Podcast #646 - Nvidia, Intel & AMD GPU Rumors, Other Vulnerabilities, HyperX Solocast Mic + More!

Enjoy this podcast, recorded on July 17 - you know, before the CloudStrike thing happened. Don't worry, we will talk about that next week.There is so much "air" in this show, you'll know it when you feel it.  Game servers switching away from Intel now, the Xbox has the cheekiest controller going.  So much more below, enjoy!Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:34 Food with...Jeremy?05:57 Kent's big air cooler roundup31:38 Intel's growing instability problem44:56 Snapdragon X Elite really wants to be Windows Only47:43 Seasonic lists unreleased Radeon GPUs including 7990 XTX49:29 ...and apparently lists RTX 50 Series wattage as well51:39 Hello Windows Checkpoint56:09 (in)Security Corner1:07:55 Gaming Quick Hits1:12:20 Picks of the Week1:17:22 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

20 Juli 20241h 18min

This show is one hour.Wait. That should say "this show is one hour THAT YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS".We've got all kinds of things, check out the topics below!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:23 Food with Josh03:25 HP gives up - might actually want to sell printers05:23 AMD NTBC08:21 AMD now has better brand recognition than Intel?10:02 Everything is bigger on the Samsung Odyssey G9 OLED16:16 Ryzen keyboard PC!20:13 Google's free VPN is gone but anyone can use their dark web monitoring22:11 Better battery life (not AI) driving Copilot+ PC sales26:00 Endgame Gear OP1 8K mouse29:33 Mac shipments grew 6 percent year-on-year30:52 (in)Security Corner40:48 Gaming Quick Hits46:30 Picks of the Week59:42 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

14 Juli 20241h

It took a couple of days to get to the editing and posting (due to the July 4 holiday) but the wait will be 100% worth it, we assure you. Josh even had a burger.  Including Z890, Gigabit forever, Win10 death and all your content belong to AI now.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:35 Food with Josh03:51 Intel Z890 chipset leak05:21 When will the industry stop using Gigabit?09:38 More on the upcoming Intel parts13:23 New Breaking Limit GPU benchmark is out15:13 NVIDIA 72-core Grace CPU gets close to 96-core Threadripper18:02 Will death of Win10 ignite PC market?20:05 Microsoft CEO of AI says anything published online is free to use24:38 AMD Ryzen 8000G processors discounted29:41 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef31:11 (in)Security Corner47:44 Gaming Quick Hits56:09 Picks of the Week1:12:24 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

7 Juli 20241h 15min

You will be pleased to learn that we did indeed get together on Wednesday night (at 10 Eastern) to podcast this week. Here is the edited version of that podcast recording session.  Within you find side-quests, insights, food, camera lens talk - and tech.  Lots of tech talk on such things like Microsoft making terrible decisions, bad security theater, and idle data.  Join us.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:41 Food with Josh03:29 XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX Magnetic Air (false start)06:08 The review actually begins here17:21 Boring camera lens talk19:31 Microsoft makes OneDrive backups automatic22:40 Microsoft hides the local account option even more23:31 PSA: you don't actually have to use Windows26:46 The great Optane 905P fire sale of 202430:30 Amazon moves Alexa to a subscription model33:19 Seagate opens official eBay store for refurb HDDs37:26 Most stored data is never accessed again41:28 (in)Security Corner44:33 We interrupt (in)Security Corner to talk about seamless integration46:12 Back to (in)Security Corner54:27 Gaming Quick Hits1:03:08 Picks of the Week1:18:16 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

28 Juni 20241h 18min

Five of us entered, but only one survived. This is one episode you won't want to miss!In addition to all that, we discussed SFF specs, Copilot updates, the Fractal Mood, ARM speculative execution, and Intel CPU stability!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:34 Food with Josh03:00 We react to Snapdragon X Elite reviews10:17 Intel issues microcode fix for 13th/14th Gen stability issues16:02 NVIDIA's new SFF-Ready GPU standard18:37 An ITX-sized RTX 4070 with a pink PCB19:54 Windows 10 update brings "Open With" dialog box bug21:23 ID-Cooling has a 360mm AiO with no RGB for only 60 bucks24:48 (in)Security Corner begins33:00 AMD data breach35:41 Gaming Quick Hits42:10 Fractal Mood mITX case review59:12 Picks of the Week1:11:07 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

22 Juni 20241h 11min

Brett was absent this week, but we found a way to podcast anyway. And what a memorable podcast it was. How many times can we celebrate lucky number 777? Just once, it seems. And that is undeniable - like the Billy Dee Williams (by Avon) fragrance for men, "Undeniable".Please find the usual Windows security scares, thoughts on Starfield, Adobe finally makes users upset, RTX50 rumors and so much more!Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:54 Food with Josh04:51 AMD says Ryzen 9000 Series won't beat 7000X3D at gaming07:17 Ryzen 9000 X3D parts rumored to arrive in September09:46 RTX 50 Series rumors13:04 RTX 2070 SUPER vs. RTX 4070 SUPER18:07 People are getting upset about Adobe terms of use22:06 HP BIOS update bricks some laptops23:53 Another look at the Crucial T70527:10 Josh randomly decides to offer his thoughts on Starfield28:36 (in)Security Corner37:49 Gaming Quick Hits45:03 We talk about the Beeline SER8 Ryzen mini PC review video for a while51:57 Picks of the Week57:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

14 Juni 202459min

This week we have a positive attitude, Josh had a burger, and everyone is happy (and other lies). Watch to catch up on CoPilot issues (we told you so!), Intel and AMD socket longevity, Windows 10 won't die and we miss Napster.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:36 Food with Josh03:09 AMD Ryzen 9000 Series announcement10:55 New X870 and X870E chipsets17:18 Socket AM5 longevity19:56 AMD also introduced MI325X22:01 Josh tells his pineapple squeeze toy story23:13 Intel Lunar Lake discussion28:17 Kent begins to wonder how much NVIDIA cares about gamers34:28 Josh points out the inconvenient truth about the AI boom40:36 Jeremy decides to return to Lunar Lake discussion41:10 Using Kapton tape to defeat Intel chipset limitations42:55 Micron GDDR7 is coming soon46:58 Windows 10 is getting "new features, and more" (be afraid)51:19 Nano11 for lightweight Windows 11 24H253:07 Happy 25th birthday to Napster (and audio digression)1:01:18 (in)Security Corner1:09:05 Gaming Quick Hits1:13:35 Picks of the Week1:24:02 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

8 Juni 20241h 25min

Josh OLED wipe included at no extra charge.  So much Arm coverage, even with Nvidia.  There's even some good Security news!00:00 Intro01:41 Josh's home office update02:50 Burger of the Week04:40 Arm Tech Days coverage from Josh26:12 NVIDIA reportedly prepping an Arm PC chip29:35 A long response to a viewer question about OLED monitor burn-in39:51 Microsoft DirectSR is here - if you have Windows on Arm42:54 PayPal mines your order history to serve targeted ads45:17 ICQ is gone47:22 How to stop AI search boxes appearing Google searches with Chrome50:21 iFixit and Samsung break up53:21 Cooler Master says AI thermal paste was just a translation issue57:20 (in)Security Corner1:06:39 Gaming Quick Hits (you can't take it with you)1:15:10 Picks of the Week1:22:55 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

3 Juni 20241h 24min