Articles by: Kevin Carbotte

HTC Vive Cosmos VR Headset Review: Solid Upgrade

By Kevin Carbotte

The HTC Vive Cosmos is a great VR headset held back by bad controller ergonomics. It's comfort and lack of base stations makes it a good upgrade from the Vive.

Oculus Link Tested: Awesome, But Don’t Sell Your Rift Yet

By Kevin Carbotte

A standalone headset gets into PC virtual reality gaming.

Oculus Go Standalone VR Headset Review: Convenient VR For The Masses

By Kevin Carbotte

Welcome to the beginning of the next era of virtual reality hardware, where host devices aren’t needed, and cables are just for charging.

Oculus Rift S Review: First-Gen VR Gets a Reboot

By Kevin Carbotte

The Rift S isn’t a second-gen headset, but more like a do-over of the original, with improvements and compromises. If you have a headset, you can skip this one.

Insta360 Evo VR Camera Review: Good Camera, Bad Stitching

By Kevin Carbotte

The Insta360 Evo 5.7K VR camera with 360-degree mono and 180-degree stereo captures clear images and video, but could use an improved stitching algorithm.

10 Things You May Not Know About Valve’s Index VR Headset

By Kevin Carbotte

Here are 10 things about Valve new Index VR headset and controllers that you may have missed.

HP Reverb VR Headset Review: Windows Mixed Reality Never Looked So Good

By Kevin Carbotte

HP Reverb is the best Windows Mixed Reality headset, but that may be its biggest downfall. It's impressive, but the included controllers ruin the experience.

En Garde: Pimax Unveils Sword Sense VR Controllers With Finger Tracking

By Kevin Carbotte

Pimax plans to offer two versions of its next-gen VR controllers, dubbed Sword and Sword Sense. They plan to release them in the second half of 2019.

Oculus Quest Review: VR Just Ditched the PC

By Kevin Carbotte

The Oculus Quest could be the device that turns the VR market around and attracts the masses. It’s basically a game console built into a headset, done right.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-9700K: Which CPU Is Better?

By Kevin Carbotte

To help you choose, we put AMD's Ryzen 7 2700X and Intel's Core i7-9700K through a 7-round face-off based on features, value, performance and more.

HTC’s Vive Focus Plus Available to Developers April 15 for $799

By Kevin Carbotte

AMD Athlon vs Intel Pentium: Which Cheap Chips Are Best?

By Kevin Carbotte

20 years ago, AMD's Athlons and Intel's Pentiums were performance CPUs. Today, these brands are relegated to entry-level options. But which is better?

Pimax 5K Plus Review: A Fresh Look at Ultrawide VR

By Kevin Carbotte

The Pimax 5K Plus VR headset isn't perfect. We wouldn’t trade it for a Vive Pro, but we'd consider it if we were upgrading from the original Vive.

Microsoft Announces $3,500 HoloLens 2

By Kevin Carbotte

Microsoft today revealed the HoloLens 2 for $3,500.

HTC Vive Focus Plus Includes 6-DoF Controllers, Zero Wires

By Kevin Carbotte

HTC today introduced the Vive Focus Plus, a standalone VR headset with 6-degrees of freedom motion controllers for the enterprise market.

Graphics Card Face-Off: Founders Edition or Reference GPUs vs 3rd-Party Design

By Kevin Carbotte

Should you buy a reference or Founders Edition graphics card, or one built around AMD or Nvidia's tech, but made by a third-party partner like MSI or Asus?

Intel, Microsoft, HP Get Onboard With Multiplayer VR Facilities

By Kevin Carbotte

AMD Athlon 200GE vs. Intel Pentium Gold G5400: Cheap CPU Showdown

By Kevin Carbotte

AMD X470 vs Intel Z390: High-End Platforms Square Off

By Kevin Carbotte

One of the pieces of the puzzle that often gets overlooked when building or buying a new PC is the chipset. We compared Intel's Z390 and AMD's X470.

EKWB Adds Addressable RGB to Velocity CPU Water Block

By Kevin Carbotte

EKWB is taking its RGB game to the next level. The company is now offering addressable RGB LEDs in the new EK-Velocity CPU water block, named EK-Velocity D-RGB.

AMD Radeon ReLive for VR: A Neat Idea With Limited Appeal

By Kevin Carbotte

Radeon ReLive for VR allows you to use your Gear VR or standalone VR headset to access SteamVR content, but is it worth your time to try?

Best Holiday VR Deals

By Kevin Carbotte

If it’s the cost of virtual reality headsets that’s holding you back from investing in VR, perhaps these holiday sales will push you over the fence.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs. Intel Core i9-9980XE: Which High-End Desktop CPU Is Best?

By Kevin Carbotte

The battle for desktop processor supremacy is heating up with recent entries from Intel and AMD, but which flagship HEDT processor is the best value?

AMD Radeon RX 590 vs. GeForce GTX 1060: Which Mid-Range GPU is Better?

By Kevin Carbotte

AMD's new Radeon RX 590 GPU takes on Nvidia's tried-and-true mid-tier GTX 1060 GPU. Which Sub-$300 (£250) graphics card is better?

HTC Acknowledges Ryzen Problems With Vive Wireless Adapter, Offers Refunds

By Kevin Carbotte

HTC acknowledged that its Vive Wireless Adapter is compatible with at least some Ryzen-based PCs and it’s now accepting returns from people who are affected by the problems.