After a long wait, Sony finally unveils the PlayStation 5

Today it is recorded in the history of technology, it is the day when Sony unveiled a device that was usually talked about from the fabric of imagination, so no one mentioned playstation 5, and our thinking was heading to something close to the spacecraft, but you know .. we were not wrong! Sony finally unveiled it and at first sight it is really coming from the future! Learn about us with the new masterpiece of the Japanese giant: PlayStation 5.

Design - this is the “future of games” as described by Sony

Sony has designed its new playstation 5 in a unique style, as it does not resemble in any way its previous devices, and perhaps the reason for this complete change in the design language is the long period in which the company was available to do the design and manufacture of the device in it, as Sony was strict Very much to keep its secrets, we did not see any leak about the device, but all the pictures were just imaginary designs for the new device, but frankly, the company has overcome these designs and reflected the scales, the design seems to come from the future.

The device can be placed vertically or horizontally as the company designed a stand base that we can fix for both cases, until now Sony has only revealed the white color of the device, while for the control arm it has also been completely redesigned as the company named it "DualSense Controller" to be the new generation From the PlayStation Series controller.

What's new in the joystick?

The new design of the control arm brought it closer to the form of its competitor from Xbox, which is a logical reason because it is more comfortable in the hand grip, and with a beautiful mix of white and black the arm comes to us with the same beauty of the device itself, but the design is not the only change that the company presented, it comes with great changes from the inside Also where the feature “haptic feedback - haptic response” has been revealed, which, according to the company’s description, will allow players to feel the game experience physically, such as the off-road driving experience, for example, Sony has replaced the old rumble technology with this completely new technology, Sony also added a feature New for the first time under the name "adaptive triggers" and it gives the R2 and L2 buttons the ability to show resistance against pressure on it. For example, when you tighten the bow to shed an arrow you will feel resistance from these two buttons and therefore it is a feature that helps to improve the different gaming experience.

Also, for the first time, an internal microphone was added to the joystick, in addition to a USB-Type C input, and the name of the “share” button was changed to “create”, which is supposed to share the gaming content.

Are gaming computers competing in terms of hardware and architecture?

It is known that there is an eternal war between the Playstation devices and next to this competition there is a bigger competitor that is difficult to overcome, gaming computers, and for this Sony has had to provide its best, in fact, the specifications of the playstation 5 was officially mentioned by the company before its launch to the public For months, the device will be powered by AMD Zen 2 Octa Core CPU and AMD RDNA 2 dedicated GPU, these AMD processors will save 10.28 teraflops of energy using variable frequencies on both processors, Sony also uses an internal hard type SSD which will make a clear difference in the speed of opening and reducing game loading time, the 825GB hard drive will come with theft of data transfer up to 5.5GB / s, the company stressed the importance of downloading games to the internal hard to take advantage of the mentioned reading speed.

Epic Games recently posted recorded footage from the playstation 5 showing how the graphics formed on the new Unreal 5 technology, we saw in these clips 8K cinematic scenes and dynamic lighting effects, also supports playback of 4K graphics at a frequency of 120Hz, also supports 3D sound technology.

Two versions of the Playstation 5: the digital version and the regular version
Playstation 5 comes in two versions to diversify the price category, as there is the regular version and the digital version and the difference between them is the entry of the cylinders, the digital version comes without it, and although the company never officially spoke about prices, but we expect the digital version to be significantly cheaper.

Large assortment of different accessories
All accessories compatible with the Playstation 5
Sony has made available a number of different accessories for the Playstation 5 devices. These accessories are as follows:

DualSense charging dock
New HD camera
Wireless headphone with Pulse 3D technology
Remote control for media
The company did not specify the prices of any of these accessories, nor did it mention whether it will be provided with the device, and only disclosed them Qeft.

Exclusives provided by the company
Offering exclusives is something Sony used to do and even excel in. Many great games are exclusives for its devices like The Last of Us and Uncharted Series, for example, and this time, too, Sony provided a lot of excels we tell you.

