Broken Silicon

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Broken Silicon episodes

April 05, 2022 147. Nvidia Lovelace vs Consoles, PS5 Pro, 6nm XBOX Series S, PlayStation VR2 | NX Gamer
NX Gamer joins to discuss upcoming AMD, Nvidia, Intel, PlayStation, and XBOX hardware releases.
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0:00 Who is NX Gamer? What does he do professionally?
5:54 Console Optimization, Bad Benchmarking YouTube Channels
12:40 Are the shortages ending? Should people buy now, or wait till Summer?
17:46 Will RDNA 3 & Lovelace change the value proposition of the consoles?
24:34 PlayStation 5 Pro - Should Sony launch one? What node and specs?
36:20 Why a PS5 Pro may be cheap, and even help supply
47:43 XBOX Series S 6nm Refresh - What should Microsoft do?
1:03:19 Why don't more devs target native 4K?
1:12:05 Have the Consoles lived up to Expectations?
1:18:15 Will the PS5 actually use the SSD for more performance...ever?
1:25:51 TFLOPs vs Networking vs Software Quality
1:32:46 If performance quadruples - will people care about new hardware anymore?
1:39:39 PS VR2 - Pricing, Performance, Capabilities, and VR Games
1:55:35 Why did Google Stadia Fail? Is game streaming going to succeed?
2:01:36 PS Plus Premium - A worthy answer to XBOX Game Pass?
2:11:03 Metal Gear Solid Remake – Is it still coming out?
2:21:19 Hyperscalars & Hybrid Cloud
NX Gamer’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Jo0VTzeyYbZ8cVk3k-EhA
These types of videos are usually FAKE: https://youtu.be/WJqIuxD2NZ0
6600 XT Perf Relative to 2016: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-6600-xt.c3774
MLID Lovelace Leak: https://youtu.be/c--1_0HqB3w
MLID Early RDNA 4 Leak: https://youtu.be/6PTGCUJan8M
MLID PS5 Pro and XSS 6nm Leak: https://youtu.be/Qlqq7JrJujI?t=416
Dying Light 2 was badly optimized on Console: https://youtu.be/vTtU71MmFZU
https://blog.playstation.com/2022/02/22/first-look-the-headset-design-for-playstation-vr2/
https://www.gamesradar.com/psvr-2-everything-we-know/
https://gamerant.com/playstation-vr2-event-rumor/
https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/new-ps-plus-memberships-all-three-tiers-explained
https://www.theloadout.com/halo-infinite/co-op-campaign-release-date#:~:text=It%20was%20previously%20announced%20that,July%2025%20or%20August%201.
https://www.polygon.com/22965387/halo-infinite-co-op-forge-release-date-season-2-new-maps
https://www.youtube.com/c/VGTech/videos
https://youtu.be/239ntwGzg7c
https://www.trueachievements.com/n46935/how-many-xbox-game-pass-games

