The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

Hardware Unboxed

Steve and Tim from the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed bring to you a weekly show discussing all the latest news and interesting topics in the PC hardware and gaming scene. With our decades of experience testing and benchmarking hardware, you'll be sure to enjoy various insights into tech and the occasional guest, especially if you love building PCs and playing PC games.

  1. Oct 30

    The RTX 5080 Doubles in Price, FSR Improvements, RX 7900 XTX Aging Well?

    See the Sapphire Nitro+ Range Here: https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/nitro-radeon-rx-9070-xt-ple-polar-16g-gddr6 https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/mb_nitro_x870ea-ple-polar Episode 121: AMD has finally brought FSR 4.1 technology to RDNA 2 graphics cards and attempted to fix FSR frame generation frame pacing. We chat about that, how RDNA 3 has aged relative to RDNA 4, and the current situation with RTX 5080 pricing going through the roof. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 01:37 - AMD's Latest FSR Releases 16:00 - How Has the RX 7900 XTX Aged? 26:40 - RTX 5080 Pricing is Crazy! 1:16:11 - Updates From Our Boring Lives SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The RTX 5080 Doubles in Price, FSR Improvements, RX 7900 XTX Aging Well?

  2. Oct 23

    Should We Stop Benchmarking The RTX 5090?

    Episode 120: This week we chat about AMD finally releasing FSR 4.1 for RDNA 2 graphics cards, Nvidia CPU overhead still being a thing, DLSS 5 model updates, and whether we should continue benchmarking the RTX 5090 now that it's been discontinued CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - AMD Releases FSR 4.1 for More GPUs 17:55 - Nvidia's CPU Overhead on GPUs 39:19 - Advanced Shader Delivery is Here 45:47 - DLSS 5 Has a New Model 54:19 - Should We Keep Benchmarking the RTX 5090? 1:18:50 - Updates From Our Boring Lives SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Should We Stop Benchmarking The RTX 5090?

  3. Oct 16

    The RTX 5090 is Dead - Our Thoughts

    Episode 119: Nvidia has reportedly discontinued the GeForce RTX 5090, sending that GPU silicon to RTX Pro graphics cards. We chat about that, as well as efforts to combat shader compilation stutter with SCSKiller, and the Epic Games Store getting a makeover CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 01:39 - The RTX 5090 Has Been Discontinued 28:28 - Shader Compilation Stutter Can Be Fixed 57:16 - Epic Games Store Gets Vibe Coded Remake 1:08:12 - Updates From Our Boring Lives SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The RTX 5090 is Dead - Our Thoughts

  4. Oct 9

    What Gaming PC Build Makes Sense Right Now?

    Episode 118: Steve and Tim chat about what sort of PC build actually makes sense right now, if you wanted to get into PC gaming and were facing the reality of what hardware costs at the moment. Also, we go completely off the rails and talk about the current AI situation. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 02:19 - What Gaming PC Build Makes Sense Right Now? 31:18 - Current Market vs Crypto Boom 42:00 - Our Random Thoughts on the Current AI Situation SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    What Gaming PC Build Makes Sense Right Now?

  5. Oct 2

    Witcher 3 Remastered, Gears E-Day, Ray Tracing Weirdness, Nvidia Upset EVGA

    Episode 117: Steve and Tim have been busy testing games this week, so we dive into some thoughts on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered, as well as Gears of War E-Day. We also chat a bit about this week's EVGA story, and how Nvidia allocated GPUs to them, and why times were tough for the AIB as a result. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 03:34 - Testing The Witcher 3 Remastered 26:20 - Testing Gears of War E-Day 35:35 - Nvidia Allocation at EVGA 51:37 - G.Skill Replaces (Not Refunds) Someone's DDR5 1:00:57 - Updates From Our Boring Lives SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Witcher 3 Remastered, Gears E-Day, Ray Tracing Weirdness, Nvidia Upset EVGA

  6. Sep 19

    Is the RX 9050 4GB AMD's Worst Ever GPU?

    Episode 116: Steve managed to obtain and test the Radeon RX 9050 4GB so we discuss just how bad it is, and the way it prays on customers. Then we have a chat about DLSS 5, the direction of graphics, how long until this feature is good and whether it even makes sense. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 01:53 - Steve Tests the RX 9050 4GB 15:10 - It's an Anti-Consumer Scam Product 31:23 - Is the RX 9050 4GB Usable in Some Games? 43:02 - We've Tested DLSS 5 Now 1:01:45 - Are Graphics the Most Important Part of PC Games? SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Is the RX 9050 4GB AMD's Worst Ever GPU?

  7. Sep 11

    We Killed $3000 of DDR5 Memory

    Official Store – Insta360 Link 2: https://bit.ly/MonitorsBFLink2store Amazon – Insta360 Link 2: https://geni.us/pByQNb Insta360 Webcam Collection: https://store.insta360.com/collections/4k-webcams Episode 115: We update everyone on the current situation with the YouTube view count. Then we dive into Steve's story about how he managed to kill several sticks of DDR5 memory on an Asrock motherboard. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - The YouTube view count change has increased our views 12:38 - Steve killed a few kits of DDR5 memory 47:47 - Steve's network troubles with Telstra 5G 1:00:08 - Tim installed a new SSD (thanks Samsung) 1:15:50 - Updates from our boring lives SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    We Killed $3000 of DDR5 Memory

  8. Sep 4

    Our Melting RTX 5090 and Early DLSS 5 Impressions

    Episode 114: Two big topics in this week's podcast: Steve had a melting incident with his RTX 5090, and we chat about the re-announcement and release of DLSS 5 technology. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Steve had a 5090 melting incident 42:41 - DLSS 5 initial impressions 1:14:44 - Updates from our boring lives SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Our Melting RTX 5090 and Early DLSS 5 Impressions
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Steve and Tim from the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed bring to you a weekly show discussing all the latest news and interesting topics in the PC hardware and gaming scene. With our decades of experience testing and benchmarking hardware, you'll be sure to enjoy various insights into tech and the occasional guest, especially if you love building PCs and playing PC games.

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  • Creator
    Hardware Unboxed
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    121
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Hardware Unboxed
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    The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

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