Podcast #751 - AMD AI, Intel Snake Oil, Radeon Idle Power, a Very Flat 40-inch Monitor, Win10 Forever, and MORE

The RTX 5090 is almost here, and we discuss the performance and value proposition that some have called the RTX 4090 Ti that never was. We also talk about the delayed release of AMD's latest Radeon GP...

26 Jan 20251h 15min

NVIDIA's latest GPUs are almost here, but we can already tell you that 12GB is the new 8GB. Arc is the true way! (Ok, maybe not, but Josh did buy one.) And, of course, 3dfx had it all figured out with...

18 Jan 20251h 5min

CES 2025 wrap-up show, featuring at least 15% more energy than last week!  We've got semi-hot takes on some CES 2025 gear, discussions on Nvidia cards, what's up with AMD, Thermaltake, HDMI and the us...

13 Jan 20251h 8min

Our first podcast of 2025 is the reason that playback speed control exists. Just set to at least 1.5x and you should be able to stay awake through most of it.  But do stay for the RTX rumors, the "Air...

4 Jan 20251h 10min

We present our ULTIMATE podcast for the year 2024. See you next year (as in a couple of weeks from now)!And remember, when you want more hard drive capacity, you need to get perpendicular: https://arc...

21 Dec 20241h 10min

A fantastic show - as you have come to expect.  Does Microsoft support installation without TPM?  Intel needs a reinvention moment, Arrow Lake fix doesn't seem like a good "fix" yet, LLM hallucination...

15 Dec 20241h 6min

After a week off, we expected to have at least a few things to talk about. But it turned out to be a very busy few days, including the sudden "retirement" of Intel's CEO...Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:00 ...

6 Dec 20241h 20min

We made it to 800! It's amazing what can be done by simply sitting in front of a PC and chatting with a few friends for an hour or two almost every Wednesday night for many years in a row.  Stick arou...

22 Nov 20241h 17min