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Episode 103: Some people got upset that we claimed Nvidia didn't deliver on their promised ray tracing future. So we discuss that, the RTX 20 series, how ray tracing was marketed, and whether we think it's lived up to the original hype
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Chat About Ray Tracing
55:12 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 102: We chat about the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition situation: the CPU itself and how it performs, AMD's decision not to provide review samples and more.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Chat About 9950X3D2
1:04:20 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 101: What are our thoughts on Nvidia's DLSS 5 reveal? Time to chat about that, along with Crimson Desert, which we've been benchmarking
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Our Initial Thoughts on DLSS 5
08:14 - DLSS 5's Artistic Changes
27:36 - Possible Technical Challenges
42:07 - The Reaction to DLSS 5
49:24 - Crimson Desert Impressions
1:08:03 - Final Thoughts
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Episode 100: A brief chat on some news topics again, including Intel's announcement of Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs at attractive price points and FSR Diamond. Then we chat about a customer getting screwed over after his DDR5 memory died
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:53 - New Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs
11:34 - AMD Announces FSR Diamond
14:27 - DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Frame Gen Release
15:59 - Umart, Corsair and Memory Failures
1:07:02 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 99: A brief chat on some news topics, like Nvidia's recent driver issues and the rumored RTX 5050 9GB, then into our main chat. Is it really no longer possible to future proof your PC? Or is this one of the better times for PC hardware longevity?
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - The RTX 5050 9GB Rumors
06:49 - New AMD Ryzen APUs for AM5
11:55 - Nvidia Driver Issues
18:52 - Future Proofing Your GPU, Is It Possible?
52:39 - CPU Longevity?
1:12:16 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
SOURCES
Jay's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqIf5yvQdbc
RTX 5050 9GB: https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-reportedly-plans-geforce-rtx-5050-with-9gb-memory-and-96-bit-bus
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Episode 98: Two goobers give their thoughts on AI. We've used it, the marketing claims don't match the capabilities at all. We chat about the financial investments so far, how that's likely going to be a big problem, and the overall status of the 'bubble'.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
10:56 - Our Experiences Using AI
29:54 - The Insane Investment into AI
38:33 - Are They Going to Run Out of Money?
52:40 - The Bubble
1:06:00 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 97: Simon from TFTCentral joins us after the wave of announcements at CES 2026 to chat about upcoming monitor technology, the current flaws with WOLED and QD-OLED panels, the types of screens we'd love to see, burn in, G-Sync Pulsar and more
TFTCENTRAL
Check out Simon's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tftcentral
Check out Simon's website: https://tftcentral.co.uk/
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:43 - New Ultrawides for 2026
11:19 - New RGB Stripe WOLED
20:36 - Does 5K Gaming Make Sense?
30:16 - 500Hz 1440p LCDs
36:38 - The OLED Formats We'd Like to See & Future of OLED
55:50 - Status of OLED Burn In and Other Flaws
1:14:41 - G-Sync Pulsar
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Episode 96: Some employees have recently left LTT and their stories have been blowing up, so we thought it might be interesting to give our perspective on running a YouTube tech channel, whether Linus was being unfair and whether the ex-LTT guys made the right choice. Also, we chat about 9800X3D failures and Valve delaying the Steam Machine (and its price reveal)
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Our Thoughts on Employees Leaving LTT
45:50 - What is the Deal With 9800X3D Failures?
1:03:09 - Valve Delays Steam Machine
1:17:20 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
SOURCES
Jake's video on leaving LTT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqVxgcKQO2E
Zip Tie Tuning video on LTT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0GPnA9pW8k
Valve's Steam Machine update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/625565405086220583
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Episode 95: The Ryzen 7 9850X3D has been released and at best all we can say about it is that it's inoffensive. Also, more reports have emerged that signal the end of GPUs at MSRP.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - So The 9850X3D Has Been Released
16:04 - More GPU Supply Information
29:40 - Zotac Might Be In Trouble
43:11 - Intel Launching Big Battlemage for Pros?
