Podcast #803 - Arrow Lake Update, Arc B580 Performance and Value, Pi 500 NVMe Workaround, 8GB GPU enough? + MORE!

We present for your approval just over one hour of hardware and gaming banter, from a personal computer perspective. Also we talked about iPhone stuff. Some of us are sorry about that.  Topical topics include Starfield, the lack of RX 7800 XT's, WiFi 7 and of course the Atari 2600.00:00 Intro00:51 Food with Josh02:30 Starfield is officially getting DLSS11:05 It's Apple season so we talk about the iPhone 14S (they are rounding up to 15)17:54 TSMC on a buying spree20:00 On the eve of the Arm IPO21:21 ASUS has a cable-free RTX 407023:16 Wi-Fi 7 routers begin to appear - but why?31:45 Mandatory Arc News34:29 Security Corner39:39 Gaming Quick Hits47:51 A look at the completed FragBox review52:31 Picks of the Week1:06:21 Outro - take 11:07:14 Outro - take 2 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

15 Sep 20231h 7min

Are you ready for a podcast filled with verbose discussion interrupted by digressions into random topics? You've come to the right place! We've got Security nightmares, Gaming updates, Starfield lunacy, regular lunacy, Intel Arc news and even Usenet!00:00 Intro01:41 Food with Josh03:18 Radeon review - take one (with odd CPU cooler digression)05:11 The actual Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT review24:23 Josh reviews the XFX QICK 319 Radeon RX 7700 XT Black Edition36:34 More RX 7700 XT price puzzlement38:58 One more look at that Starfield bundle eBay auction40:48 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh42:13 Mandatory Arc News - the Starfield driver issue46:41 A brief digression into old graphics APIs48:22 Intel Core i9-14900K Geekbench leak50:47 Usenet is still going strong52:41 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe54:26 Security Corner1:04:25 Gaming Quick Hits1:10:59 Picks of the Week1:20:14 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

9 Sep 20231h 21min

We decided to podcast yet again this week because, honestly, you demand it (you know who you are). The show must go on, and we had a lot to talk about this week - and sometimes we even sounded halfway intelligent! Like when we talked about the new Radeon cards, which bring the promise of $450+ midrange cards to AMD buyers. And we looked at the very compact - and ridiculously well-equipped - FragBox from Falcon Northwest (you know, that little PC that looks like a Playmate cooler?). Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:39 Food with Josh03:13 AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT announced12:08 Finally an update on FSR 314:39 Is MSI giving up on Radeon?18:10 Mandatory Arc News: Battlemage in the lab already?19:45 Starfield bundle going for a bundle21:41 AMD warns of fake Starfield bundles24:11 That ASUS mobo GPU power connector uses a server standard27:41 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe29:18 Security Corner41:23 Gaming Quick Hits47:00 EPOS Impact 1060 professional headset review57:14 Falcon Northwest FragBox review1:12:34 Picks of the Week1:23:20 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

2 Sep 20231h 23min

Do you like piña coladas, and getting caught in protracted discussions about DLSS 3.5 and NVIDIA quarterly financials? And that's just the FIRST HALF HOUR. You won't want to miss a single second of this episode. Also, there weren't any piña coladas. Sorry.  But there would have been if you had brought your own.  There is quite a lot of monitor discussion, right down to the Picks-of-the-Week(tm).  Also, there was only the one 737 plane.Recorded August 23, 2023.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:22 Food with Josh03:24 DLSS 3.5 announced (with extended discussion)16:33 NVIDIA earned so much money last quarter28:17 Microsoft brings some PC Game Pass games to GeForce Now30:00 The reviews are in - Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is the fastest gaming CPU33:28 Samsung's dual-UHD 57-inch monitor38:14 A trio of new OLED displays in the ASUS ROG Swift lineup39:33 Minisforum Project DRFXI puts the GPU on top of the case43:35 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe45:11 The status of the Windows 11 OOBE49:24 Microsoft's Secure Time Seeding "feature"53:11 Security Corner1:00:04 Gaming Quick Hits1:11:25 Picks of the Week1:25:20 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

