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Ryan left Intel! What does this mean for PC Perspective?? Nothing, actually. Except that we get to pontificate about Ryan's future. Don't worry, we'll ask him to visit soon. It will be more interesting when he can tell us where he's going.
We also talked about Scott "Jebaited" Herkelman's pending departure from AMD. So many moves in the PC hardware industry, eh?? Oh, and you won't want to miss our CASO discussion. This might be the biggest thing to happen to gaming laptops, ever. EVAR.  Should be mention the proliferation of affordable 2.5Gb switches again?  Yes, we'll do that.
Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:59 Food with Josh03:54 Ryan Shrout leaves Intel12:20 Scott “Jebaited” Herkelman leaving AMD14:54 Newegg now has a GPU trade-in program20:24 No, Intel will not be offering a socketed Meteor Lake CPU22:17 CASO makes everything better (including laptop GPUs)30:15 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh31:36 Security Corner39:01 Gaming Quick Hits (“quick”)54:57 Picks of the Week1:07:40 Outro


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The fab five are back at it again. Well, maybe not "fab" in the traditional sense, or even in the silicon sense. But we recorded a podcast and talked about various things anyway. Please consult the list below.  It includes the usual security theater, gaming bits, and even a ROG Strix keyboard review for those of you that swing that way!
Recorded September 20, 2023.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro01:10 Burger of the Week02:50 Intel details Meteor Lake architecture - a big departure11:58 Overreacting to very early RTX 5090 rumors16:01 Mandatory Arc News - Intel's commitment to building GPUs19:29 New AMD driver adds Anti-Lag support to Starfield (and more)24:39 Intel talks about moving to glass core substrates30:08 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh31:29 Security Corner41:30 Gaming Quick Hits49:37 ASUS ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless keyboard review1:00:24 Picks of the Week1:14:49 Outro


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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


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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


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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


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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


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