Intel Promises Battlemage GPU Game Fixes, Enough VRAM and Long Term Future (feat. Tom Petersen)
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 ...
9 Des 20241h 26min
Ray Tracing: Has it Been A Success for PC Gaming?
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 Nv...
29 Nov 20241h 38min
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Punishes Your CPU, GPU and VRAM
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 a...
21 Nov 20241h 6min
Someone Has Blown Up Their Ryzen 7 9800X3D
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 ...
14 Nov 20241h 41min
AMD Wins With The Ryzen 7 9800X3D
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 abo...
8 Nov 20241h 44min
Intel Arrow Lake is Dead on Arrival (For Now)
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 reviewsCHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:25 - Arrow Lake D...
1 Nov 20241h 16min
MSI and AMD's Weird Relationship, X870 Testing, and Goodbye 5800X3D
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 numbersCHAPTERS0...
18 Okt 20241h 3min
Intel Arrow Lake Initial Impressions: Pretty Meh
Episode 48: Intel has officially announced Arrow Lake, so Tim and Steve discuss their initial thoughts on what Intel has shown so far.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro01:19 - Initial Thoughts on Intel Arrow Lake1...
11 Okt 20241h 16min
