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Podcast #744 - Intel Arc A580 Launch & A750 Price Drop, Windows 11 21H2 Already EOL, and MORE Oct 14, 2023

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What is fifty-three minutes in time, and yet timeless? This episode of the PCPer podcast, of course! Yes, we made Podcast History (tm) once again this week, and did it in just under an hour. Listen again and again, savoring every moment. We can't stop you. Enjoy the Arc, The VBScript, and the Dark Rock within.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:11 Josh did not have a burger
04:14 Intel launches Arc A580 as A750 goes on sale for $10 more
08:57 More Arc news - driver update massively improves Starfield perf
11:17 be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 and Dark Rock Elite air coolers coming soon
13:53 Microsoft says VBScript will be removed from future Windows release
16:19 MS provides tutorial on installing Linux?
17:54 Windows 11 21H2 already going EOL
19:57 Security Corner
32:02 Gaming Quick Hits
43:01 Picks of the Week
51:48 Outro

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Podcast #743 - Arc A580 Appears? Radeon 7900 Discounts, RPi 5, 20 Gbps Portable SSDs, Win11 RGB, and MORE Oct 07, 2023

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It might appear to be a lighter news week, but we still managed to talk for well over an hour, even after liberal editing. We've got RGB, Pi, and Arc news of course, plus FSR and some fast and interesting portable storage.

Full topic list in the time stamps below!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:57 Burger of the Week
03:59 Arc A580 may actually be released soon
05:50 Radeon 7900 XTX and XT price drops
16:47 Mobile Radeon 7900 rumor
19:26 AMD FSR 3 has been released
25:19 Microsoft ends Windows 11 activation via Win7 and Win8 keys
29:38 Windows 11 ARGB control out of beta
30:55 Raspberry Pi 5
33:54 Security Corner
41:50 Gaming Quick Hits
53:36 Crucial X9 and X10 Pro portable SSDs reviewed
1:00:22 Samsung Portable SSD T9 review
1:07:32 Picks of the Week
1:18:31 Outro

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Podcast #742 - Ryan Leaves Intel, Herkelman Leaving AMD, Newegg GPU Trade-In, Laptop GPU CASO Sep 29, 2023

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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 Intro
01:59 Food with Josh
03:54 Ryan Shrout leaves Intel
12:20 Scott “Jebaited” Herkelman leaving AMD
14:54 Newegg now has a GPU trade-in program
20:24 No, Intel will not be offering a socketed Meteor Lake CPU
22:17 CASO makes everything better (including laptop GPUs)
30:15 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
31:36 Security Corner
39:01 Gaming Quick Hits (“quick”)
54:57 Picks of the Week
1:07:40 Outro

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Podcast #741 - Intel Meteor Lake, Early RTX 5090 Rumors, ROG Strix Scope II 96 Keyboard Review, AMD Anti-lag + MORE! Sep 22, 2023

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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 Intro
01:10 Burger of the Week
02:50 Intel details Meteor Lake architecture - a big departure
11:58 Overreacting to very early RTX 5090 rumors
16:01 Mandatory Arc News - Intel's commitment to building GPUs
19:29 New AMD driver adds Anti-Lag support to Starfield (and more)
24:39 Intel talks about moving to glass core substrates
30:08 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
31:29 Security Corner
41:30 Gaming Quick Hits
49:37 ASUS ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless keyboard review
1:00:24 Picks of the Week
1:14:49 Outro

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Podcast #740 - Starfield Gets DLSS, iPhone 15, Cable-Free RTX 4070, WiFi 7 Routers, more FragBox Sep 15, 2023

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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 Intro
00:51 Food with Josh
02:30 Starfield is officially getting DLSS
11:05 It's Apple season so we talk about the iPhone 14S (they are rounding up to 15)
17:54 TSMC on a buying spree
20:00 On the eve of the Arm IPO
21:21 ASUS has a cable-free RTX 4070
23:16 Wi-Fi 7 routers begin to appear - but why?
31:45 Mandatory Arc News
34:29 Security Corner
39:39 Gaming Quick Hits
47:51 A look at the completed FragBox review
52:31 Picks of the Week
1:06:21 Outro - take 1
1:07:14 Outro - take 2

