"We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Processors effectively on fire with default motherboard settings. We watched chipsets glitter in the dark near the Copper Pipe. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." - JoshTEKK Smith Also tune in for some Star Wars gaming news, PCIe 7 is the new Hotness, and Dump It like D-Link!  More in the timestamps beeeelooooow! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:53 Food with Josh 03:04 The Intel 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 Problem Escalates 15:26 Intel Gaudi 3 is an up to 900W AI chip 20:46 AMD Ryzen 9000 processors mentioned in new chipset ..read more

We aren't too proud of this technological terror we've constructed, because the ability to record a podcast is insignificant compared to the power of the Schwartz.   Intel Foundry news, SSD pricing, a new RX 550?, TSMC is quaking, and a bevy of security scares! Recorded April 3, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:09 Food with Josh 02:59 Intel Foundry lost 7 billion USD last year 12:03 TSMC assessing impact of recent earthquake 18:35 Enterprise SSD prices on the rise - consumer will be next 22:38 The biggest passively-cooled Gen5 SSD we've seen (and extended storage speed discussion) 32 ..read more

You didn't ask for it, but here it is. The greatest PC Perspective podcast ever recorded on March 27, 2024. China bans things, FSR 3.1, DirectSR, and EVGA PSU wiring ... Other topics below. Oh, and sorry this is posted late this week! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:01 Food with Josh 03:14 AMD announced FSR 3.1 at GDC 08:10 Radeon 7900 GRE gets memory OC unlocked 12:05 China bans AMD, Intel, and Windows from Government PCs 17:24 ASUS launching NUC 14 Pro 20:50 Microsoft DirectSR revealed 25:23 EVGA PSU RMA fries HDDs, company makes it right 29:09 TrueNAS Core bids goodbye to FreeBSD 33:16 (in)Secur ..read more

Another week, and another podcast. It seems like our destiny. In the words of Darth Vader, join us, and together we can rule the galaxy as ... distant cousins? I think that's what he said. Topics below include such morsels as Nvidia GTC (feel the power) and that delidded 14900KS cpus can come that way (feel the heat). Recorded March 20, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:26 Food with Josh 02:54 NVIDIA at GTC - new Blackwell GPU architecture 14:19 Tiny Corp is apparently dumping AMD 16:26 SK hynix shows of their first Gen5 SSD, the Platinum P51 18:26 Intel and TSMC reportedly face delays in Arizo ..read more

This week we discuss AMD's new 144 Hz requirement for FreeSync certification, the "perfection" of 12GB RAM capacity, Corsair's K65 PLUS keyboard that's actually 75%, Epic gets expensive, mining with Ryzen and more topics (listed below). Recorded March 13, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:08 Food with Josh 04:54 Mining on Ryzen CPUs is a thing again 09:22 Epic doesn't despise ALL fees, as long as they aren't from Apple 13:34 DDR5 will soon be available in 12GB DIMMs 16:29 Data miners provide mixed reports on NVIDIA Blackwell memory configs 18:05 A new version of AIDA64 is here 23:22 AMD stops c ..read more

We talked at length about various things, some of which were actually the topics at hand! The Apple M3, Android apps on Windows 11, and Roku agreement - or else.  See the list below for an approximation of the conversation. Recorded March 6, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:19 Food with Josh 02:51 GDDR7 spec published - it's fast 06:31 Samsung reported planning to market 3nm as "2nm" 10:37 NVIDIA forbids use of CUDA translation for other GPUs (RIP ZLUDA) 12:08 Apple launches M3 MacBook Air models 14:07 Roku blunders with arbitration terms move 16:57 EU digital markets act goes into effect ..read more

Josh is traveling again, Kent is back, and we have plenty to discuss. Intel CPU crashes, the RX 7900 GRE, the AT&T outage, Nvidia is the GPU cartel - it's all here in this one show!  Here us now, and believe us later.  See all the times below for a list of topics - and don't worry, Jeremy did the burger segment. Recorded February 28, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:32 Food with Josh via Jeremy 05:34 AMD Radeon GRE global launch and RX 7700 XT price drop 07:40 Limited OC headroom from GRE a bug, says AMD 08:38 Our RX 7900 GRE review - featuring the Sapphire PURE 15:02 Intel has a ..read more

After a couple of weeks we are back at full strength, and it will take our combined willpower to withstand the might of NVIDIA's ridiculous earnings report. We also talked about the reported listings for a 400W Core i9-14900KS, took a look at Corsair's A115 air cooler, and Josh reviewed some food.  Now trade one benevolent OS vendor for another with a Windows 10 -> ChromeOS upgrade!  Plus other topics, found in the time stamps below. Recorded February 21, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:14 Food with Josh 05:18 NVIDIA's insane quarter (is this AI stuff sustainable?) 18:49 Intel Fo ..read more

Josh is back, but Brett was stuck at work - so we podcasted as a trio for the second week in a row. And this time, somehow (without Brett to add stories to the list), the entire show is just over 45 minutes long. Don't despair - there's still a burger segment! Recorded February 14, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:29 Food with Josh 04:02 ZLUDA - an AMD funded drop-in CUDA implementation? 10:44 NVIDIA intros RTX 2000 Ada Generation slot-powered GPU 14:53 Intel trying to supply the new XBox SoC? 22:44 Just another Ryzen 9 7945HX mini-ITX motherboard 25:13 Breaking news - the RTX 4080 Super is im ..read more

Another week, another NVIDIA SUPER launch. But this is the last one, we promise. (We hope.) You probably already know it's barely any faster than the original, but it's $200 less (in the USA anyhow) so who cares, right?? We talked about more stuff, too like why security is terrible and a cool game named "Judas".  Also, just check the time stamps below.  Recorded January 31, 2024 using digital recording technology unheard of in the Middle Ages. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:10 Food with Josh 03:59 RTX 4080 SUPER review 12:33 Josh's Soapbox (and further GPU rambles) 18:05 AMD's 2023 resul ..read more