PC Perspective Podcast 483 - 1/18/18

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.  And also you can 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 Intro02:14 Food with Josh05:18 NVIDIA's insane quarter (is this AI stuff sustainable?)18:49 Intel Foundry news23:21 Reports of a 400W Intel Core i9-14900KS26:15 AMD paused the RX 7600 XT launch in China due to competition from AMD27:28 A brief mention of the new Cooler Master AiO lawsuit28:29 Ryzen 8000G STAPM issue was fixed33:46 Google Flexes a ChromeOS alternative to Windows 1136:28 Josh talks about Arm44:51 (in)Security Corner56:13 Gaming Quick Hits59:40 (GQH continues) Intel CPUs causing Unreal Engine crashes?1:07:57 Corsair A115 air cooler tested1:17:14 Picks of the Week1:27:17 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

23 Feb 20241h 28min

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 Intro01:29 Food with Josh04:02 ZLUDA - an AMD funded drop-in CUDA implementation?10:44 NVIDIA intros RTX 2000 Ada Generation slot-powered GPU14:53 Intel trying to supply the new XBox SoC?22:44 Just another Ryzen 9 7945HX mini-ITX motherboard25:13 Breaking news - the RTX 4080 Super is impossible to find at MSRP26:55 VMWare kills off free vSphere Hypervisor28:12 Security Corner31:54 Gaming Quick Hits37:15 Picks of the Week45:45 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

19 Feb 202446min

Josh abandoned us this week to stream himself virtually attending a Flight Simulator event, so you will have to contend with a trio of cranky people as we discuss another week's PC industry news. Sorry in advance - though Jeremy did walk us through Josh's burger segment.  There's still plenty to panic over in the Security Corner, and some AI coming to Google maps - just what we needed.Recorded February 7, 2024.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:25 Jeremy Presents: Food with Josh04:20 AMD drops Radeon RX 7900 XT price to 699 USD05:49 Ryzen 8000G STAPM issue awaits firmware fix07:58 TSMC might not be jumping on the High-NA EUV bandwagon yet11:39 Resizable BAR mod for systems as old as Sandy Bridge?15:24 Running Win10 on older hardware? Sorry about those app updates...18:11 Google Maps - now with hallucinations23:12 Backing up the Internet is a cache-22 proposition27:38 Microsoft is bringing the sudo command to Windows Server30:53 Security Corner42:51 Gaming Quick Hits46:59 Picks of the Week55:43 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

11 Feb 202456min

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 Intro02:10 Food with Josh03:59 RTX 4080 SUPER review12:33 Josh's Soapbox (and further GPU rambles)18:05 AMD's 2023 results are in25:57 Microsoft Teams outage27:35 Edge is taking over Chrome (just a  "bug" so don't worry)30:38 Are process nodes reality, or marketing?37:34 Security Corner45:26 Gaming Quick Hits50:34 Fosi Audio ZA3 dual-mode amp review58:32 Picks of the Week1:06:29 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

2 Feb 20241h 7min

Recorded live in GPU City, where a mutagen spill has radically altered our minds, but somehow left our bodies unchanged...and without any ninjutsu proficiency. Oh well, at least there are two GPU launches to talk about, and you'd better believe we talked about them. RTX gets a Remaster.  Also, a burger.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:37 Food with Josh04:02 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER launch review16:47 AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT launch reviews30:50 Finally, a new Radeon driver - and it adds Fluid Motion Frames33:40 New Intel Arc driver promises up to 30% DX11 uplift38:33 (in)Security Corner47:13 Gaming Quick Hits (hit, really - there was just one this week)51:17 Picks of the Week1:01:09 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

26 Jan 20241h 2min

We are back again this week to discuss, among other things, just how super the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER actually is. There are also some weird tales about display tech at CES, thermal pad vs. paste, more Windows LLM shenanigans, and even a new version of memtest86!  But wait!  There's some "great" security scares (and theater?) with some gaming news thrown in too!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:36 Food with Josh03:07 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER launch19:48 Weird displays at CES24:41 Is this the year to dump thermal paste for a pad?28:38 Windows Copilot autostart tests limited to larger displays29:52 ChatGPT is coming to Notepad (ugh)30:58 The Hobbes OS/2 Archive is logging off33:49 A new version of memtest86!35:01 Podcast sponsor: GreenChef36:30 (in)Security Corner44:50 Gaming Quick Hits51:08 Picks of the Week1:03:13 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

20 Jan 20241h 4min

It's CES 2024 wrap-up time, and in this by no means comprehensive look at this year's show - the podcast crew covers some highlights, including AMD's newest GPU and new additions to the Ryzen lineup, plus NVIDIA's Super cards (and changes to the RTX 40 Series lineup). Oh and several other topics like Bifurcation on a GPU, the MSI Claw, and our review of the Corsair K55 CORE, plus at least one burger.  Topics below.Recorded January 10, 2024.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:17 Food with Josh02:30 AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT09:19 NVIDIA RTX Super cards16:38 AMD Ryzen CPUs at CES20:06 ASUS goes back to the future25:17 MSI's Claw and more from their CES booth32:06 be quiet! has white cases at CES33:03 Micron first with LPDDR5X LPCAMM234:53 ASUS shows RTX 4060 Ti with an M.2 slot38:28 Gemini 2XL 3D webcams for AI-based work stuff43:07 (in)Security Corner52:14 Gaming Quick Hits59:55 Corsair K55 CORE gaming keyboard review1:03:06 Picks of the Week1:16:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

12 Jan 20241h 18min

It's the first podcast of the new year, and we are less than a week from CES 2024. What is in store? If we ignore the inevitable deluge of AI integration into every imaginable consumer electronic device at the show, possibly some affordable-ish graphics cards. We can only hope. Also, AMD might have some interesting Zen4/RDNA3 APUs.   Dial in some security scares and some gaming news, and boom:  we have a show.Oh, and Josh had another burger.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:44 Food with Josh02:58 CES predictions04:15 The rumored Radeon RX 7600 XT07:10 NVIDIA is teasing a GPU10:18 A Ryzen 8600G appears14:01 Windows 11 can't escape the shadow of Windows 1017:30 MSI is offering a Gen5 SSD with a massive heatsink attached21:43 The oldest-known version of MS-DOS ancestor 86-DOS found23:10 (in)Security Corner32:27 Gaming Quick Hits38:19 Picks of the Week48:12 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

5 Jan 202451min