49:09 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
SOURCES
der8auer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lS1S_VhUK4&pp=2AYB
Zotac Korea statement: https://videocardz.com/newz/zotac-korea-warns-of-steep-rtx-5090-and-rtx-5060-price-hikes-says-some-models-may-be-unavailable-for-a-while
Arc Pro B70: https://x.com/SquashBionic/status/2015648577511629092
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Episode 94: We released a report saying the RTX 5070 Ti is effectively being killed off, and that Asus put the product into end of life status. What happened there? We share the full story
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - AMD Officially Launches the 9850X3D
05:53 - The RTX 5070 Ti is Effectively Dead, The Story So Far
25:38 - It Was From Asus PR, Not a Random Rumor
35:08 - Did We Cause Supply Issues?
48:57 - Why Didn't We Remove the Video?
57:44 - Why Aren't Companies Just Honest About Supply?
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Episode 93: A rumor and news episode to round out 2025. We chat a bit more about 9850X3D expectations, the current and future state of Intel CPUs following some 225F testing, Nvidia cutting GPU supply, potential new GPUs and Steve kills some hardware.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:33 - More Thoughts on the 9850X3D
06:13 - Where is Intel at With Their CPUs?
24:42 - Nvidia Cutting GPU Supply?
37:38 - AMD Launches Radeon RX 9060 XT LP
43:22 - More Intel Arc B770 Rumors
49:12 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 92: Edward Crisler from Radeon-exclusive AIB Sapphire joins the podcast to chat about the current GPU market. How will rising DRAM prices affect gaming GPUs? Can the GPU makers and AIBs absorb some of the increased cost? Also we talk about RDNA 4 and how successful it's been compared to previous generations, AMD's true market share, and of course, the Sapphire Puke box art
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:03 - RDNA 4 Launch at Sapphire
05:11 - RDNA 4 vs Older Generations Success
11:32 - The DRAM Crisis
20:25 - AIBs Want More Control
24:48 - Thoughts on 12VHPWR
26:32 - How Are SKU Decisions Made?
32:35 - Sapphire Puke
35:27 - DRAM Pricing: What Can AMD and AIBs Do?
44:50 - AI-Focused GPU Makers Owe Everything to Gamers
50:56 - AMD's True Market Share
59:05 - The Key to RDNA 4's Success
1:03:13 - Outro with Ed's Favorite Sapphire Generation
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Episode 91: Troubling signs in the PC gaming space with DRAM prices continuing to skyrocket and the surprising death of Micron's Crucial brand. Also we chat about the Ryzen 7 9850X3D and Nvidia ending driver support for Pascal.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - DRAM Demand for AI Kills Micron's Crucial Brand
29:39 - AMD Confirms Ryzen 7 9850X3D
41:08 - Nvidia Ends Pascal and Maxwell Driver Support
45:20 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 90: Some of you were upset we said the Steam Machine could be dead on arrival, so did we get it wrong? Steve also discusses recent RAM testing, and we look at gaming revenue for both Nvidia and AMD.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - More thoughts on the Steam Machine?
22:27 - People didn't understand some RAM testing
40:50 - AMD vs Nvidia gaming revenue and sales share
54:04 - Updates from our boring lives
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Episode 89: Valve has announced a new Steam Machine, which includes entry-level PC gaming hardware at an unknown price. We give our thoughts on whether this sounds any good and what prices would make sense. Steve also shares a motherboard story.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Initial Thoughts on Steam Machine
14:42 - No Upgrade Path
20:29 - Game Compatibility and Value
35:35 - AMD Roadmaps
39:43 - Steve Finds a Motherboard Flaw
55:15 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 88: AMD does AMD things.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:22 - Microsoft Improves a Few Things
04:15 - AMD's Disastrous Driver Fumble
23:31 - What About Feature Support?