Trying AT&T’s Fake 5G 2020

- Hey guys, this is Austin. After years of using 4G,5G networks are just starting to roll out. And with that, we should be able to see proper gigabit-class speeds. But if you owned a flagship in the last couple years you might have noticed something strange, a 5G E logo. So, have you been using a 5G phone this entire time without realizing it?Yeah, no. Like 4G before it, 5G is not as straightforward as it might seem. There are several competing 5G standards being built out right now. For example, here in LA, you can sign up for Verizon's 5G home service. This is using an early version of 5G, which according to Verizon is good for up to 20 times the speed of LTE. And in the real world, delivers about 300 megabits per second down. Although theoretically, it can go up to940 megabytes, completely wirelessly. That's actually pretty good. And it shows how 5G can be used, not only for your phone and for your laptop and tablet, but also it can be used to completely replace standard home internet line. So putting aside for a second that this isn't true 5G just yet, there is a ton of potential here. The final 5G spec calls for a theoretical maximum of 20 gigabits per second. Although realistically, it's going to be much closer to one gigabit. But that is still a huge huge bump over what we have today. That brings us to 5G E. Now this is short for 5G Evolution and it is what AT&T is calling 5G. Although spoiler alert, it's not 5G. So to give you a better idea of what 5G E is, we have a little bit of an example. So, this is Pikachu. And for this reference, we'll call him 5G. As you can see, he's very cheery, he's very happy. All good, right?Well, this is Mimikyu. Now, on the service looks very similar to Pikachu, except that he's really LTE with some weird drawings on his face. Clearly not the same thing. Are you following?Maybe I should explain this little bit better. So if you take a look at the AT&T site, they describe 5G E as quote,"The first step on the road to 5G. "So it does support some additional technologies that come with LTE Advanced. Such as four-by-four as well as some better streaming and better compression. But generally speaking, this is not 5Geven though they're slapping that 5G badge all over it. And if this all sounds familiar then you would be right. Back with AT&T was transitioning from 3G to 4G, they sent out an update to their phones to change the badge to say 4Gwhen it was actually still on 3G. Yeah, they're doing that one again. So based on all of this, it seems pretty clear to me that 5G E is not going to deliver a truly next-gen experience. But to be fair, I think it's time to put it to the test. So let's see if we can actually track down a 5G E phone and see how it actually performs. That was fun. So, did not get a phone. But we got some interesting information. They did confirm that it does support 5G. So I think the main phone I'm looking for is the V40. Everything that I've read up until now seems to show that that actually is one of the phones that does show the 5G badge. Unfortunately, the store didn't get many V40sand they shipped them all back because they didn't sell them. Oh thank you, I appreciate it. So, we have an LG V40 that supports full 5G E, at least I hope it does. Now, I have to put a SIM card in here and hope that 5G shows up and I can actually test to see if it's any good or whether I just spent $950 on a phone that won't work. So, it is time to put AT&T's 5G network to the test. So the first bottleneck is that we actually might not have5G E service here at the office. I'm hopeful that we will but they don't really exactly have a whole lot of information about it. So I'm gonna put a SIM card in with actual data. All right, so it shows we're on AT&T on LTE, which is the correct thing because we should be on LTE. But I wanna see if this actually will show us 5G E. This V40 does have an update released on January 4th. Oh, excellent, here we go, what's new. 5G Evolution indicator support added. Okay, so there is an update for the phone that specifically changes the indicator to 5G Evolution. Now the question is, why doesn't it wanna download?So we got the phone up to date but, unfortunately, it still shows 4G LTE. Now, this should theoretically show 5G. The main issue is that there's not5G service here at the office. So the next step is to track down 5Gso we actually can test to see, even though it's probably gonna be the same. This isn't going to be a definitive test, but all I want to know is this. Does 5G E make any difference whatsoever?So after taking a closer look at the 5G E coverage areas, one of the major sports that they do have listed, Los Angeles. So we're here in Hollywood to see exactly whether or not this is going to work. Oh, oh, 5G E, we got it. I actually legitimately did not think that was gonna work. So what's really interesting if you look at the actual network page, what you'll see is even though it says 5G It still says LTE here because that's what it really is. I guess the first test is just to see how fast it is. So, 4. 6 down and 16 up. Hardly a gigabit like they had promised. Now on the other side, I have the iPhone 10R. Now, this is a phone which actually is listed on AT&T's site as 5G E compatible. But if you take a look, I have four bars of LTE, not 5G. It's the same thing. But let's see if there's actually a difference. Oh wow. (laughs breathlessly)Are you serious?(laughs breathlessly)Are you trying to tell me that 5G is slower?To be clear, these phones are both on AT&T. There's no difference in any way, except that this one is like 10 times faster on the download. 29, 31, 35. Are these settings the same?Now we've gotta try like another site or something. So because that seems very suspicious, I'm going to try the standard Google Speed Test just see what we get. All right, what have we got?Oh, there we go. Okay, that makes a lot more sense. We're seeing way faster speeds on 5G E, which makes sense if you think about it. The 10R has a two-by-two LTE antenna versus the four-by-four antenna on the V40. Okay, let's do it one more time. Ready, set. There we go, yeah. It's consistently pulling ahead, this time actually by a lot more. So the iPhone still does have a little bit of an advantage on the upload. But I mean the download is a big difference,5G is delivering almost double the speed. Now whether or not that's worthy of the 5G badge, I'm not so sure. I mean realistically the goal for 5G, proper 5G, is over 10 times this speed. So the fact that it's a little bit faster than LTE, it makes sense. So, what did we learn?5G E is just another name for LTE Advanced. And while it is faster, you shouldn't go drop everything to buy a 5G E-enabled phone. True 5G is right around the corner.

