Podcast #832 - AMD Financials, Rumors of the Mythical Dual-X3D CPU, Best of the Worst GPUs, Thinkpad Nubs & Chip Tariffs + MORE!

AMD is on the rise, and their financials show it, plus they might have won The Game. We discover that Windows 11 SE is still a thing, PCIe 8 has been ratified, and what's the best-worst GPU of 2025! XeSS goes cross-platform-gpu and turns out that people CAN actually detect malware if properly motivated. All this and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:37 Patreon
01:52 Food with Josh
04:38 AMD financials
09:43 AMD claims "world's fastest processors" as Intel struggles
18:57 AMD may be planning X3D on both CCDs
23:18 Windows 11 SE is going away
26:13 Windows Vista stricken from latest Win11 build?
27:48 Getting to the nub of ThinkPad design
35:49 PCI-SIG announces PCI Express 8.0
38:29 AMD's AM6 socket rumored to bring DDR6 and PCIe 6
40:44 Best of the 8GB GPUs
45:53 The RX 9060 non-XT
48:10 Bracing for the possibility of 100% tariffs on chips
49:50 (In)Security Corner
1:04:55 Gaming Quick Hits
1:18:11 Promoting Jeremy's HyperX Jet wireless headset review
1:19:15 Picks of the Week
1:34:57 Outro

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