January 2025 Review Recap: A Busy Start to the Year
Believe it or not, January is almost behind us, and I want to take this opportunity to provide the first recap of reviews for 2025. It’s been a whirlwind already! CES 2025 feels like a distant memory despite it only being weeks ago, as we’ve witnessed significant events like TikTok’s brief disappearance, a new presidential inauguration, and Samsung unveiling their latest mobile devices. Amidst all this commotion, our dedicated reviewers have been diligently testing products—Devindra has evaluated the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 while Billy has assessed several headphones and grills. So much for easing into the new year!
Noteworthy December Updates
Before diving deeper into our newest evaluations, I’d like to highlight some prominent reviews that were published in late December along with a few that have been recently updated. Typically released bi-weekly, this article faced interruptions due to holiday activities as well as CES and Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event. Therefore, I didn’t get an opportunity to review gaming consoles from years past—in particular the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5—which we have revisited in order to assess how they compare against today’s offerings.
The team also refreshed reviews on various devices including vibrant Kindle models, an Intel processor lineup, a Samsung Chromebook among others. For those interested in exploring more at their own pace, here’s a quick list of our recent additions:
Top Reviewed Gadgets of 2024
If you happened to miss it amid all the activity; rather than your usual review summary this time around was a comprehensive roundup of our top twelve rated products from last year. Expect lots of flagship smartphones along with high-end cameras and drones gracing that list! To pique your curiosity further—I included two poorly-rated gadgets among them; you’ll need either good guessing skills or check out the article for specifics.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Review
By Devindra Hardawar
NVIDIA’s latest creation—the GeForce RTX 5090—delivers spectacular speed attributed mainly to its DLSS technology version four but comes at an astonishing price tag of $2,000.
- Pros:
- Unparalleled speed.
- Efficacious DLSS frame generation.
- Superior cooling capabilities.
- Cons:
- Certainly pricey.
- $20000 might raise eyebrows about its actual worth.
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< / ul >If you’re contemplating investing $2k on graphics hardware; then perhaps consider NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 which impressively performs according to Devindra’s assessments regarding speed and efficiency improvements due its advanced frame generation tech. Nonetheless for budget-conscious buyers among us—possessing less generous fiscal means—the more accessible option may potentially be set upon considering alternatives such as the $550 GTX 5070 pending future comparative analyses based on pricing disparities! p >
Tasteful Grilling with Traeger Woodridge & ThermoWorks RFX Reviews
By Billy Steele
The subject matter demands creativity when preparing decadent culinary delights! The Traeger Woodridge represents what one would presume is simply “entry-level,” yet lives up masterfully defying expectations surrounding performance coupled alongside user-friendly smart grill features available—it elevates professionalistic impressions despite whatever possible niggles found amidst entry systems! p >
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