PC Perspective Podcast #527 - 01/02/19

AMD Sets all time market share, Nvidia is not getting ARM'd, Intel making big investment in RISC-V, more Malware! Sound Blaster X4, "Random" things, Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 discussion and some retro storage discussions.Timestamps00:00 Intro03:54 Burger of the Week05:16 NVIDIA's Arm acquisition is no more11:29 Intel invests in RISC-V16:44 AMD enjoys record CPU marketshare18:03 Panic at the CISCO19:42 ExpressVPN offers $100k bounty if you can hack them20:24 WD Black SN770 - decent DRAMless drive23:38 Creative Sound Blaster X4 (and further random discussion)31:21 Replace your outdated MFM drives the modern way!34:12 Do you want TRUE random numbers!38:32 Warhammer 40K40:13 Star Citizen something something43:30 be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 850W quick look46:55 Picks of the Week56:23 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

13 Helmi 202256min

It was a Wednesday like no other: a twos-day. 2/2/22. Now, we could have done an even MORE twos-day show on 2/22/22, but we didn't think that far ahead. Also, that hasn't happened yet.  Kyle at HardOCP discussing the end of MSRP's for GPUs, AMD is buying Xilinx, Sony jumps in the game with buying Bungie, we review the EVGA XR1, Battlefield 2042 going to get finished, Intel 12gen laptop CPU performance, Android Malware and Raspberry Pi goes 64bit.  Check the timestamps...Timestamps00:00 Cold Open/Intro03:40 Burger of the Week05:21 HardOCP Kyle's post on end of GPU MSRPs (and reviewers)23:37 AMD gets go-ahead on Xilinx deal26:33 A brief look at 12th Gen Alder Lake laptop CPU performance, kind of29:04 Intel had two billion reasons to build in Ohio30:16 EVGA E1 is a wild prebuilt gaming PC33:59 BRATA Android malware37:36 JEDEC reveals HBM3 specs41:02 Google relents on legacy G-suite user payment plan42:30 Raspberry Pi 64-bit OS arrives43:56 Battlefield 2042 to be finished, supposedly46:07 Sony buys Bungie49:40 EVGA XR1 review55:40 Picks of the Week1:07:58 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

5 Helmi 20221h 8min

Are you ready for another entry-level graphics card you can't buy anywhere near MSRP? Perfect! Let the argument about availability of RTX 3050 vs. RX 6500 XT begin! Need a topic? How about, should NVIDIA have made the RTX 3050 as undesirable as the RX 6500 XT (still on shelves) to enhance product availability?Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:15 Burger of the Week03:45 RTX 3050 review discussion22:20 DDR5 at 8888 CL8826:15 Earthquake forces Toshiba fab in Japan to shut down29:40 Silicon manufacturers are doing JUST FINE31:14 A hand-built 1200 transistor chip from a garage35:01 Microsoft keeps messing with Windows 1136:10 Ad Break: TextExpander37:13 Sniffing malware emissions with a Raspberry Pi?40:46 WD My Cloud OS patched41:38 12-year-old Linux bug can give root access42:31 NVIDIA may not be buying Arm after all...47:28 Crysis 4 announced48:57 Surviving Mars bundle thing50:12 Steam Deck will ship February 2851:33 Picks of the Week59:44 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

29 Tammi 20221h

The RX 6500 XT is 4GB or 64bit mobile GPU wrapped in a PCIe desktop card.  It behaves accordingly.  Review of the Thinkpad P15 Mobile Workstation review, TSMC expanding, Nvidia CPU time, and Samsung finally reveals the EXYNOS 2200. Plus Microsoft is looking to buy Activision / Blizzard, and they discontinued the Xbox One a while ago, and welcome to Sysjoker!  The next cross-platform hack.  And more, see belowTimestamps00:00 Prologue00:22 Intro05:03 Burger of the Week06:58 Radeon RX 6500 XT Excitement24:56 Microsoft Buying Activison Blizzard for $68.7 BILLION31:40 SYSJOKER Runs on Anything!34:04 Samsung's Exynos 2200 with RDN2 GPU Announced38:18 TSMC Has FABulous Plans for 202245:57 NVIDIA Hiring for CPU R&D in Isreal48:10 What Supply Chain Shortage? (PC Sales in 2021)52:69 Microsoft Discontinued ALL Xbox One Consoles! In 2020!54:26 Linux and Apple Support for Humble Bundle Ends February 1st58:35 Forever Skies (looks a bit like Subnautica up in the air)01:00:11 Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 Mobile Workstation Review1:11:31 Picks of the Week1:19:48 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

