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PC Perspective Podcast

The editors of PC Perspective discuss the latest in-house product reviews and news from around the world that pertains to technology and PC hardware.

Copyright: © TekPerspective LLC 2020

Latest Episodes:

Podcast #664 - AMD & Xilinx, Corsair K70 KB & Fractal Torrent Nano reviews, Malware!, Bye Ballistic + MOrE! Feb 19, 2022

Show notes

AMD finishes buying Xilinx, we review the Fractal Torrent Nano case and the Corsair K70 RGB Pro keyboard, malware talk and gaming quick hits + ruined NAND, Nvidia financials, and no more Crucial Ballistix RAM, Samsung does not make a smart VR play ... check the timestamps for more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:03 AMD completes Xilinx acquisition
04:31 Samsung's metaverse event needed a second life
08:27 Contamination destroys exabytes of flash memory
10:02 Crucial Ballistix RAM will soon be a memory
11:42 Podcast Sponsor: New Relic
13:09 Critical flaw in Android 12 patched
15:58 Chrome zero-day - patch ASAP!
17:46 We think Kent was hacked
21:44 Some Mac security story
23:27 AMD Radeon refresh rumors
28:43 NVIDIA earned a lot of money
33:34 New Dune game - does not look like Dune II
36:44 Humble Bundle for a cause
38:13 Steam Deck compatibility list grows
39:43 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
40:48 Corsair K70 RGB PRO keyboard review
47:11 Fractal Torrent Nano video review overview
49:17 Picks of the Week
1:01:38 Outro

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Podcast #663 - ARMless Nvidia, RISC-V & Intel, Record AMD Marketshare, Retro Storage + MORE Feb 13, 2022

Show notes

AMD Sets all time market share, Nvidia is not getting ARM'd, Intel making big investment in RISC-V, more Malware! Sound Blaster X4, "Random" things, Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 discussion and some retro storage discussions.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
03:54 Burger of the Week
05:16 NVIDIA's Arm acquisition is no more
11:29 Intel invests in RISC-V
16:44 AMD enjoys record CPU marketshare
18:03 Panic at the CISCO
19:42 ExpressVPN offers $100k bounty if you can hack them
20:24 WD Black SN770 - decent DRAMless drive
23:38 Creative Sound Blaster X4 (and further random discussion)
31:21 Replace your outdated MFM drives the modern way!
34:12 Do you want TRUE random numbers!
38:32 Warhammer 40K
40:13 Star Citizen something something
43:30 be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 850W quick look
46:55 Picks of the Week
56:23 Outro

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Podcast #662 - Two's Day, End of GPU MSRPs, AMD Xilinx Deal, Sony Bungie Deal, EVGA XR1 Review + MORE! Feb 05, 2022

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It was a Wednesday like no other: a twos-day. 2/2/22. Now, we could have done an even MORE twos-day show on 2/22/22, but we didn't think that far ahead. Also, that hasn't happened yet. Kyle at HardOCP discussing the end of MSRP's for GPUs, AMD is buying Xilinx, Sony jumps in the game with buying Bungie, we review the EVGA XR1, Battlefield 2042 going to get finished, Intel 12gen laptop CPU performance, Android Malware and Raspberry Pi goes 64bit. Check the timestamps...

Timestamps
00:00 Cold Open/Intro
03:40 Burger of the Week
05:21 HardOCP Kyle's post on end of GPU MSRPs (and reviewers)
23:37 AMD gets go-ahead on Xilinx deal
26:33 A brief look at 12th Gen Alder Lake laptop CPU performance, kind of
29:04 Intel had two billion reasons to build in Ohio
30:16 EVGA E1 is a wild prebuilt gaming PC
33:59 BRATA Android malware
37:36 JEDEC reveals HBM3 specs
41:02 Google relents on legacy G-suite user payment plan
42:30 Raspberry Pi 64-bit OS arrives
43:56 Battlefield 2042 to be finished, supposedly
46:07 Sony buys Bungie
49:40 EVGA XR1 review
55:40 Picks of the Week
1:07:58 Outro

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Podcast #661 - Nvidia RTX 3050 Launch, DDR5 8888, ARM acquisition update, Malware update + more! Jan 29, 2022

Show notes

Are you ready for another entry-level graphics card you can't buy anywhere near MSRP? Perfect! Let the argument about availability of RTX 3050 vs. RX 6500 XT begin! Need a topic? How about, should NVIDIA have made the RTX 3050 as undesirable as the RX 6500 XT (still on shelves) to enhance product availability?