The Best Budget Gaming Laptop 2020

- Hey guys, this is Austin. Usually, when you're talking about a gaming laptop,you're pretty much in the $1,000-plus budget. Now there's nothing wrong with high-end gaming laptops. Not only do you get all the fun toys like, you know, high-end displays with high refresh rates and RTX graphics, but you also get some of the nicest designs out there. However, not everyone wants to spend 1,000, 2,000, even $3,000 when it comes to a gaming laptop, and that are where Acer's Nitro 5 comes in. There's definitely something to a laptop that you can take to work or school all day and yet still come home and play some games without breaking the bank. Now specifically what I have here is the all-AMD version, so it's got a Ryzen processor as well as RX graphics. However, you should definitely keep an eye on those prices. So I was able to pick this guy up for $570, and at less than 600 bucks, there's a lot to like. What's not so hot, though,is that sometimes this laptop spikes up to around $700,and at that kind of price, it's a little bit of a harder sell,so definitely be sure to keep an eye out for when the sales are,and, well, just don't overpay for the laptop. Take a look around the Nitro 5, and it absolutely looks the part of a much more expensive gaming laptop. It's all red and black, it's built reasonably well, and you even have a back-lit keyboard which is a nice touch at the price. Now the bezels definitely are on the larger side, and the screen isn't anything all that special. So it is 15. 6-inch 1080p IPS panel, so it's good, it's decent, but it doesn't have any kind of high-end bells and whistles such as that high refresh rate. But, I mean, we're talking about less than 600 bucks. It is hard to complain about this stuff. This screen is totally fine. You also get a solid selection of ports. Not only is there USB-C and Ethernet, but you also have plenty of USB-A ports, HDMI. There's even an SD card reader. Now, at almost six pounds, this is certainly not a thin and light gaming laptop. It's a little bit on the thicker side, and yes, it is made entirely out of plastic, but honestly, it does feel reasonably sturdy. I really wouldn't worry about leaving this in my bag all day. It's what's inside that's really interesting. Now there is a standard Core i5and GTX 1050 version of this laptop. What I have here is the pure AMD version, Ryzen 5 2500U as well as a Radeon RX 560X. This is straight-up not a combo that I've pretty much ever seen before, but you know what, it's actually not bad. Sure, the Ryzen 5 does fall behind the higher-wattage Core i5. When you look at the graphics compared to the GTX 1050, it's actually a slight bit faster, which is especially impressive considering we basically never see AMD graphics in laptops. Performance-wise, when you get into a game like Overwatch, it's really no problem. So right now on 1080p on Medium settings, we're getting a very consistent 60 FPS. This makes sense, right?This is the kind of performance that you would expect out of something that's roughly the equivalent to a GTX 1050. It's not the most powerful thing in the world, you won't be able to play everything on Ultra, but games like this are 100% playable. So we were about to start playing Apex Legends until I realized that this was using the integrated GPU instead of the actual RX 560, so I'm gonna try to fix that real quick. So this actually does bring me to one of the issues that I found with this system in that the driver situation is all over the place. So this does have AMD graphics, it was included with that Ryzen processor as well as the Radeon graphics, but the issue is that even though they're going to be fixing this soon, right now you just can't go to the AMD website and download drivers. You actually have to get them specifically from the OEM, which in this case is Acer. Oh, hi, Austin from the future here, back with an important update. So, of course, the day after we filmed that segment, well, AMD dropped that driver update that they have promised, so now you can go straight to the AMD website and download all the drivers you need for the Nitro 5, and importantly, it looks like Apex Legends is now working. With everything cranked to 1080p Medium, I can see if we pull up Task Manager that the 560 is running it 80, 90% load. It looks like we should be good now. All right, that's definitely better. So, yeah, with a mixture of Medium and a couple of Low settings, we're pretty close to a 60 FPS lock now. With the driver issue fixed, this is a much more usable laptop, so disregard everything I said earlier, it's fine now. So it does look like Fortniteis properly supporting the 560X. So I hop into my settings here. I am able to run at 1080p on High, and now let's see how it actually performs. Okay. Oh, wow (laughing). We just need to make a montage of me dying in Fortnite. I mean, this is fine, like, it was running 50 frames per second until I got shot in the face. Upgrading is pretty easy, although it is a little bit on the limited side. So with a single screw on the bottom, you can upgrade the RAM, so by default, this guy comes with eight gigs, although it's me, I'm definitely gonna upgrade to 16. Not only is that just nice to have, but also considering that we're running a Ryzen processor, having fast dual-channel memory can make a big difference. Then there's the hard drive. So by default, this comes with a one terabyte drive, and that's fine, it's kinda decently quick as far as hard drives go, but it's 2019and you guys should know my stance on hard drives. Just no. Just say no to hard drives. Thankfully, upgrading this is also super-easy. Again, it's just one screw behind the door on the bottom, and I think it's actually a pretty worthwhile upgrade to go to something like a 500-gig SSD. It's not that expensive, and it'll give you a ton of capacity, but importantly, you're gonna get that SSD speed. Now as this is a gaming laptop, battery life isn't exactly the strong suit. Now it is actually pretty decent for a gaming laptop like this. I was able to get around four to five hours of standard use, but of course, you have to keep in mind that you're going to need a charger if you really want to take this out for a full day of proper use, and especially if you're gaming. I mean, you're definitely gonna need it. So when it comes to the Nitro 5, it is all down to the price. Now at $570, with just a couple of upgrades, this is absolutely my favorite budget gaming laptop that I've taken a look at all year. Unfortunately, if you're paying upwards of $600, the value proposition becomes a lot sketchier, so it really does kind of depend on where you're able to find this and how expensive it is. Once they get those AMD driver issues sorted out, there's a lot of potential with the Nitro 5. (children cheering)