26 Aug 20231h 26min

Who would have guessed it? We gathered and we made podcast history, AGAIN. An hour (or more!) of content, just ready to be watched, liked, subscribed. Topics include:  Dell doesn't like getting caught, the Intel Arc A750 reviewed, Inception fix is going be a bummer, and security scares galore!  Enjoy!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:23 Food with Josh03:25 96-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX leaked?05:17 The China-only Ryzen 5 7500F makes its way to the USA08:17 Intel Tower acquisition cancelled09:44 Dell fined for marking up monitors before discounting them11:41 Mandatory Arc news12:35 Up to 54 percent performance drop after AMD Inception fix18:41 More Security Corner stories to terrify you32:36 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe34:14 Gaming Quick Hits38:38 Intel Arc A750 review1:01:32 Picks of the Week1:13:12 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

18 Aug 20231h 14min

We're back with a podcast that's BIGGER and possibly BETTER than ever before. We talk about the latest news and rumors, and Kent goes absolutely crazy in his quest to tame the thermals from his Core i9-13900KS.  Security Corner scares with Inception and Downfall, Bots and Captcha, plus Gaming Quick Hits with deals and server shutdowns.Topics in the list below. Timestamps:0:00 Intro01:29 Josh makes a bold statement about pens03:38 Food with Josh04:50 Ratchet & Clank update adds raytracing for AMD cards06:12 Rumor suggests no high-end RDNA 4 GPUs18:01 NVIDIA driver boosts Baldur's Gate 3 performance20:07 NVIDIA says they bet the farm on AI26:05 Intel reportedly working on a new DUAL CORE processor29:16 Big tech really wants to invest in the Arm IPO32:13 Robert Hallock joins Intel33:45 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh35:06 Security Corner46:44 Gaming Quick Hits52:51 Taming Intel 13th Gen Thermals1:11:13 Picks of the Week1:30:31 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

12 Aug 20231h 33min

Podcast history has been made. The first and ONLY PC Perspective podcast number 734 has been recorded, edited, and uploaded. This is the video, as if you needed further proof.  We've got AMD gaming CPUs for laptops, Intel and AMD financials, RDNA3 GPUs getting better, security scares and gaming deals!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:21 Food with Josh02:40 AMD announces X3D for laptops09:53 AMD confirms new enthusiast RDNA3 gpus this quarter15:13 AMD quarterly financial results19:08 Intel quarterly financial results23:04 Intel USA fab expansion plans27:06 Mandatory Arc coverage: new Sparkle cards31:14 DirectStorage performance penalty36:23 Windows 11 finally learning about high refresh rates?38:10 Cablemod 12VHPWR adapter replacement40:53 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh42:14 Security Corner48:28 Gaming Quick Hits1:03:15 Pre-outro ramblings1:06:30 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

4 Aug 20231h 6min

When it came time to make an episode, we did this.  Solidigm blesses us with gigantic SSDs now, Futurama is back, the future of Windows is bloatware, and AMD finally offers a Phoenix driver.  Plus security scares with Mikrotik and Gigabyte and let's not leave out Ubuntu this time, eh?  Of course our non-stop coverage of everything Intel ARC continues unabated.  Enjoy!Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:35 Food with Josh05:15 AMD unifies GPU drivers, adds Phoenix support11:14 Faster, higher capacity HBM from Micron13:14 Solidigm has a 61.44 TB SSD17:14 Mandatory Arc Coverage18:26 Crucial launches X9 Pro and X10 portable SSDs22:55 Meet Windows 11 23H228:17 Microsoft up, Windows down29:55 Hackaday accessibility tech prize32:54 Futurama is back, again36:51 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh38:12 Security Corner53:28 Gaming Quick Hits59:46 Picks of the Week1:14:56 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

29 Juli 20231h 15min