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Episode 58: This week we discuss the RTX 5080 (and how underwhelming it is), more implications for the GPU market, some current thoughts on the Arc B580 and Steve's lukewarm take on Radeon's future.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Initial Thoughts on the RTX 5080
08:40 - The Configuration is Wrong
15:25 - Nvidia's Strategy
27:21 - Nvidia is Hurting Their Brand Now
37:13 - RTX 40 Series vs RTX 50 Series
45:44 - Difficulties in Achieving Gains vs Honest Marketing
55:17 - Current State of Intel Arc B580
1:03:07 - Steve's Take on Radeon
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Episode 57: We're back for 2025 and ready to discuss the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, the implications for the rest of the 50 series, Frame Generation and Nvidia's marketing, plus plenty more GPU stuff
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Initial Thoughts on the RTX 5090
21:11 - Nvidia Pulling the Intel CPU Strategy
29:57 - Competition is the Answer
37:07 - AMD Delayed Their GPUs to Respond
45:51 - Real RTX 5090 Price Predictions
49:48 - DLSS Multi Frame Generation Marketing
1:04:38 - Jensen's Marketing
1:13:44 - Final Thoughts on the RTX 5090
1:17:41 - Updates From Our Boring Lives, But Actually More GPU Stuff
1:32:44 - The Real Boring Life Section
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Episode 56: With the Intel Arc B580 now on shelves, we recap the launch and review. Was this a paper launch? Can Intel gain market share with this strategy? Should Intel cancel Arc GPUs? Does this spell trouble for AMD Radeon?
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Intel Arc B580 Launch Recap
19:58 - It's Not a Paper Launch
26:24 - This Launch Exposes Radeon's Blunders
30:50 - The Plan to Build Market Share
40:34 - Genuine Competition for Radeon?
58:25 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 55: Intel's Tom Petersen joins the podcast to chat about Arc Battlemage! We discuss fixing and improving game compatibility, the importance of enough VRAM, hardware design decisions including the die size, the future of the Arc division, XeSS 2 frame generation and plenty more.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:12 - The Journey from Alchemist to Battlemage
09:21 - Hardware Changes and Improving Game Compatibility
15:13 - The Importance of VRAM
20:11 - GPU Design Choices and Improvements
34:18 - The Price
38:12 - The Future of Arc: On the Chopping Block?
48:28 - XeSS 2 Frame Generation and XeLL
1:19:45 - Ray Tracing on Arc Battlemage
1:25:32 - Outro
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Episode 54: YouTube turned us Spanish! Also, we do a full recap on the state of ray tracing for PC gaming right now, looking back to the original RTX 20 series GPUs to how things are going now. Has Nvidia simply used ray tracing to upsell you on a more expensive graphics card?
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - YouTube Turned us Spanish
13:50 - Ray Tracing, Where Does it Stand Right Now?
34:20 - Ray Tracing vs High Refresh Rate
42:27 - Ray Tracing is About the Upsell
53:41 - We Expected Ray Tracing to be Better By Now
58:09 - The Chicken and the Egg
1:03:44 - The Future of Ray Tracing
1:24:23 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 53: We've been testing games this week, including S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and Flight Simulator 2024, so we discuss how these games run on PC. Loading issues, punishing CPU requirements, VRAM issues and more.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
04:07 - Testing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
14:51 - VRAM is An Issue Again
34:18 - Floaty Controls and Frame Generation
39:04 - Testing Flight Simulator 2024
46:51 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 52: More discussion on Arrow Lake and Intel's promised updates, a preliminary look at the 9800X3D that has blown up on someone's AM5 motherboard, a chat about how social media is crap now and yes... more discussion of 4K CPU gaming benchmarks.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Intel Promises Arrow Lake Improvements
21:51 - Social Media Sucks Now
47:28 - Possible Installation Error Blows Up 9800X3D
58:56 - More Discussion of CPU Benchmarking at 4K
1:21:36 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
Burned 9800X3D: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1gqaryi/new_9800x3d_msi_tomahawk_x870_burned_up_i_guess/
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Episode 51: After the impressive launch of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, we go into more detail on our thoughts on the CPU, its performance, and Intel's troubles in the CPU market as a result. We also chat about CPU reviews, misconceptions and how people should think about buying a CPU.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - A Little Bit on the 9800X3D and Motherboards
16:01 - Extended Thoughts on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D
39:54 - Intel Are In Trouble
55:18 - CPU Testing Misconceptions
1:05:45 - How to Buy a Gaming CPU
1:23:02 - Steve Has An Idea
1:30:10 - 1440p and 4K CPU Testing Isn't Inaccurate, But...