Can You Live with a $200 Laptop

- Hey guys, this is Austin. We spent a lot of time reviewing high-end gaming gear, such as $3,000 gaming laptops, what we don't do enough, is check out things that are a little bit more reasonably priced and by reasonably priced, I mean $200for the entire laptop. This is the Asus VivoBook E203MA. Now at first glance, it looks every bit its $200 price tag, but when you're considering this kind of budget, plastic is kind of what you should expect oh boy, is that what you get here. Luckily, that's actually not really a big deal, I mean sure, it's not the most durable thing in the world, but I have no doubt that this will hold up for some decent use inside your bag for normal kind of wear and tear. Something I really appreciate is the size. I used to use an 11-inch MacBook Air and the portability of that was so nice to have and that's sort of where it kind of brings me back with this. Yes, it is a little bit on the small side and there are some sacrifices based on that, for example, the keyboard is a little bit of a smaller layout, compared to standard laptops,but on the flip side, I've spent enough time using things like the Surface Go and the iPad Pro, that I'm kind of used to a slightly more shrunken layout. Something that's a little bit harder to get used to is the display. Now to be fair, it is decent for such a cheap laptop, I've seen much worse. So yes, the white balance is a little bit on the cool side and the size, especially the viewing angles really aren't all that hot, but importantly, it does get bright enough and I can kind of make do with it for normal use, it is, you know, a $200 laptop screen. I've also got to give Asus props for the port selection. Not only do we have a pair of full USB 3. 0 ports as well as HDMI, but importantly, we also do have a USB-C port. Now at this point, I've moved almost my entire life over to USB-C, so it makes a huge difference having it on my laptop. Not only can I use my YubiKey, but I can use a ton of different dongles that I've collected over the last couple years to do basically everything I need to do on a regular basis with this $200 laptop and that goes for most of my experience with using this laptop. Sure, have I been tempted to go for one of the expensive laptops around the office? Yes, but you know what? This is able to do pretty much everything I need it to. I've been using the $200 version of the VivoBook, but if you wanna go even lower budget, Amazon does have a version available for $150, which cuts the RAM down from four gigs to two gigs and the storage down from 64 on my model to only 32 gigs. Now technically, this actually still can run Windows 10, but yeah, I think it's a worthwhile upgrade if you actually wanted to use this for anything more than like a Chrome Tab. Even with the upgraded RAM, you do need to temper your expectations. So for basic use, such as having a few tabs open in Chrome, as well as having Spotify and Slack running, it's usable, but the issue it's just a little bit on the slower side, it'll get the job done, just not quickly. Where the slowdown really happens when you start to push the system with some crazy over the top tasks,such as watching video at 60p in HDor trying to have seven or eight tabs open at once,but as long as you can be a little bit reasonable,and I've kind of forced myself to be over the last week, I haven't had any major issues. Are you kind of sensing a trend here? It's not fast, it's only got a dual-core Celeron, right? You're not expecting anything crazy out of a $200 laptop, but the important thing is, for the vast majority of what I do every day, this has been able to get the job done. What I'm most surprised about is battery life. Now usually, when it comes to cheap laptops,you're getting kind of three, four, maybe five hours on a charge, but this is downright impressive. That sounds so wholesome, it's downright impressive. Even with the screen set to 100% brightness and Windows on high-performance mode, I'm still getting almost eight hours on a charge, that's better than the vast majority of the laptops I take a look and especially, it is way, way better than those gaming laptops that I'm usually reviewing. It's a very, very nice change to not even think about taking the power adapter. To be fair, Ultrabooks also have great battery life,but they also cost, I don't know, like five, six times this,so yeah, I'm not complaining. After over a week with the VivoBook, I've been pleasantly surprised. No, you don't wanna do anything heavier, such as say, video editing or gaming, but I mean, it's $200, what do you expect? We recently did a video trying the cheapest laptops on Amazon and if the VivoBook was included, it probably would have won. If you're looking for a cheap laptop on a budget, I really have no problems recommending this guy, although I am gonna go back to a slightly nicer laptop as my daily now (laughs). (light music).

