PC Perspective Podcast

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Podcast #614 - More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine Feb 06, 2021

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In this high-powered edition of the PC Perspective podcast the legendary Allyn Malventano (or is it Maltavino?) joins us for TWO HOURS of spirited tech talk. Expect technical discussion, leaking Tesla screen props, angry rants about display latency, and intense burger talk. And probably some other things like MSI Suprim GPU reviews, TridentZ ram for Ryzen, and a Monstargear DIY keyboard.

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Podcast 613 - AMD Earnings, RTX 30 Series Laptop GPUs, Zen 3 Resale Market, and More Jan 29, 2021

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Seems like Wednesday continues to happen, at least once each week so here we go streaming out the tech variety show again!

On this episode:

AMD Earned well in 2020
Scalpers Got $ too unfortunately
RTX 30 Laptops are coming, but how to tell the difference?
Plex Gaming? Maybe not
MS does you a favor taking your $ for Live? Pray they do not alter the deal further.
We reviewer the reviewer which enjoys a $300 DIY keyboard from Drop, the Carina
and More!

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Podcast #612 - AMD SAM, Corsair 5000D & LIVA Q1D Reviews, PC Sales, TSMC 3nm + More! Jan 21, 2021

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Not a huge hardware release week, so a few news items and reviews for all.

Getting at AMD Smart Access Memory is not super easy and doesn't always result in a "win", Samsung revises the 870 EVO, PC Sales are WAY up, and Thermaltake has a new ITX tower. Also we take a look at our reviews for the Corsair 5000D Airflow, the mini LIVA Q1D, and look at 3nm coming soon from TSMC.

Nvidia launches a new Pascal card and we look at the Intel leaks for Rocketlake-S pricing. Plus MORE! Enjoy.

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Podcast #611 - CES 2021 News stories - AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Samsung, Thermaltake + More! Jan 17, 2021

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Fear not, Sebastian does rejoin the show after about 5 minutes.

We do the run down on a few newsy CES items:

The Burger Update - because.
AMD makes snooze, I mean news
Intel CPUs - yes, they'll have better ones!
Intel CEO - yes, they'll have a different one!
Nvidia Gaming Event and GPU updates. What's MSRP again?
Other CES Releases and Announcements from such manufacturers as:
Thermaltake
Samsung
LG
NZXT
MSI

There was not planned to be a musical number this evening, but a short one did sneak in.

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Podcast #610 - AMD GPU Chiplets & Intel 11th Gen rumors, 5G and games coming in 2021 + more! Jan 07, 2021

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Join us this week as we brace ourselves for the media onslaught that is Virtual CES 2021, and offer many random thoughts about various subjects.
Such as:

Will AMD use chiplets in GPUs soon
Those Intel 11th gen CPUs look "hot" and single core fast
Will 5G be more widely available
Exactly when can we expect availability of "X" thing?
Upcoming games like Halo Infinite and System Shock 3
Reviews we're working on
Nintendo Switch gaming in the cloud

Burger update and so much more. Come along for our first show of 2021!

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Podcast #609 - 2020 Wrap-Up Extravaganza Ultra Supa OC Rage Mode Edition Jan 03, 2021

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Welcome to the oversized year end podcast where we bid 2020 a buh-bye. Please welcome special guests Jim Tanous and Kent Burgess as well! In fact, this is our Christmas special and New Years show all action packed into one show. We talk about MiniPCs, the use of Chkdsk on SSDs, Rage Mode, our review of the Azulle Byte 4 and some of the "top" stories of 2020.

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Podcast #608 - Ray Traced and Controversial, Sapphire Nitro+ 6800, Vulkan, Cyberpunk, Microcenter + MORE! Dec 18, 2020

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Tackling the weekly topics, some of them getting a real beating over this almost 2 hour episode. Cyberpunk 2077 check in and its too bad about your console. Random numbers, encryption, and the Solar Winds hack, oh my. Something bad can be bought from Microcenter! The Nvidia / reviewers controversy, a few points. Actual reviews for the Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 and Western Digital Blue SN550 NVME drive. Photography only comes up a few times and then more of course.<

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Podcast #607 - Cyberpunk 2077 & 6900XT, Ultrawides, Phanteks Shift 2, Lian Li Lancool 215, Dad Joke! Dec 11, 2020

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Back with a hard hitting podcast, talking about Cyberpunk 2077 demands, continued production of the 6000 series AMD reference design cards, the 6900XT performance & availability, and reviews of the Phanteks Shift Air 2 and the Lian Li LANCOOL 215. Oh, there's also the rise of the ultra wide screen monitors as a viable immersive gaming experience (and affordable!), and 10c / GB TLC NAND.

Josh has a meaty story to share and also tells a Dad Joke (tm). Featuring Chet.

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Podcast #606 - RTX 3060ti, QLC NAND better, X570 on the cheap, Zen Laptop Performance, and MORE! Dec 05, 2020

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Thanks for joining us for the podcast after our week off! On this episode: Graphics cards you cannot buy! Our review of the RTX 3060ti, Is a cheap X570 worth it? 11 seconds of Zen: performance on AMD laptops is questioned by Intel, we review the Corsair iCUE H115i Capellix AIO, and is 14nm+++ so different from 7nm? Find out a bit more.

Josh has fries, but take heart, they’re still good and Brett wonders how Apple might play a part in shipping constraints.

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Podcast #605 - RX6800 & 6800XT Review, Intel / AMD History, Microsoft Security Chip + More! Nov 21, 2020

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AMD is now totally killing it with their GPUs! We take a deep dive on the testing we did on the game-changing RX6800 & RX6800xt models.
TL;DR: They’re totally worth it, if you can get one. We discuss the performance history of Intel and AMD, a new Microsoft security chip (ala the T2), Android phones home no matter what it seems, Starwars Squadrons is getting a big update too! Plus we review the be quiet! Silent Base 802.

Once again, It’s a long show, go get a beverage.

Timestamps:

00:24 Intro
02:43 Burger of the Week
05:12 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Review
46:51 NVIDIA Earnings
53:25 AD: Linkedin Jobs
54:50 A History of AMD vs. Intel Desktop Performance
1:07:18 Microsoft's New Security Chip
1:10:03 The Hidden Cost of Android?
1:14:17 Star Wars Squadrons Update
1:17:37 be quiet! Silent Base 802 Case Review
1:25:24 Picks of the Week
1:33:56 Outro

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