Tom's Hardware reviewed Asus' new ROG Strix XG27AQNGV, a 27-inch QHD IPS gaming monitor with a 360Hz refresh rate, HDR support, and Nvidia's G-Sync Pulsar technology. Pulsar syncs the monitor's backlight with the frame rate in real time, aiming to eliminate motion blur on LCD panels without the brightness loss typical of older strobing methods. The reviewer called it highly tunable, suited to both casual and competitive gamers.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-18
Walmart has discounted the Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) gaming laptop by $600, bringing it down from $1,999 to $1,399. The 16-inch laptop features an AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX processor, Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU with 8GB VRAM, 16GB DDR5 RAM, a 1TB Gen 4 SSD, and a 165Hz FHD+ display.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-15
Channel TrashBench tested alternate component layouts in a dual-chamber PC case using an Asus ROG Strix RTX 3080, moving the GPU via PCIe riser cables to various positions while keeping case fans fixed. Placing the card directly against the side-intake fans produced the biggest gains: GPU core temperatures fell 16.7°C, hotspot dropped 19.3°C, VRAM cooled 14°C, and motherboard VRMs dropped about 8°C, with only a 1.1°C rise in CPU temperature.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-13
GMKtec has released the Evo-X3, a redesigned mini PC built around AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, now shipping with 128GB of LPDDR5X-8000 memory as standard. The unit adopts an almost entirely metal CNC-machined chassis in place of its predecessor's plastic-and-aluminum build. Tom's Hardware tested a 128GB/2TB configuration priced at $3,799.99, roughly double what the earlier Evo-X2 cost six months prior.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-24
Cybersecurity startup Gambit says a financially motivated threat actor has been using open-source AI agent tools since July to attack online retailers at scale, breaching at least 27 companies in a five-day span and launching over 100 attacks. The operation reportedly stole more than 600,000 valid card records from two companies and planted skimmer malware on five others, using three tools—Strix for scanning, Cairn for exploitation, and Hermes, powered by Claude Opus 4.6, for orchestration and tactical decisions.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-23
Best Buy is selling the Asus ROG Strix G18, an 18-inch gaming laptop with an Nvidia RTX 5080 GPU, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 2TB SSD, for $2,699.99, down $600 from its $3,299.99 list price. The machine features a 240Hz IPS display, RGB lighting, tool-less access for upgrades, and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-16
Security firm Strix ran an unauthenticated scan against Baseten's public infrastructure and within 25 minutes uncovered a live GitHub personal access token with admin rights to Baseten's core product repo, GitOps repo, and Homebrew tap. The token, tied to a container image built in March 2023, had gone unnoticed for over three years and still granted read/write access to private customer repositories when discovered in July 2026. Baseten's security team confirmed the issue as critical and rotated the token within a day of disclosure.
strix.ai
· 2026-09-15
Tom's Hardware Premium's weekly roundup details extensive benchmarking of the Qwen 3.8 27B language model on consumer-accessible hardware, including an RTX 5090, Mac Mini, DGX Spark and Strix Halo systems, showing it can approach top-tier AI performance without cloud API costs. The issue also covers IFA show reports noting a market split between ultra-light MacBook-style laptops and pricey agentic AI PCs, squeezing out affordable mid-range machines, plus a note on Ajinomoto's role in supplying materials for the chip industry.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-12
Asus' new 32-inch ROG Strix XG32UQWMS is a Tandem OLED gaming monitor delivering native 4K at 240Hz, with a frame rate boost mode pushing to 480Hz at 1080p. It supports Adaptive-Sync, DisplayHDR 500 True Black, and a wide DCI-P3+ color gamut, while dropping extras like RGB lighting and built-in speakers to keep costs down.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-23
YouTuber TrashBench cut apart the stock coolers on Nvidia GTX 1060, 1070 and 1080 Ti cards and bolted on a dual-tower CPU cooler with extra fans instead. The frankenstein setup dropped GPU temperatures by as much as 32°C, cut power draw by roughly 30W, and boosted overclocked frame rates by about 9% in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-23
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