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Podcast #754 - Pre-CES 2024 Show - AMD and NVIDIA Video Card Rumors, Ryzen AM5 APUs, and MORE Jan 04, 2024

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It's the first podcast of the new year, and we are less than a week from CES 2024. What is in store? If we ignore the inevitable deluge of AI integration into every imaginable consumer electronic device at the show, possibly some affordable-ish graphics cards. We can only hope. Also, AMD might have some interesting Zen4/RDNA3 APUs. Dial in some security scares and some gaming news, and boom: we have a show.
Oh, and Josh had another burger.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:44 Food with Josh
02:58 CES predictions
04:15 The rumored Radeon RX 7600 XT
07:10 NVIDIA is teasing a GPU
10:18 A Ryzen 8600G appears
14:01 Windows 11 can't escape the shadow of Windows 10
17:30 MSI is offering a Gen5 SSD with a massive heatsink attached
21:43 The oldest-known version of MS-DOS ancestor 86-DOS found
23:10 (in)Security Corner
32:27 Gaming Quick Hits
38:19 Picks of the Week
48:12 Outro

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Podcast #753 - RX 7700 XT Price Drop, FSR 3 Source Code, Intel Sticks with Foundry Business, Frame Gen + MORE! Dec 22, 2023

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Ho ho ho! Josh has been naughty this year, but coal is controversial so we were forced to give him all of his presents anyway. But what, you may ask, about you, the viewer? Why, this podcast is your gift! And what a precious, priceless, incredible gift it is. Go ahead - show it off. Impress your friends! Watch it again and again. It's the last show of 2023, after all...

It has all the usual twists and turns naturally, with some of your favorite segments including Intel Arc news, (in)Security Corner, and gaming fun. It's the end for GTX and a quick look at the AVerMedia Live external capture device. It's a merry 'ole time.

Recorded December 20, 2023.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:17 Food with Josh
03:40 RX 7700 XT Price Drop
07:03 AMD releases FSR 3 source code
10:17 Intel XeSS frame generation could be coming
13:31 Intel says they are not spinning off foundry
18:35 Pat Gelsinger's initials hidden in every i386
20:09 ASUS introduces first ProArt enclosure
21:48 The end of the GTX era
23:42 (in)Security Corner
37:57 Gaming Quick Hits
47:19 AVerMedia Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 USB-C capture card review
55:13 Pick of the Year
55:45 Picks of the Week
1:02:53 Outro

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Podcast #752 - Threadripper OC Blows a Fuse, TSMC 1.4nm, USB4 SSDs, RIP E3, 20Gbps Fiber, Flexispot & MORE Dec 16, 2023

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This week we gather, virtually, to discuss a wide array of topics, listed below in the time stamps. Also, Josh eats one of the messiest looking things he has documented to date. Bye E3, 1.4nm process nodes, 20GB "evil" networking, and a DOOM'd celebration!

Recorded December 13, 2023.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:02 Food with Josh
02:55 AMD Threadripper OC blows hidden fuse
06:11 TSMC talks 1.4nm
15:39 Mutiple companies intro USB4 SSDs
21:16 RIP E3
22:59 It's not a blower, it's Lateral Flow
24:20 A seemingly unlikely rumor about PS5 Pro specs
27:30 L4S is a new network standard that you might see soon
29:58 Google Fiber 20 Gbps coming to select cities for 250 USD
34:56 (in)Security Corner
45:48 Gaming Quick Hits
52:45 Quick mention of a short review video
55:11 Picks of the Week
1:00:27 Outro

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Podcast #751 - AMD AI, Intel Snake Oil, Radeon Idle Power, a Very Flat 40-inch Monitor, Win10 Forever, and MORE Dec 09, 2023

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A picture is worth a thousand words, so a video this long must be worth about a billion. And that's how you'll feel, just watching it. Like a billion dollars. We've got Intel Oil of Snake, Monitors so flat, Stay with Windows 10 forever, and some great LogoFails.

I have no idea what any of that means, but you can check the time stamps below for the topics under discussion.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:52 Food with Josh
03:00 AMD's AI Event
13:54 Intel's embarassing snake oil presentation
23:02 AMD finally fixes Radeon 7000 idle power draw
24:09 Don't worry, you can stay on Windows 10 - for a price
26:13 (in)Security Corner
44:31 Gaming Quick Hits
52:32 A very flat 40-inch ultrawide from Monoprice
1:01:59 A USB Gen2x2 expansion card, and a PNY Elite-X Type-C flash drive
1:07:38 Chopping AMD's fastest desktop processor in half for better performance
1:18:52 Picks of the Week
1:44:06 Outro

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Podcast #750 - TSMC to Fab Intel CPUs, Google Drive Files Disappear, Shockingly Expensive SSD, Patch Your OwnCloud! + more Nov 30, 2023

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In this special JoshTekk episode, we return from our Thanksgiving break with just over an hour of some of the best podcasting you'll ever experience in your life. Don't believe it? Watch, and be convinced. We've got Tiny 11, OwnCloud horror show soon, Google Drive files that are disappearing, YouTube slights Firefox users, and so much more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:13 Food with Josh
03:33 Intel to spend billions to have TSMC fab their CPUs
10:17 Tiny11 now available in 23H2 version
12:35 NVIDIA makes all the money
18:04 Build your own USB-C power delivery sniffer
20:41 The amazing disappearing Google Drive files
23:17 YouTube's continued war against adblockers
26:12 Insecurity Corner
41:08 Gaming Quick Hits
46:32 Samsung Portable SSD T5 EVO 8TB review
51:43 Picks of the Week
59:32 Outro

