Kevin Lee

New York, United States

Creative Director at The Shortcut

Creative Director @theshortcut. All opinions are my own. Emails to kevin *at* theshortcut *dot* com

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT review: the best value graphics card for $350

3 days ago | theshortcut.com | Kevin Lee

✅ 🏃🏻‍♂️ Performance almost equal to the more expensive $429 Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti ✅ 🎮 4K 30fps playable with FSR upscaling ✅ 🕹️ 4K 60fps capable with FSR and Frame Generation ✅ 👾 Fantastic 1440p 90-120fps performance ✅ 🪞 Ray Tracing lighting quality and reflections look great most of the time ❌ 📉 FSR 4 upscaling noticeably lowers fps from FSR 3 ❌ 🪩 Nvidia RTX produces more convincing reflections overall ❌ ⚠️ Early review sample issues, updates coming soon The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is the best...
Nvidia GeForce Now on Steam Deck lets you stream games at max settings

1 week ago | theshortcut.com | Kevin Lee

š£ Nvidia GeForce Now is available as a native app for the Steam Deck at long last š® GeForce Now lets you stream games onto the Steam Deck while theyāre played from a much more powerful PC š Grants you full ray tracing and DLSS upscaling from Nvidia graphics cards š¾ Stream any of your Xbox Game Pass, Epic, Ubisoft, EA, and GOG games on the Steam Deck through Nvidia GeForce Now š¹ļø Streaming games on the Steam Deck look better and run smoother than playing games on the actual...
Our top 15 AI and PC award winners: The Shortcut Computex 2025 Awards

1 week ago | theshortcut.com | Matt Swider |Kevin Lee

Computex 2025, hosted in Taipei, is 12 hours in the future from NYC, but given the AI, gaming, and computing announcements, it feels years ahead of where we are now. Kevin Lee and I got to see the latest developments in person, from the newest AMD and Nvidia graphics cards, to the latest ultra-thin laptops, to next-gen gaming devices and accessories that make the Nintendo Switch 2 feel dated. That’s what Computex is all about for us.
Zotac Zone 2 switches to Linux to be the most direct Steam Deck OLED competitor

1 week ago | theshortcut.com | Kevin Lee

🎮 We got another look at the Zotac Zone 2 gaming handheld at Computex 2025🧠 Now it comes running on Manjaro Linux instead of Windows 11 or Steam OS🙅🏻‍♂️ Unfortuantely we couldn’t actually play any games on the Linux-powered handheld💸 The no-cost Linux OS should hopefully make the Zotac Zone 2 more affordable💎 Possibly the best hardware of any gaming handheld we’ve ever seenIt’s been a while since we last saw the Zotac Zone 2 at CES 2025.
Fujifilm X half camera is smaller than an iPhone, with a big 1-inch sensor

2 weeks ago | theshortcut.com | Kevin Lee

đž Fujifilm X half is a half-pint-sized camera with a big 1-inch sensor đȘ¶ Weighs just 8.5 ounces and is nearly half the size of an iPhone đ€ł Fitted with a vertically-oriented 17.74MP sensor and 32mm f2.8 lens to match smartphone cameras đ„ Film camera vibes with a physical Frame Advance Lever and aperture dial đïž Features 13 film simulations with extra effects like film grain, date stamps, light leaks, halos, and expired film đ· Film Camera Mode mimics disposible cameras with...
The Asus ROG Falcata split-ergonomic wireless compact gaming keyboard does it all

2 weeks ago | theshortcut.com | Kevin Lee

⌨ The Asus ROG Falcata is a 75% compact wireless gaming keyboard that also splits into an ergonomic shape 🖖 It features highly programmable and durable hall-effect switches designed for 100M keypresses 🛜 Gaming-ready wireless with an 800Hz polling rate and only 3.5ms of latency 😌 Adjustable angle for an ergonomic tented keyboard setup ⚙️ Fully programmable and customizable using just the keyboard’s onboard multifunction wheel The Asus ROG Falcata might look like any other compact 70% gaming...
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT follows after the Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti with two 16GB and 8GB VRAM models

2 weeks ago | theshortcut.com | Kevin Lee

ðŸ‘¬ AMD announces the Radeon RX 9060 XT with two 16GB and 8GB variantsðŸ§ Go for the 16GB model if you want maximum performanceðŸ“ˆ Radeon RX 9060 XT promises to double RT performance over last generationðŸ¤– Also features AI accelerators to power FSR 4 AI-upscalingðŸ“† Pricing and availability will be announced laterAfter weeks and weeks of leaks, AMD finally revealed the Radeon RX 9060 XT at Computex 2025.
MSI Claw A8 hands-on review: AMD Z2 Extreme makes its first splash

2 weeks ago | theshortcut.com | Kevin Lee

✅ 🧱Bold new colors and blocky design make this handheld look fun ✅ 🙌 Bigger, but somehow lighter for more comfortable extended play ✅ 🏃🏻‍♂️ AMD Z2 Extreme delivers even smoother and higher-frame-rate gameplay ✅ 🕹️ Clicker face buttons, rounded off triggers, and larger to hit option buttons ❌ Less and slower memory than the MSI Claw 8 AI+ ❌ Won’t arrive until after June at least ❌ Price remains a complete mystery I came to Computex 2025 fully expecting the Asus ROG Ally 2 to give us a first...
Samsung 2025 OLED TVs are now NVIDIA G-Sync Compatible

2 weeks ago | theshortcut.com | Kevin Lee

📺 Samsung adds Nvidia G-Sync Compatibility and FreeSync Premium Pro into its new OLED TVs 🥈 Samsung is the second brand to make its TVs G-Sync Compatible in years after LG 👾 Nvidia graphics card owners can plug GPUs into Samsung OLED TVs for seamless PC gaming 🎮 FreeSync Premium Pro on Samsung OLED TVs adds 120Hz support and better HDR 💸 Both features will come to the Samsung S95F, S90F, and S95F QD-LED TVs for free Samsung has announced that its 2025 lineup of OLED TVs now features Nvidia...
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 packs the Nvidia RTX 5080 into a tiny 14-inch gaming laptop

2 weeks ago | theshortcut.com | Kevin Lee

đť The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is the only 14-inch gaming laptop with an Nvidia RTX 5080 âď¸ Also comes paired with the most powerful mobile processor, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 đď¸ All that power packed into a 0.72-inch and 3.46 pound package đ Available starting today for $3,199 and the base Nvidia RTX 5060 spec starts at $1,799 14-inch gaming laptops are back in season, and weâve seen four ahead of Computex 2025, however, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is the only one that squeezes...