The AMD Gaming PC - Ryzen + Radeon 7 2020

- Hey guys, this is Austin. You might remember this, the streaming that we built last year featuring Ryzen 7 2700X. The only issue is that, well, it hasn't exactly seen a lot of love recently. But lucky for us, there's just a little bit of an upgrade courtesy of our friends over at AMD, who are launching Radeon 7 today. We got to take a quick look at Radeon 7 at CES, but this is essentially the new high-end Radeon card from AMD. Now, really, the target here is very much more along the lines of an RTX 2080, and with a $700 price tag, this certainly does not come cheap. Okay, so not only do we have our graphics card, but we also have, wow, this is heavy (laughing), the GPU itself. So do you remember back when Vega 64 came out, they also sent us a reviewer's kit with the GPU. However, here it's a little bit different. So if you take a close look, you'll see that not only do you have the actual Radeon 7 GPU itself, but you also have the HBM2 memory which is on all four sides. Personally, I just love taking a look at this kind of stuff. So unlike Vega, this is a little bit more of a beefy cooler. We do have three fans, and, oh yeah, look at that. It fits pretty much perfectly. Dude, that looks really cool!If you put Radeon 7 side-by-side with Vega 64, at least for the reference coolers, they look very similar, although of course with this guy, we're getting the triple fan set up and honestly what looks like a much-beefier heatsink on the inside. Essentially what you're getting here is a cut-down version of their much more expensive cards, but because it is still based on that seven-nanometer process, it should be a pretty decent performer. There's only one way to find that out. Let me guess, are there multiple ways?But I'm just gonna test it now. So to properly put Radeon 7 through its paces, I've gathered its closest competitors, not only the RTX 2080 as well as the 2080Ti, but also that Vega 64. At this point, I've benchmarked all the cards inside our Ryzen system, so now it's time to give Radeon 7 a try. So while Time Spy runs, I have a power meter if you can see on this, oh, oh, okay, I can do this, I can do this. I have a power-- (power meter button clicks)(Austin laughing)I can't believe I actually did that. Dude, who put the power strip, the thing for the button for the power strip on the side?All right, let's try Time Spy one more time. So power consumption looks pretty decent. We're at 382 watts versus 342 on the 2080as well as just over 400 with Vega as well as the 2080Ti. Not a massive difference, but considering that it's a similar card to Vega except with much higher clock speeds well as that seven-nanometer process, you know, it could be worse. And we've got 8647. Ooh, that's not so hot. So it's a little bit faster than Vega 64, but that is significantly behind both the 2080and especially the 2080Ti. Gotta say, if that's really the case and the benchmarks we try are similar to that, I'm gonna be pretty disappointed with the Radeon 7. All right, next up we have GTA V. Now this is running essentially maxed out at 4Kwith the exception of MSAA is set to 2X. Let's see how it performs. So for reference, the 2080, which this really should be competing with, delivered about 56 FPS here, so that's definitely what we need to hit, or at least get as close as possible, so. We're not terrible, it's definitely faster than Vega, but that's still behind the 2080 for the most part. And our result is 48. 5. Yeah, I mean, that's better than Vega, but it's not (chuckling), that's behind the 2080by a pretty significant margin. I mean, it's an improvement over what you're getting on Vega 64, but the issue is that this card costs $700, the same as the RTX 2080, and so far,you're not quite getting that level of experience. Performance?Now there are some advantages to Radeon 7. So you do have double the memory. This has 16 gigs of RAM versus eight which is on the 2080, and for some applications, I mean, games aren't really pushing more than 8 gigs of RAM yet, but a lot of video editing stuff can and 3D rendering can hit 10, 12, 13 gigs of RAM. It's