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Podcast #739 - AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT Reviews, GPU Pricing Puzzlement, Starfield and MORE Sep 09, 2023

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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 Intro
01:41 Food with Josh
03:18 Radeon review - take one (with odd CPU cooler digression)
05:11 The actual Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT review
24:23 Josh reviews the XFX QICK 319 Radeon RX 7700 XT Black Edition
36:34 More RX 7700 XT price puzzlement
38:58 One more look at that Starfield bundle eBay auction
40:48 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
42:13 Mandatory Arc News - the Starfield driver issue
46:41 A brief digression into old graphics APIs
48:22 Intel Core i9-14900K Geekbench leak
50:47 Usenet is still going strong
52:41 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe
54:26 Security Corner
1:04:25 Gaming Quick Hits
1:10:59 Picks of the Week
1:20:14 Outro

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Podcast #738 - Radeon RX 7800 XT & 7700 XT Announced, Falcon Northwest FragBox Review, and MORE Sep 02, 2023

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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 Intro
01:39 Food with Josh
03:13 AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT announced
12:08 Finally an update on FSR 3
14:39 Is MSI giving up on Radeon?
18:10 Mandatory Arc News: Battlemage in the lab already?
19:45 Starfield bundle going for a bundle
21:41 AMD warns of fake Starfield bundles
24:11 That ASUS mobo GPU power connector uses a server standard
27:41 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe
29:18 Security Corner
41:23 Gaming Quick Hits
47:00 EPOS Impact 1060 professional headset review
57:14 Falcon Northwest FragBox review
1:12:34 Picks of the Week
1:23:20 Outro

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Podcast #737 - NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 & Monster Earnings, Case-Top GPUs, DUHD and OLED Monitors & MORE Aug 25, 2023

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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 Intro
01:22 Food with Josh
03:24 DLSS 3.5 announced (with extended discussion)
16:33 NVIDIA earned so much money last quarter
28:17 Microsoft brings some PC Game Pass games to GeForce Now
30:00 The reviews are in - Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is the fastest gaming CPU
33:28 Samsung's dual-UHD 57-inch monitor
38:14 A trio of new OLED displays in the ASUS ROG Swift lineup
39:33 Minisforum Project DRFXI puts the GPU on top of the case
43:35 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe
45:11 The status of the Windows 11 OOBE
49:24 Microsoft's Secure Time Seeding "feature"
53:11 Security Corner
1:00:04 Gaming Quick Hits
1:11:25 Picks of the Week
1:25:20 Outro

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Podcast #736 - Intel Arc A750 Review, 96-Core Threadripper Leak, Inception Fix Hits Performance Aug 18, 2023

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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 Intro
01:23 Food with Josh
03:25 96-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX leaked?
05:17 The China-only Ryzen 5 7500F makes its way to the USA
08:17 Intel Tower acquisition cancelled
09:44 Dell fined for marking up monitors before discounting them
11:41 Mandatory Arc news
12:35 Up to 54 percent performance drop after AMD Inception fix
18:41 More Security Corner stories to terrify you
32:36 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe
34:14 Gaming Quick Hits
38:38 Intel Arc A750 review
1:01:32 Picks of the Week
1:13:12 Outro

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Podcast #735 - No High-End RDNA 4 GPUs? NVIDIA Bets Farm on AI, AMD Face Joins Intel, Delidding 13900KS plus more! Aug 12, 2023

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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 Intro
01:29 Josh makes a bold statement about pens
03:38 Food with Josh
04:50 Ratchet & Clank update adds raytracing for AMD cards
06:12 Rumor suggests no high-end RDNA 4 GPUs
18:01 NVIDIA driver boosts Baldur's Gate 3 performance
20:07 NVIDIA says they bet the farm on AI
26:05 Intel reportedly working on a new DUAL CORE processor
29:16 Big tech really wants to invest in the Arm IPO
32:13 Robert Hallock joins Intel
33:45 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
35:06 Security Corner
46:44 Gaming Quick Hits
52:51 Taming Intel 13th Gen Thermals
1:11:13 Picks of the Week
1:30:31 Outro

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