09-09 02:49:12
ASRock Launches Ryzen 4000 Mini PC With 2.5G Networking
ASRock Industrial Computer's latest 4X4 BOX-4000 series of Mini PCs is here to disrupt the small form factor (SFF) market. Available with three different processor options, the 4x4 BOX-4000 series targets both home and business users. The 4X4 BOX-4000's plastic enclosure has a 4.3 x 4.6 x 1.9-inch (110.0 x 117.5 x 47.9mm) footprint and weighs just 2.2 pounds (1kg). The mini PC can sit comfortably ... Read more
2020-09-09 02:47:51
Samsung's Note20 Ultra Variable Refresh Rate Display Explained
In August 2020, Samsung launched the new Note20 Ultra – an interesting device that we have on our review test bed. It's safe to say that over the last few generations, there hasn’t been all that much exciting about the Note line of devices - the phones typically use the new silicon and camera technologies that were introduced in the Galaxy S-series of the same year, and the Note lends on its form ... Read more
2020-09-09 02:47:51
ASRock Launches Ryzen 4000 Mini PC With 2.5G Networking
ASRock Industrial Computer's latest 4X4 BOX-4000 series of Mini PCs is here to disrupt the small form factor (SFF) market. Available with three different processor options, the 4x4 BOX-4000 series targets both home and business users. The 4X4 BOX-4000's plastic enclosure has a 4.3 x 4.6 x 1.9-inch (110.0 x 117.5 x 47.9mm) footprint and weighs just 2.2 pounds (1kg). The mini PC can sit comfortably ... Read more
2020-09-09 02:47:41
Samsung's Note20 Ultra Variable Refresh Rate Display Explained
In August 2020, Samsung launched the new Note20 Ultra – an interesting device that we have on our review test bed. It's safe to say that over the last few generations, there hasn’t been all that much exciting about the Note line of devices - the phones typically use the new silicon and camera technologies that were introduced in the Galaxy S-series of the same year, and the Note lends on its form ... Read more
2020-09-09 02:47:41