cool, too, right?You've got the same amount of VRAM for your graphics card as I have for entire system RAM with this guy. So, I mean, it's cool there's stuff that you can do with 16 gigs of RAM, but I care much more about the actual performance. Having a little bit of a future-proof, I don't think that changed my mind. Next, we have Fortnite. Again, we're running full 4K Epic settings, pretty much everything completely maxed out here. For reference, we were able to get just about 60 FPS on the RTX 2080. Look, Fortnite's hard to benchmark. You can't get the exact same scenarios over and over again. I want to try to at least be in the same location and keep things as consistent as possible. Yeah, I'll call that about 49 FPS. It's, again, better than Vega 64, but what we're really lacking here is any kind of real win for the Radeon 7 yet. It's fine, I mean, it's not bad. We are able to play a lot of 4K games close to 60 FPS maxed out, but close to 60 FPS is not the same as 60 FPS, which is pretty much what the RTX 2080 is giving us. So with Black Ops, we're able to run it again 4K maxed out. The only thing I'm doing isI'm just turning the anti-aliasing down to Medium, but besides that, we should be good. Now for reference, we were able to get72 FPS on the 2080 like this, so let's see what Radeon 7 will give us. Also, the GPU's at 99 degrees right now?What, no!Whoa, whoa, whoa, we're pulling, like,420 from the wall now. That's, like, 70, no 40, 50 more watts then we were pulling earlier?Okay, if you ignore the ridiculous temperature, Black Ops is actually taking advantage of all of our memory. Look at that, we're at 10 gigs of RAM?Is it gonna hit a limit at some point?It's just going up. It's just (chuckling), it's just going up. Now, I mean, I guess, the standard sort of thing applies. This is pre-release, I don't have final drivers, so there could be some weird bugs, but nothing that I was reading about said anything about (chuckling) this. I mean, performance is actually pretty good here. I mean, we're getting 75 to 80 frames per second. And you know what, the VRAM actually has stabilized. It's using about 13. 5 gigs, which is ridiculous, but you know what, if you've got 16 gigs of RAM, why not?Yeah, you know what, that VRAM usage actually looks accurate. We were using about 15 gigs of RAM. Everything makes much more sense today. So Black Ops was actually telling the truth. After doing a little bit of digging, AMD has actually changed the way they report the temperature on the new GPUs. So as opposed to the edge temperature which just shows, like, 70, 74 degrees, which is still the limit, instead it now also shows the top temperature of the entire GPU which is known as the junction temperature, and that actually can run up to 110 degrees safely. And it did confirm that, yes, Black Ops does actually use more than 8 gigs of RAM. Whether or not that makes a big difference to performance kinda hard to tell, but it did match the 2080. So like the other games, we are running Battlefield 4K, DX12 enabled, and pretty much everything's on Ultra. The main difference is that there's no ray tracing enabled since I want to keep things fair between the Radeon as well as the GTX cards, or the RTX cards. So for reference, the RTX 2080 delivered about48 FPS in Battlefield 1. Let's see what Radeon 7 can do. This pretty much bogs out around 50, 51 FPS, so this is actually the first game that we've seen the Radeon 7 do better than the RTX 2080. All right, I call that 51. There is some legitimately cool stuff with the Radeon 7. The fact that it's the first seven-nanometer GPU is interesting, but the main thing holding it back is that it's essentially a Vega 64that has been shrunk down, given higher core clocks well as more memory, but at its, well, core,it's still pretty much the Vega that we've had for the last couple years. It comes close to the 2080, but it can't quite take the win, not unless you're really taking advantage of more than that 8 gigs of RAM. So I'm curious, would you want to pick up the Radeon 7or the RTX 2080, or would you rather just not spend $700on a graphics card?

