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Episode 31: After testing the new Intel Baseline Power Profile on Asus and Gigabyte motherboards, we've come to the conclusion that once again, Intel has a power spec problem. Also, some hot takes on the EKWB situation following Gamers Nexus second video.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

02:14 - Further Thoughts on EKWB Situation

20:02 - Intel's Power Spec Problem

27:38 - Partners Can't Just Do Whatever They Want

34:05 - Differences to AMD 7800X3D CPUs Blowing Up

46:35 - What Actually Is the Intel CPU Power Spec

55:11 - Our Theory Why CPUs are Crashing

1:07:01 - Multiple Power Configs Are Fine, Misleading Consumers Isn't

1:20:25 - Why Do Some People Take the Side of Companies?

1:33:37 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 30: We spend most of this episode discussing a really bad article that claims Intel CPUs are clearly better than AMD CPUs for gaming PCs, including plenty of UserBenchmark-level reasoning. It's a bit of a roast to be honest.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:27 - EKWB Update and a Few Rumors

09:58 - Breaking Down A Terrible Article on Intel CPUs

13:16 - AMD Has "Worse Stability" Than Intel

25:56 - AMD's Power Efficiency "Doesn't Matter"

34:51 - Intel Provides "More Bang for Buck"

41:27 - AMD's Platform Longevity "Isn't A Must Have"

1:03:32 - Updates from Our Boring Lives

SOURCES

Terrible Article: https://www.xda-developers.com/intel-is-better-than-amd-for-average-gamer/

Gigabyte Ryzen 9000: https://www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/2161

EKWB Apology: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/ekwb-issues-public-apology-regarding-delayed-payments-promises-employees-and-suppliers-it-will-change-its-ways

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Episode 29: There's recently been some discussion about reviews, stemming from Marques Brownlee's review of the Humane AI pin. We have decades of experience doing product reviews, so it's time to give our thoughts on what reviews really are all about, and how we approach them

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:41 - Marques Brownlee Makes a Fair Review, Who Are Reviews For?

30:00 - YouTubers Are Unfairly Grouped and Called Paid Shills

1:15:13 - Updates from Our Boring Lives

SOURCES

Marques Brownlee's Humane AI Pin Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TitZV6k8zfA

Marques Brownlee's Response to Criticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztFpzKsdeA

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Episode 28: We discuss Intel 13th and 14th gen CPUs maybe being pushed a bit too far and crashing games, Steve has tested some really bad AMD B650 boards recently, Intel has started discontinuing 13th gen processors already and there's also XeSS 1.3 now.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

01:58 - Intel CPUs Crashing Games and Being Pushed to the Limits

24:20 - New Entry-Level B650 Motherboards are Trash

36:13 - Intel Discontinues 13th-gen K-series CPUs

53:39 - AMD Launches Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F

58:12 - Intel Launches XeSS 1.3

1:05:21 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 27: Two discussion topics in this podcast episode, firstly on CPU/GPU scaling and when it makes sense to upgrade a CPU vs a GPU, and then we re-rank all the current GPUs from worst to best. Lots of interesting chat in this one!

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:25 - CPU and GPU Scaling Discussion

28:25 - Re-Ranking All Current GPUs

1:05:10 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 26: Steve and Tim have been "playing" (for work) Horizon Forbidden West and Dragon's Dogma 2 and share their thoughts on what the games are bringing to PC. Then we answer some listener mails on voting with your wallet and how the channel has been going in a relatively slow period.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:31 - Testing Horizon Forbidden West and Dragon's Dogma 2

30:04 - Should Buyers Vote With Their Wallet?

47:37 - Health of Hardware Unboxed Channel

1:15:43 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 25: Steve is back from his holiday, so that means a discussion on Intel's pretty dumb Core i9-14900KS that no one should buy, thoughts on AMD FSR 3.1 upscaling improvements, Steam gets better with new family share options and we're destroying OLEDs on purpose.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:26 - Not Testing the Core i9-14900KS

17:56 - AMD FSR 3.1 Surprise Announcement

25:31 - Steam Family Sharing Seems Awesome

41:06 - OLED Burn In Testing

50:42 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 24: It's news time! Nvidia has apparently discontinued their last good $200 GPU series, the GTX 16 series. AMD AI-enhanced FSR and DirectSR discussion and talk of what GDDR7 will bring to next-gen GPUs.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:25 - Nvidia Apparently Discontinues GTX 16 Series

19:58 - AI-Based FSR and Microsoft DirectSR

28:12 - GDDR7 Is Coming Soon

37:56 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 23: A recap of the Radeon RX 7900 GRE and all the issues with stock vs AIB testing, followed by our general thoughts on reviewing this generation of graphics cards. It's been boring, and Steve is feeling it! In more interesting news we also have a generator update and chat about the current state of gaming.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:27 - Issues Testing the Radeon RX 7900 GRE

17:29 - Will Overclocking Fix the RX 7900 GRE?

26:25 - The GPU Market is Boring and Sucks

45:03 - Would You Buy a GPU Right Now?

51:08 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 22: After Steve discusses his four day power outage, we chat about the new Nvidia App replacing the slow Control Panel and annoying GeForce Experience. Also some chat about moving from Threadripper over to AM5 for Tim's workstation PC.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:32 - Steve Had No Power for Four Days

13:57 - Nvidia App Beta

29:58 - Tim Ditches Threadripper for AM5

1:00:00 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 21: After a brief discussion of the Ryzen 7 5700, we dive into the survey results to look at what GPUs you own, how often you upgrade, your thoughts on switching brands, and the graphics features you find important. Some very interesting results!

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

01:12 - AMD Ryzen 7 5700 Recap

13:57 - Survey Results

14:53 - GPU Market Share

19:07 - How Much Did Your GPU Cost?

21:48 - How Often Do You Upgrade?

28:23 - Rasterization vs Ray Tracing Importance

33:57 - How Much is Too Much for 8GB of VRAM?

43:32 - Buying Same Brand Again vs Switching Brands

54:55 - What GPU Features are Important

1:08:43 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 20: We recap the lack of excitement around the GeForce RTX 4080 Super, discuss our recent ray tracing poll, and chat about why the Ryzen 8000G APUs don't make any sense for someone to actually buy. Plus Steve has a rant about customer service.

SURVEY: https://forms.gle/u43Pa7wEt63nZwSH7

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

10:30 - Ray Tracing Poll Results

25:55 - GeForce RTX 4080 Super Recap

37:08 - Ryzen 8000G APU Recap and Why APUs Are Pointless

1:05:49 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 19: After three new graphics card launches in the space of two weeks, we fully recap and give extended thoughts on the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super, as well as the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

04:11 - Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super Recap

18:33 - Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Recap

41:47 - New Approach to Ray Tracing Testing

1:02:32 - AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Recap

1:21:03 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 18: We get excited about 2024 hardware releases by working through what products we expect to launch, and what we think they will and should deliver

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

02:24 - Expectations: Intel 14th-gen Non-K CPUs

06:33 - Other RDNA 3 GPUs

10:07 - AMD Zen 4 APUs

24:23 - AMD Zen 5 CPUs

35:05 - Intel Arc Battlemage GPUs

48:50 - Intel Arrow Lake CPUs

1:03:00 - Next-Gen AMD and Nvidia GPUs

1:08:52 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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