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Episode 50: Following on from the reviews of Intel Arrow Lake, we go into much more detail on the new CPUs, the review process and comparisons to Zen 5 reviews
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Arrow Lake Deep Dive
32:07 - The Difference Between Arrow Lake and Zen 5 Reviews
1:09:45 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 49: We discuss X870 testing and motherboard quality, along with the 5800X3D being discontinued, and a bit of weirdness between MSI and AMD after MSI leaked 9800X3D performance numbers
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Updates from X870 Motherboard Testing
20:11 - The Ryzen 7 5800X3D Has Been Retired
31:00 - MSI Leaks 9800X3D Performance
34:52 - MSI's Weird Relationship with AMD
53:36 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 48: Intel has officially announced Arrow Lake, so Tim and Steve discuss their initial thoughts on what Intel has shown so far.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:19 - Initial Thoughts on Intel Arrow Lake
16:54 - Arrow Lake is More Efficient
28:06 - The Price is Disappointing
42:25 - Arrow Lake vs Zen 5 Expectations
47:40 - LGA1851 Platform
54:44 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 47: Along with the launch of X870 motherboards, AMD have claimed that several updates have improved Zen 5. We discuss that, as well as GPU pricing updates and how Nvidia's GPU configurations have gotten worse over the years.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
04:17 - AMD Claims Zen 5 is Improved Thanks to "Updates"
31:20 - Intel Arrow Lake Launch Plans Confirmed
35:36 - AMD RDNA3 GPUs are Getting Cheaper
44:43 - Nvidia's GPU Configurations Are Getting Worse Over Time
1:14:12 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 46: Ubisoft are headed back to Steam after forcing PC gamers to use their awful app for too long, Intel has provided another update on their Raptor Lake CPU stability issues and there's rumors of a Ryzen 7 9800X3D coming soon. We discuss all of that on today's podcast.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:07 - Ubisoft Are Returning to Steam
18:51 - Intel Raptor Lake CPU Stability Update
34:23 - Ryzen 7 9800X3D Rumors
54:04 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
NEWS ARTICLES
https://x.com/assassinscreed/status/1838971189722562906
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-rumored-to-launch-end-of-october
https://community.intel.com/t5/Blogs/Tech-Innovation/Client/Intel-Core-13th-and-14th-Gen-Desktop-Instability-Root-Cause/post/1633239
https://www.chiphell.com/thread-2637341-1-1.html
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Episode 45: We work through the latest Intel Arrow Lake rumors to give our thoughts on what has been suggested so far, and hopefully what the motherboard platform will look like.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - God of War Ragnarok Testing
05:47 - AMD AGESA Code Reduces Zen 5 Latency
11:52 - Arrow Lake Rumors and Expectations
41:47 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
NEWS ARTICLES
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-box-design-has-been-leaked
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-and-ultra-7-265kf-arrow-lake-cpus-geekbench-scores-featuring-msi-z890-pro-motherboard-have-been-leaked
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Episode 44: AMD has officially shifted gears in the GPU market, exiting the high-end market to focus on the mid-range with RDNA4. Is this a strategy that will actually work? Plus we chat about the PlayStation 5 Pro reveal from a PC gaming perspective.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - AMD Exits the High-End GPU Market
25:40 - AMD Says They Want to Gain Market Share
31:17 - AMD to Unify Their GPU Architecture Again with UDNA
40:20 - PlayStation 5 Pro Reveal Thoughts
58:59 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 43: There are some performance issues in current builds of Windows that are driving Steve crazy, plus we discuss the latest news including the Ryzen 5 7600X3D
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Steve Goes Crazy Testing Windows
31:12 - 105W Zen 5 Modes Comes to AMD BIOSes
38:26 - The Ryzen 5 7600X3D
46:41 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 42: For some reason, AMD just keeps making weird statements about Zen 5 performance, so we're digging into them again this week's podcast
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
03:49 - What's The Point?
10:01 - AMD's David McAfee Responds
12:33 - The Zen 5 Windows "Optimization" Angle
22:19 - AMD's Poor Testing
39:02 - AMD Will Update Their Testing Methods
47:55 - This All Feels a Bit Absurd
57:39 - Zen 5 vs Intel Claims
1:05:09 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 41: Now that all the main Zen 5 processors (for now) have been released, we discuss more elements of the launch, including the weird Ryzen bug with Windows and AMD's communication issues at launch
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - More Zen 5 Thoughts After the 9950X Review
14:52 - Impacts on the AM5 Platform
24:19 - What Role Did Leakers Play?
36:39 - The Ryzen Windows "Bug"
53:34 - AMD's Poor Launch Communication
1:22:07 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 40: We discuss all the fallout from Zen 5 reviews, including claims of extremely good efficiency, pricing, power limits and more
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Feedback on Zen 5 Reviews
06:38 - Zen 5 Power Efficiency
14:02 - Zen 5 Pricing Issues
22:36 - Are Zen 5 CPUs Extremely Power Limited?
31:27 - AMD's Launch Issues
43:12 - AMD Needs to Make Moves Soon
50:55 - How's Our Excitement for the CPU Market?
58:20 - Intel Has an Opportunity with Arrow Lake
1:11:06 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 39: It's been a big week for news, so Steve and Tim spend most of the episode discussing AMD's decision to delay Zen 5, and the latest updates from Intel surrounding their CPU stability issues.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
03:39 - AMD Delays Zen 5
18:32 - Updates and Discussion on Intel CPU Stability Issues
1:01:15 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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