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:15 Burger of the Week
03:45 RTX 3050 review discussion
22:20 DDR5 at 8888 CL88
26:15 Earthquake forces Toshiba fab in Japan to shut down
29:40 Silicon manufacturers are doing JUST FINE
31:14 A hand-built 1200 transistor chip from a garage
35:01 Microsoft keeps messing with Windows 11
36:10 Ad Break: TextExpander
37:13 Sniffing malware emissions with a Raspberry Pi?
40:46 WD My Cloud OS patched
41:38 12-year-old Linux bug can give root access
42:31 NVIDIA may not be buying Arm after all...
47:28 Crysis 4 announced
48:57 Surviving Mars bundle thing
50:12 Steam Deck will ship February 28
51:33 Picks of the Week
59:44 Outro

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Podcast #660 - RX 6500 XT, MS with Activision Blizzard, TSMC Expands, Thinkpad P15 Mobile Review + MORE! Jan 21, 2022

Show notes

The RX 6500 XT is 4GB or 64bit mobile GPU wrapped in a PCIe desktop card. It behaves accordingly. Review of the Thinkpad P15 Mobile Workstation review, TSMC expanding, Nvidia CPU time, and Samsung finally reveals the EXYNOS 2200. Plus Microsoft is looking to buy Activision / Blizzard, and they discontinued the Xbox One a while ago, and welcome to Sysjoker! The next cross-platform hack. And more, see below

Timestamps
00:00 Prologue
00:22 Intro
05:03 Burger of the Week
06:58 Radeon RX 6500 XT Excitement
24:56 Microsoft Buying Activison Blizzard for $68.7 BILLION
31:40 SYSJOKER Runs on Anything!
34:04 Samsung's Exynos 2200 with RDN2 GPU Announced
38:18 TSMC Has FABulous Plans for 2022
45:57 NVIDIA Hiring for CPU R&D in Isreal
48:10 What Supply Chain Shortage? (PC Sales in 2021)
52:69 Microsoft Discontinued ALL Xbox One Consoles! In 2020!
54:26 Linux and Apple Support for Humble Bundle Ends February 1st
58:35 Forever Skies (looks a bit like Subnautica up in the air)
01:00:11 Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 Mobile Workstation Review
1:11:31 Picks of the Week
1:19:48 Outro

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Podcast #659 - RTX 3080 12GB, 2k Watt PSU, NUC 12 with LGA, DLDSR tech, RX 6500 XT x4 + MORE! Jan 14, 2022

Show notes

Post-CES is generally pretty light for a few weeks, but not this year! Josh was out sick but Kent stepped in and we had a low-key discussion of the topics of the evening. The 3080 12GB, a 2000w PSU, the Intel NUC 12 will have LGA socket, Nvidia latest resolution dance with DLDSR, the RX 6500 XT is only x4 for PCIe, the Intel i9 is hitting 5.5Ghz OOTB? More below!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:07 NVIDIA introduces a 12GB version of the RTX 3080
07:50 NVIDIA's latest driver brings another scaling tech: DLDSR
11:12 Does it matter that AMD's Radeon RX 6500 XT is limited to a x4 interface?
13:55 Intel's 5.5 GHz Core i9-12900KS announced
15:40 NUC 12 Extreme uses DESKTOP processors, has standard LGA socket
20:14 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
21:17 Samsung has apparently delayed the Exynos 2200 with RDNA2 graphics
23:21 PCI Express 6.0 announced
24:53 Norton-owned Avira Antivirus wants you to mine ETH
28:45 Canon's copy-protected ink component shortage forces workaround
31:20 SilverStone's 2050W PSU
35:59 Half Life gets ray traced
38:14 NVIDIA updating all Shield devices to Android 11
39:45 Picks of the Week
49:45 Outro

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Podcast #658 - CES 2022 Highlights from AMD, Intel, Nvidia, OLED tech + MORE! Jan 08, 2022

