• Intel Delivers What AMD Couldn't: Great GPU Value
    Dec 16 2024

    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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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Intel Promises Battlemage GPU Game Fixes, Enough VRAM and Long Term Future (feat. Tom Petersen)
    Dec 9 2024

    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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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Ray Tracing: Has it Been A Success for PC Gaming?
    Nov 29 2024

    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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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Punishes Your CPU, GPU and VRAM
    Nov 21 2024

    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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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Someone Has Blown Up Their Ryzen 7 9800X3D
    Nov 14 2024

    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


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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • AMD Wins With The Ryzen 7 9800X3D
    Nov 8 2024

    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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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Intel Arrow Lake is Dead on Arrival (For Now)
    Nov 1 2024

    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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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • MSI and AMD's Weird Relationship, X870 Testing, and Goodbye 5800X3D
    Oct 18 2024

    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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    1 hr and 3 mins