22 Tammi 20221h 20min

Post-CES is generally pretty light for a few weeks, but not this year! Josh was out sick but Kent stepped in and we had a low-key discussion of the topics of the evening.  The 3080 12GB, a 2000w PSU, the Intel NUC 12 will have LGA socket, Nvidia latest resolution dance with DLDSR, the RX 6500 XT is only x4 for PCIe, the Intel i9 is hitting 5.5Ghz OOTB?  More below!Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:07 NVIDIA introduces a 12GB version of the RTX 308007:50 NVIDIA's latest driver brings another scaling tech: DLDSR11:12 Does it matter that AMD's Radeon RX 6500 XT is limited to a x4 interface?13:55 Intel's 5.5 GHz Core i9-12900KS announced15:40 NUC 12 Extreme uses DESKTOP processors, has standard LGA socket20:14 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs21:17 Samsung has apparently delayed the Exynos 2200 with RDNA2 graphics23:21 PCI Express 6.0 announced24:53 Norton-owned Avira Antivirus wants you to mine ETH28:45 Canon's copy-protected ink component shortage forces workaround31:20 SilverStone's 2050W PSU35:59 Half Life gets ray traced38:14 NVIDIA updating all Shield devices to Android 1139:45 Picks of the Week49:45 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

15 Tammi 202250min

First show of 2022, and we cover announcements and new tech from some of the top names in the industry.  Plus have a good discussion on OLED TV's.   And you still probably cannot buy a GPU at the price they should be sold at.Timestamps00:00 Intro02:28 Burger of the Week03:37 AMD Ryzen 6000 Mobile Processors Announced08:54 First 3D V-Cache CPU is the Ryzen 7 5800X3D15:32 Radeon RX 6500 XT Announced21:56 NVIDIA GPUs Announced - RTX 3050 and Mobile 3070 Ti / 3080 Ti25:38 One more thing... the RTX 3090 Ti30:36 Alder Lake Goes Mobile: 12th Gen H-Series CPUs36:57 Phison E26 PCIe Gen5 SSD Controller Specs (and a look at Ryan's Gen5 SSD video)45:37 Can the ASUS ROG DDR5 to DDR4 adapter be a real product?50:09 NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPUs are probably faster than your NIC54:33 LG's 16:18 Monitor59:20 Picks of the Week1:13:49 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

8 Tammi 20221h 18min

Alder Lake NonK pricing, Spectra Hack, Final Fantasy VII update, Windows 11 continues shuffling control panels, Games updates, and DDR4 vs DD5. It's our final show of 2021, and we DID NOT do a year in review! Instead, enjoy the usual nonsense for about an hour, if you can make it that long.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:53 Non-K Alder Lake CPU Pricing Leaked05:15 Another DDR4 vs. DDR5 Discussion08:24 FFVIIR Intergrade PC Launch Issues13:21 Microsoft Shuffles Windows 11 Settings15:21 RTX 2050 Excitement17:48 Podcast Sponsor: TextExpander18:55 Another Week, Another Vulnerability22:08 The "audiophile" SSD31:45 A Case Made From Two Pieces of Curved Metal34:03 Halo Infinite is Rather Demanding39:22 An Infusion of Enfusion42:01 Games of the Week46:34 Picks of the Week55:59 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

26 Joulu 202156min

It's our pre-pre-holiday show, wherein we talk about the few stories of interest from the week that was, and get derailed quite a bit. Don't miss it. Or do. But if you don't watch, why on earth are you reading this?Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:06 Burger of the Week02:41 Final Fantasy VII Remake Comes to PC06:04 New Radeon Driver Improves Halo Infinite Performance10:05 Android 10, Teams, and 91113:44 Log4J and Log4Shell18:28 Podcast Sponsor: LinkedIn Jobs19:19 SteamOS Slims Down21:08 SK Hynix Sampling 24Gb DDR5 Chips22:13 Seagate's 20TB Hard Drives25:14 You think 20TB is big? How about 30TB (next year, maybe)!27:16 Games of the Week33:18 Podcast Sponsor: VPLS34:31 Picks of the Week47:40 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

17 Joulu 202150min