Show notes

First show of 2022, and we cover announcements and new tech from some of the top names in the industry. Plus have a good discussion on OLED TV's. And you still probably cannot buy a GPU at the price they should be sold at.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:28 Burger of the Week
03:37 AMD Ryzen 6000 Mobile Processors Announced
08:54 First 3D V-Cache CPU is the Ryzen 7 5800X3D
15:32 Radeon RX 6500 XT Announced
21:56 NVIDIA GPUs Announced - RTX 3050 and Mobile 3070 Ti / 3080 Ti
25:38 One more thing... the RTX 3090 Ti
30:36 Alder Lake Goes Mobile: 12th Gen H-Series CPUs
36:57 Phison E26 PCIe Gen5 SSD Controller Specs (and a look at Ryan's Gen5 SSD video)
45:37 Can the ASUS ROG DDR5 to DDR4 adapter be a real product?
50:09 NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPUs are probably faster than your NIC
54:33 LG's 16:18 Monitor
59:20 Picks of the Week
1:13:49 Outro

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Podcast #657 - Capacitor-Infused, DDR4 vs DDR5, RTX2050, Audiophile SSD, Halo Infinite Demands + More! Dec 25, 2021

Show notes

Alder Lake NonK pricing, Spectra Hack, Final Fantasy VII update, Windows 11 continues shuffling control panels, Games updates, and DDR4 vs DD5.
It's our final show of 2021, and we DID NOT do a year in review! Instead, enjoy the usual nonsense for about an hour, if you can make it that long.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:53 Non-K Alder Lake CPU Pricing Leaked
05:15 Another DDR4 vs. DDR5 Discussion
08:24 FFVIIR Intergrade PC Launch Issues
13:21 Microsoft Shuffles Windows 11 Settings
15:21 RTX 2050 Excitement
17:48 Podcast Sponsor: TextExpander
18:55 Another Week, Another Vulnerability
22:08 The "audiophile" SSD
31:45 A Case Made From Two Pieces of Curved Metal
34:03 Halo Infinite is Rather Demanding
39:22 An Infusion of Enfusion
42:01 Games of the Week
46:34 Picks of the Week
55:59 Outro

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Podcast #656 - Yule Log4j, Final Fantasy VII, AMD Drivers, NAS 20tb Drives, Valve Slims SteamOS + More! Dec 17, 2021

Show notes

It's our pre-pre-holiday show, wherein we talk about the few stories of interest from the week that was, and get derailed quite a bit. Don't miss it. Or do. But if you don't watch, why on earth are you reading this?

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:06 Burger of the Week
02:41 Final Fantasy VII Remake Comes to PC
06:04 New Radeon Driver Improves Halo Infinite Performance
10:05 Android 10, Teams, and 911
13:44 Log4J and Log4Shell
18:28 Podcast Sponsor: LinkedIn Jobs
19:19 SteamOS Slims Down
21:08 SK Hynix Sampling 24Gb DDR5 Chips
22:13 Seagate's 20TB Hard Drives
25:14 You think 20TB is big? How about 30TB (next year, maybe)!
27:16 Games of the Week
33:18 Podcast Sponsor: VPLS
34:31 Picks of the Week
47:40 Outro

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Podcast #655 - N-Gauge, Intel DRM, Microsoft Browser, 3090ti, SilverStone ALTA G1M Case Review + More! Dec 11, 2021

Show notes

Some of the news that's fit to talk about. Includes Microsoft Browser and Start Menu "fixes", the upcoming 3090ti, the N-Gauge rides again?, Roku and YouTube don't break up, and the Intel Alder Lake issues with games and DRM is getting better and M1 Macs are getting along with external displays better.

Presented for your perusal is a plethora of topics from another week of tech news. And a burger.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:22 Burger of the Week
02:46 Qualcomm N-Gages Their Mobile Gaming Platform
09:13 Intel Alder Lake DRM Issue Down to Three Games
12:31 Microsoft Decides Win11 Users Can Change Their Default Browser After All
14:35 RTX 3090 Ti Rumors
17:39 RTX 2060 12GB is Real!
22:50 The M1 iPadMac Doesn't Have Good External Display Support
27:02 YouTube Isn't Leaving Roku
30:49 Games of the Week
38:17 SilverStone ALTA G1M Case Review
47:31 ASUS and Noctua's Very Large, Very Brown RTX 3070
48:58 Picks of the Week
57:35 Outro

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