Is the 2019 Razer Blade Worth It

- So, your Apple sticker's still on my laptop. Just gonna take this off now. (beeping)Hey guys, this is Austin!When it comes to gaming systems, Razer is almost always on the expensive side of things. That doesn't mean that they don'tmake really nice stuff, but the value is not really going to be the strong suit here. For the money though, this delivers some of the best build quality around, but with the brand new 2019 Razer Blade 15, is this the new king of the hillor is it straight up not worth it?Inside you'll find the latest RTX Cards. The advanced version starts with an RTX 2060, but you can spec it up to an RTX 2070 Max-Qor a 2080 Max-Q, which is what my review unit is rocking. There's no doubt that it's powerful. The Blade can handle pretty much any gamemaxed out at 1080p. Pretty decent frame-rates. This includes Apex Legends, Battlefield V, Black Ops 4, you name it. It can't quite hang with the 17 inch ROG Zephyrus Swith it's crazy over the top cooling, but as far as performance goes, the Razer Blade lines right up with what you would expectout of a standard 2080 Max-Q design. A lot of the other specs are basicallyidentical across all of the Razer Blade models. You're getting the same six core i7-8750H,You're getting 16 gigs of RAM, really the main choices besides your SSD size and your screenis the 2060, 2070 or 2080. But there is a huge price difference between the three. Just going from the 2070 to the 2080 addsa full $400 to the price of the Blade. Okay, so let's just take a secondand talk a little bit about price. Now, of course, the Razer Blade has always beena premiumly priced laptop if that's a word, which I think it might be, but on top of that, RTX has inflated the price of pretty muchevery gaming laptop it's gone intoand this is absolutely no exception. At a full $3000 for the 2080 version I have here and $2600 for the 2070 version, it's just difficult to justify that kind of pricewhen other options such as the 15 inch Zephyrus Scome in with very similar specs for about $2000. The Razer also has a couple of key featuresthat the Zephyrus is missing. Mainly Thunderbolt 3. Now I get that this is not going to bea deal breaker for everyone, but for me, I actually do use a Thunderbolt 3 dock and monitorpretty much every day so that's a big featurethat I want to be included in pretty much any kind of gaming laptop or, well really, any laptop I buy at this point. Now you can't talk about the Razer Bladewithout mentioning the design. Now as far as I'm concerned, this is about one of thenicest pieces of laptop hardware out there, right up with MacBooks and the MacBook Pros of the world. It's all CNC aluminum, I know it's a very expensive processto pull off, especially with this anodization, and put simply it's a very solid, very sturdy, very nice feeling piece of technology. You're paying more, but at least some of thatcost is definitely in the actual build qualityand some of the design work that they've done here. You also get the generally solid Razer keyboardwith the per-key RGB backlighting, you get the nice large touchpad, the good speakers, you even haveWindows Hello facial recognitionand there's a lot of good stuff here, but does it justify that $3000 price tag?I will definitely admit, I have had issueswith quality on some Razer laptops in the past, but as far as I can tell, they basically nailed it this generation. I mean, hardware wise, there's not a lot to complain aboutwhich is always a good thing whenyou're spending this much money on a laptop. Is it getting old? I'm complaining about the price of the laptop?It's a big issue, it legitimately is. It's a very very expensive piece of tech, and you're paying a lot of extra moneyand I think pretty much everyone expectsto gets something when they pay that. And you're getting some stuff, like hardware wise it's a little bit nicer, but performance wise you can get a lotmore performance or basicallythe same performance for a lot less. Which I think is a compelling argument for almost everyone. As a surprise to basically no oneyou're getting a very solid display. Now, this model has the 1080p 144Hz panel, but there is an optional 4K unit as well. Now it's solid, but it's really nothing all that exciting. I mean, basically every other gaming laptopin this class has a very very similar panel. What is a little bit more exciting, are some of the new options that are comingfor the Blade a little bit later this year. At CES I got to take a look at two of these new options. One of which is a 240Hz panel, which, let's be real, I don't know ifall that many people can tell the difference,but for some people it might be nice, specifically people who are playingvery very high frame rate games, but more importantly than that, for me is a 4K OLED panel. Now I know I mentioned earlierthat there was already a 4K optionthat you can get for the Blade,but it's still a standard panel, I mean it looks nice, but the OLED panelI was able to take a look at in the Razer boothwas incredible, I mean the contrast, the brightness, it was such a massive, massive step up. Now it doesn't support those higher frame rates, but as far as I'm concerned, I want OLED all up in my Razer Blade. And well basically, everywhere else in fact just everywhere. The 2019 Razer Blade delivers a rock solid buildand good performance, but it comes at a steep cost. Now if this was sort of a no price comparisonwhere I just pick the absolute favoritepiece of hardware on the market, I actually might go with the Blade. But when you look at that Zephyrus S, for a significantly cheaper price,you're getting that better performance,you're getting a little bit of an unusual design, but I think for most people, it is totally worth the trade off. So, is the Razer Blade worth it?Well for some people, yes, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm holding out for that OLED panel. That, that is what's going to get the moneyand oh, I just realized, think about how expensive the OLED's gonna be. Oh no, I was all excited about gettinga new Razer Blade with OLED. Oh no. . .

