Podcast #841 - Ryzen 9000G Lurking, More Dual-X3D Reports, Intel 18A Gets a Customer, 12v-2x6 power and MORE

It was another week in computer hardware, and Brett is BACK to help us talk about it. We've got so much Financial Talk, some RX 9070 info, comparisons to the 5070ti, and much more!  List of topics below.00:00 Intro01:58 Food with Josh04:01 Radeon RX 9070 reportedly launches March 614:17 X3D is everything (well, 90 percent)16:36 Quarterly Financial Segment Part 1 - Intel22:00 Quarterly Financial Segment Part 2 - AMD32:02 Quarterly Financial Segment Part 3 - Arm35:06 Bypass Google "ai" search results using simple profanity36:46 Microsoft redefines what it means by "deprecation"42:25 RTX 5070 Ti launch leak and rumored performance48:11 (in)Security Corner1:00:51 Gaming Quick Hits1:09:22 Picks of the Week1:20:45 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

8 Feb 1h 22min

It's quite a lot about the latest Nvidia GPUs, power and performance numbers and value.  You GTX 10 series is going to be left behind soon, Windows is forcing some updates, and QNAP actually fixes something.  All that and so much more!00:00 Intro02:16 Food with Josh (a tragedy)05:32 RTX 5080 performance14:26 Compute performance is a underrated part of the RTX 50 Series story18:33 More RTX 5090 thoughts - putting power in perspective?26:21 AMD denies 899 USD RX 9070 price rumors (and a tangent or two)39:18 Could DeepSeek end the "ai" hardware boom (and run better on AMD)45:32 NVIDIA winding down GTX 10 Series support?50:43 Windows 11 24H2 is finally mainstream51:45 (in)Security Corner57:09 Gaming Quick Hits1:04:34 Picks of the Week1:14:40 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

1 Feb 1h 16min

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 GPUs, and much more.    See the timestamps for all the topical goodness.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:19 Food with Josh03:58 RTX 5090 Review25:24 Kingpin switching teams?29:27 Some RTX 40 Series cards might become scarce31:23 Prepare for low 5090 stock levels35:57 Radeon RX 9070 launch delay39:17 Lower-cost AMD B850 chipset isn't far from an X870?46:05 Fixes for some Server 2022 and Outlook issues49:06 Windows 11 24H2 being forced on home and pro users50:10 (in)Security Corner58:33 Gaming Quick Hits1:03:38 Picks of the Week1:13:39 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

26 Jan 1h 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 their external power supply for the Voodoo 6000. (note the thumbnail)Microsoft is bringing more AI to raster pipeline, VLC is bringing more AI to just videos, the RTX 50 series will be incredibly powerful and difficult to power, but ASUS might have "The Way".  All that and more in this show. 00:00 Intro01:43 Food with Josh03:38 NVIDIA reveals Blackwell architectural details07:08 The 800 FPS Valorant flex09:58 Bigger chips draw more power (on the same node)13:44 Forget 12VHPWR, there’s GC-HPWR19:05 PSA: 8GB GPUs are not good enough anymore23:53 Neural rendering coming to DirectX API27:58 VLC is adding AI (for subtitles)30:14 Microsoft may hit enterprise where it hurts to get Win11 adoption32:24 (in)Security Corner42:03 Gaming Quick Hits48:57 Picks of the Week1:03:48 Outro1:04:48 Mildew ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

18 Jan 1h 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 usual cadre of Security scares.   Even DOOM gets in on the act.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:28 Food with Josh02:54 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series announcement08:44 AMD’s curious lack of Radeon news13:53 Phison’s new Gen5 controllers15:26 Thermaltake’s new compact cases17:21 Thermaltake DD racing wheel bundle18:50 HYTE has a big new THICC cooler20:22 Corsair has a big new touchscreen accessory21:58 HDMI 2.2 cables are coming25:54 Dell rebrands (and it seems rather familiar somehow)28:40 Some Intel 18A and Arc discussion32:42 (in)Security Corner46:46 Gaming Quick Hits51:53 Josh talks NVIDIA a bit more56:49 Picks of the Week1:05:33 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

13 Jan 1h 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 "AirJet" cooling, hot takes on 12vHPWR, and the usual suspects on the (in)Security portion.Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:59 Food with Josh (minus the food)01:46 NVIDIA RTX 50 Series rumors and pricing discussion09:48 TSMC finds a way to overcome USA fab labor issues12:59 Radeon RX 9070 XT rumors19:01 Is CRT beam simulation better than BFI?21:32 As if you needed a warning, there will be a ton of “ai” at CES26:05 AirJet active solid-state cooling30:24 Podcast sponsor 1Password31:48 (in)Security Corner40:33 Gaming Quick Hits50:49 Picks of the Week1:09:00 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

4 Jan 1h 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://archive.org/details/get-perpendicular00:00 Intro04:03 Food with Josh06:45 Intel shares update about Arrow Lake S performance10:00 Arc B580 performance and value17:13 Is NVIDIA brave enough to release an 8GB RTX 5060?21:32 A fix for NVIDIA App system slowdown23:15 When DMCA takedowns go too far27:58 Pi 500 NVMe update30:43 It’s HAMR time34:08 Faxing comes to Windows 11 24H2!34:58 Mentioning the demise of physical media again38:20 (in)Security Corner48:29 Gaming Quick Hits54:01 Picks of the Week1:09:09 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 returns, and what is this Wubuntu thing again?  Plus much more!Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:32 Food with Josh 02:42 Microsoft suddenly supports TPM-free Windows 11 installs 05:53 Intel wants to reinvent itself 12:36 ASRock BIOS update shows no improvement to Arrow Lake performance 13:29 Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.2 improves Arrow Lake perf up to 33 percent 15:22 On the eve of Arc B580 benchmark results 20:27 Raspberry Pi 500 24:45 Addlink G55 SSD - low cost PCI-E 5.0 option 27:00 LLMs hallucinating security reports sounds fine 32:37 Podcast sponsor - 1Password XAM 33:51 (in)Security Corner 44:29 Gaming Quick Hits 52:03 Picks of the Week 1:06:03 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

15 Dec 20241h 6min