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Podcast #749 - Finally a Low Power Gen5 SSD Controller, 48GB Kingston DIMMs, NVIDIA Rumors, SanDisk Extreme Fails + MORE! Nov 17, 2023

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We won't be podcasting next week, so we encourage you to watch this week's episode repeatedly until we return. We've got SanDisk Extreme Pro with a whole-lotta failures, Intel Arc updates!, GeForce Five-Oh rumors, Gaming industry layoffs and so much more. We of course talked about several other topics, and provide you with a handy index below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:37 Food with Josh
04:06 Intel Arc news - a minor driver update!
05:49 Josh interrupts to ponder AI or something
07:00 AMD MI300X to power new Azure VM series
08:47 Microsoft developed their own Arm superchip
11:49 Intel APO feature limited to 14th Gen CPUs only
13:29 NVIDIA rumor - GB202 to use 384-bit memory bus
15:10 Silicon Motion's 3.5 watt Gen5 SSD controller
19:54 The last Hackaday prize winners ever?
27:36 Security Corner
39:12 Gaming Quick Hits
51:10 Kingston Fury Renegade 96GB DDR5 review
58:30 Picks of the Week
1:15:51 There's sort of an outro in this section

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Podcast #748 - Arc A770 in $2K PCs, AMD Retiring Vega & Polaris, Intel Killed Cryo Cooling, MORE Nov 09, 2023

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Ryan may not be back this week, but I'm sure viewers won't tune out in droves. Right? Right?? Hello??? No one left, eh? Well, we did a podcast anyway. So much ARM, too much for ARC, and AMD Polaris / Vega is forsaken. All that and more in the subjects below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:03 Burger of the Week
04:29 Arc News: Get your $1949 A770-equipped Alienware today!
07:19 AMD begins retirement of Vega and Polaris
08:45 New Starfield Steam Beta brings DLSS and PC optimizations
10:56 Mac DirectX game porting
16:00 Imagination has a DX11 GPU
19:03 Arm invests in Pi
25:11 Intel killed off Cryo cooling in July and media just noticed
31:20 Security Corner
38:11 Gaming Quick Hits
50:35 Picks of the Week
1:06:46 Outro

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Podcast #747 - Guest Ryan Shrout! Snapdragon Windows Benchmarks, Apple M3, ARM, Financial Stuff, etc. Nov 02, 2023

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Ryan is back! At least, this week. As a guest. But he's BACK, darn it. We talked about stuff. M3. Qualcomm. ARM. So much financial. More topics in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Cold Open
00:45 Intro
04:39 Food with Josh
07:51 Qualcomm X Elite Windows benchmarks
24:32 Apple M3 discussion
36:23 Intel financials
42:57 AMD financials
47:48 Qualcomm had financials, too
48:57 AV1 is everywhere
50:27 Ryan is lit
51:45 Security Corner
59:14 Gaming Quick Hits
1:03:30 What 5 years at Intel did to Ryan
1:04:41 Back to Gaming
1:08:41 Picks of the Week
1:16:47 Outro

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Podcast #746 - NVIDIA and AMD to Make Arm CPUs / Alan Wake 2 Ends the 1080 Ti Era / Bad PC Ports Oct 28, 2023

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It was another week of news, rumors, game releases, four-year-old GPUs becoming irrelevant thanks to Mesh Shader support requirements, the industry freaking out about arm64 and declaring the death of x86, and other things. So many security fails to wedge into 1 show and then we flavor the cast with a Loupedeck review. Topics below!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:16 Food with Josh
05:38 NVIDIA (and AMD) to make Arm CPUs - is this the end of x86??!!
11:59 Qualcomm's mighty laptop SoC claims
24:16 Alan Wake 2, mesh shaders, and the fate of old-ish GPUs
31:46 Microsoft has questions for you if you use Edge to download Chrome
36:11 Zotac has a mini PC with active solid-state cooling
39:56 Security Corner
52:35 Gaming Quick Hits
1:10:19 Loupedeck Live S reviewed
1:17:09 Picks of the Week
1:31:17 Outro

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Podcast #745 - Intel 14th Gen Launch, New FalconNW Talon, AMD Anti-Lag+ Pulled, Drop+xDuoo TA-84 Tube Amp + MoRe! Oct 20, 2023

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Words flow from us at an alarming rate, but be not afraid; we are the harbingers of semi-literate PC hardware and software discussion. Also, burgers.

In this episode, we discuss the VERY EXCITING Intel 14th Gen launch, look at a very fancy Falcon Northwest Talon desktop equipped with one of these processors, and eventually talk about AMD un-launching Anti-Lag+ after it caused some mildly inconvenient bans from popular games when using the feature. There's even a very exciting back and forth on programmable remotes during the SofaBaton pick!

The rest of the topics can be found in the time stamps below.

Recorded October 18, 2023.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:33 Burger of the Week
02:55 Intel 14th Gen launch (and a new Talon desktop)
18:01 MSI brings the heat - 115 C to be precise
20:24 AMD removes Anti-Lag+ from drivers amid issues
24:34 Microsoft backs off on OneDrive gallery storage
27:49 Windows 11 now active on close to half a billion devices
31:47 Fanatec Clubsport DD
36:03 Security Corner
43:18 Gaming Quick Hits
47:48 Drop + xDuoo TA-84
57:13 Total War Pharoh
01:04:01 Picks of the Week
1:22:42 Outro

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