These iPhones Cost Less Than $200

- Hey, guys, this is Austin. iPhones are becoming a lot easier to pick up. So, I was able to get each one of these three iPhones for less than $200 on prepaid carriers. But are they worth it?I did a video on this iPhone 5S the last year where it cost me $150. However, today, you can easily find these availablefor only $129 but even as low as $99 off contract. It's the same story with the iPhone 6. While some places have it listed for 300or even as much as $450, I was able to pick this one up for only 200. The iPhone SE is also available for cheap. So, while it still cost $400 unlocked straight from Apple, I was able to pick this one up for only 160. The prices are definitely going to vary depending on what sales are going on and the big downside is that these are going to be locked to a prepaid carrier but I'm curious, what kind of iPhone are you getting for $200?To start with, we have the iPhone SE. Even though this is a little bit of an older design, this is actually a pretty new phone, it only came out about a year ago. What's cool with this is it's actually not even a base model, so this guy's going to be rocking 32 gigs of storage. The unboxing experience is pretty straightforward. So, not only do we have our Apple stickers and paperwork right here, but there's also going to be the old-school Apple EarPods, we have our USB power adapter, as well as a Lightning cable. Put it side by side with the iPhone 5Sand the SE looks very, very similar. So, what you're getting here is a pretty small phone. Now, to be fair, it's kind of rare to actually geta decently specced small phone these days, but it's small. It's definitely really small. It still feels premium though. So, not only do we have the chamfered edges as well as the nice metal and glass design, but most importantly than that, it feels sturdy and that's not something that you can always say about budget phones. Moving over to the iPhone 6, just like the SE, we're going to be getting a 32-gigabyte phone which is going to make this a lot more usable. With the iPhone 6, we're getting something that'sbasically the same design as the current iPhone 7. So, while things have been tweaked just a little bit in the last couple of years, for the most part, you're really not gonna be missing out on much. Arguably, there are actually some design improvements here. So, not only does the iPhone 6still have the physical home button, but it also does still have a headphone jack. You're getting some nice upgrades with a 6, most notably, Apple Pay support. So, this is actually something I useon pretty much a daily basis. You're also getting a much larger 4. 7 inches display compared to the smaller four-inch panel on the others. So, while this is still a little bit small by most flagship standards today, it feels a lot more usable. The specs are pretty interesting. So, the iPhone 5S is the oldest phone here, it is rocking an Apple A7 processor with one gigabyte of RAM. Whereas the iPhone 6 has the Apple A8and the iPhone SE has the newest Apple A9with a full two gigabytes of memory. All three feel reasonable snappy but the 5S is starting to show its age a bit. With only one gigabyte of RAM, it does get a touch slow sometimes when you're doing a lot of multitasking, but it really is not bad. It's the same story with the iPhone 6. In real use, it feels almost the exact same as the 5Sand a lot of it does have to do with the fact thatit also runs one gigabyte of RAM. On the other hand, the iPhone SE is super quick. So, it has the same specs as the iPhone 6S, which absolutely puts it on par witha a lot of current flagships. To put things in perspective, all three iPhones are going to be more powerful thana budget option like the Moto G4but it really is the iPhone SE that takes the win here. All three are up to date on iOS 10and they're all getting the iOS 11 update later this year. That's especially impressive when you look at the iPhone 5Swhich came out all the way back in 2013. I've gotta give big props to Applefor supporting a phone like this for five years. Pretty much no one else does that. The biggest issue is just the smaller screen sizeson the 5S and the SE. You know, I get it, a lot of people do like a smaller phone, but as far as I'm concerned, it just feels a little bit small and cramped. To be fair, you're not really losing any functionality, everything is just a little bit smaller than usual. But if you're used to a bigger phone, these are gonna get a little bit hard to get used to. When it comes to cameras, the iPhone 5S and 6have a very similar looking eight-megapixel camera, whereas the SE bumps that up to 12 megapixels thanks to the iPhone 6S, which it basically stole all its parts from. First, we have the 5S. This was probably the best camera on a smartphone when it came out but today, that's actually not bad. The dynamic range is not quite there, but this is a really, really difficult shot. These all look pretty nice. So, I'd have to give a slight edge to the SE here, but really, I would be happy with any of these phones. While smartphones have definitely advanced a lot over the last few years, what's impressive is just how decent these iPhones feel to use even though they're three, even four years old. What's really impressive is the camera on the SE. While it's about a year old at this point, it really is only topped by flagships like the Galaxy S8and the iPhone 7. Video on the SE also looks nice. So, it shoots in full 4Kand while it might not be a RED, the stabilization means that it actually looks really nice. The iPhone 5S hides its age surprisingly well. For just a little bit more and less than half the price it was when it launched, I think the iPhone SE is an obvious upgrade. But only if you're down with a smaller phone. Which leaves us with the iPhone 6. While it might not be the most powerful phone in the world, I think the larger size more than makes up for that. So, would you guys pick up a $200 iPhone?And if so, which one would it be?Let me know in the comments belowand I'll catch you in the next one.