46:03 - Reputational Damage vs Nvidia Drivers
1:01:39 - How Big of a Mistake? Who to Blame?
01:19:52 - Impact on Review Recommendations
01:52:59 - Quick Boring Life Stuff
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Episode 87: We revisit some discussion from last week as we've found more dodgy stuff Microsoft has done, before chatting about the current situation Intel is in with CPUs. They aren't anywhere near as competitive up against AMD now, as AMD were with Ryzen when Intel was dominant. (Note: This podcast was recorded before the recent AMD RDNA 2 driver decision, we'll discuss that in the future)
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Microsoft Does Dodgy Stuff Again
11:34 - Intel CPUs when AMD is Dominant vs AMD CPUs when Intel is Dominant
21:35 - The Discounts Aren't Enough
34:53 - Platform Longevity is Crucial
41:33 - Platform Support is Always Better
1:04:34 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 86: You all told us what you hated about Windows 11, and we fully agreed. So in this episode we go through all our grievances with the current state of Windows.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
06:21 - Unnecessary Microsoft accounts
10:39 - Search is broken
15:49 - Splash screens and ads
20:52 - The right click context menu
26:53 - Pre-installed bloatware
33:21 - Windows updates hurting performance
38:41 - Telemetry capture and data mining
42:28 - Copilot AI integration
45:45 - Updates breaking things
48:14 - Inability to dismiss pop-ups and updates
50:25 - Janky monitor issues
58:21 - Removing useful customization options
1:01:06 - Driver updates via Windows Update breaking things
1:05:17 - Microsoft Store
1:09:21 - Is Linux an alternative for gaming PCs?
1:14:36 - Summary of the current state of Windows
1:17:44 - Updates from our boring lives
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Episode 85: We chat about Battlefield 6 testing and explore the difficulties with testing one-click overclocking features in benchmarks, such as PBO and 200S Boost. We also discuss the latest Intel graphics announcements including Xe3 and XeSS 3, as well as motherboard vendors beginning to say Zen 6 will be supported on AM5
SOURCES
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intels-xe3-graphics-architecture-breaks-cover-panther-lakes-12-xe-core-igpu-promises-50-percent-better-performance-than-lunar-lake
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-takes-the-wraps-off-panther-lake-first-18a-client-processor-brings-the-best-of-lunar-lake-and-arrow-lake-together-in-one-package
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-confirms-xe3p-will-mark-arc-naming-switch-to-c-series
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/intel-announces-xess-3-with-multi-frame-generation-putting-it-ahead-of-amd-in-the-ai-powered-graphics-performance-race/
https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-confirms-b850-motherboards-to-directly-support-future-zen-6-cpus
https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-officially-confirms-zen6-desktop-support-for-am5-based-b850-motherboard
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Battlefield 6 testing thoughts
09:11 - Battlefield 6 VRAM leak
11:31 - Questionable Battlefield 6 CPU benchmarks?
20:49 - Issues with overclocking CPUs
29:59 - Why we don't test with PBO or 200S Boost, but do test with XMP
40:45 - Overclock tweaking can be a grift
50:34 - Intel graphics updates, Xe3 and XeSS 3
58:32 - Motherboard makers confirm Zen 6 on AM5 publicly
1:09:10 - Updates from our boring lives
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Episode 84: Tim and Steve respond to their internet crimes of using DLSS while testing and saying APUs suck. Then we chat more about Intel fixing B580 CPU overhead in some games, AMD's FSR 4 INT8 version and Microsoft destroying the value of Game Pass.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Why we tested Borderlands 4 with DLSS enabled
08:58 - APUs are not a good option for desktop gaming today
29:26 - Intel fixes B580 CPU overhead in some games
45:47 - AMD FSR 4 INT8 is pretty good
54:07 - Microsoft makes Game Pass way more expensive
1:03:57 - Updates from our boring lives
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