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2 hr 36 min
March 31, 2022 146. Intel ARC A780 & A380, Nvidia H100 v AMD MI300, RTX 3090 Ti Launch, PS+ Premium
We discuss 4nm Hopper, Alchemist, FSR 2.0 vs DLSS 2.3, and other recent Hardware News!
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0:00 Sleep Issues and Additional Co-Hosts (Intro Banter)
7:00 Die Shrink 69, GDDR5 Performance and Longevity (Corrections and Omissions)
10:33 Nvidia Reveals 4nm Hopper at GTC - What does it mean for Lovelace? MI300?
20:35 Orin Variant Teased that could be similar to the Nintendo Switch 2
26:31 RTX 3090 Ti Launches: Better than Expected, Still not Good
34:24 Will AMD design GPUs around VRAM? Should people sell their Ampere cards?
43:27 When will “Mega APUs” replace the Low End?
46:27 AMD Unveils FSR 2.0
52:01 Intel Details Xe Super Sampling
57:33 Intel Alchemist Reveal Discussion
1:15:49 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS Launches
1:20:41 PlayStation Plus Revamped to Compete with Game Pass
1:31:18 170w AM5 Zen 4, Nvidia Streamline, TSMC's "Exploding" Orders (Wrap Up)
1:35:28 Windows Updates breaking RADEON, RDNA 3 Whispers, Custom Nodes (Final RM)
https://youtu.be/39ubNuxnrK8
https://youtu.be/FHAwIKakoKA
https://videocardz.com/press-release/nvidia-announces-h100-hopper-gpu-with-up-to-16896-fp32-cores-80gb-hbm3-memory-700w-of-tdp
https://www.anandtech.com/show/17327/nvidia-hopper-gpu-architecture-and-h100-accelerator-announced
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/jetson-orin/?ncid=so-yout-503454&sfdcid=undefined#cid=gtcs22_so-yout_en-us
https://youtu.be/CE8ssnSqgZg
https://youtu.be/DDcA0c-Ahq0
https://youtu.be/tDzO4r-p7Pg
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1507843938845175810
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=RTX+3090+Ti&n=8000
https://youtu.be/0dES7q6ave4
https://youtu.be/97JIldpUGE4
https://youtu.be/JYmTkYTknNY
https://youtu.be/Fj-oW-FKBmQ
https://wccftech.com/intel-xess-interview-karthik-vaidyanathan/?beta=1
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-xe-super-sampling-xess-to-feature-five-quality-modes-including-ultra-quality
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/events/arc-events.html
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/displayport-2-everything-you-need-to-know/
https://youtu.be/2F5hJsTJrP0
https://videocardz.com/press-release/intel-announces-core-i9-12900ks-5-5-ghz-alder-lake-cpu-for-739-usd-launches-april-5th
https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/29/all-new-playstation-plus-launches-in-june-with-700-games-and-more-value-than-ever/
https://www.pushsquare.com/features/reaction-ps-plus-ps-nows-makeover-a-necessary-and-positive-step-for-sony
https://www.dualshockers.com/new-playstation-plus-neo-spartacus-price-tier-leak-explained/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/532431/playstation-plus-subscribers-global/
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-enters-ark-a-non-public-intel-database-lists-mysterious-dg2mb-entry
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7000-zen-4-cpus-feature-170w-16-core-105w-12-core-ryzen-9-desktop-skus-rumor/?beta=1
https://twitter.com/chiakokhua/status/1506814429635444736
https://youtu.be/tDzO4r-p7Pg
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-zen4-epyc-genoa-features-1mb-of-l2-cache-per-core

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1 hr 47 min
March 24, 2022 145. RX 7700 XT VRAM, AMD FSR 2.0, Intel ARC & XeSS, Steam Deck Perf. | Art Director
Bryan Heemskerk is the Lead Artist at Massive Damage, Inc. We discuss FSR vs DLSS vs XeSS.
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0:00 Bryan Heemskerk Introduction
3:38 What if the RX 7700 XT only has 8GB? How much will RAM vs TFLOPs matter going forward?
16:49 Why do we need FSR and DLSS? Why did DLSS 1.0 suck?
23:42 FSR 2.0 vs FSR 1.0
32:58 Why AMD needs to make FSR 2.0 gain adoption quickly to Succeed
35:28 Why do ports from AMD consoles sometimes run terribly on AMD PCs?
42:04 Why has FSR adoption for console games been almost non-existent?
48:30 Is RSR enough to mitigate Nvidia's DLSS adoption?
54:40 Will FSR 2.0 match DLSS 2.3 Quality? What comes next?
56:30 Intel Alchemist and Xe Super Sampling
1:13:04 RDNA 3 vs Lovelace – Architecture Design, Economics, Mind Share
1:30:47 Potential PS5 Pro Performance
1:41:02 Will the Steam Deck hold back graphics progress?
1:50:20 How Valve can incentivize Steam Deck Support
2:02:13 Developing Games with FSR and DLSS in mind, Preserving a Game's Vision
2:09:19 Game bugs, Elden Ring Save Management
Previous Bryan Heemskerk Episode: https://youtu.be/daRC4l4NgnA
Massive Damage on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/massivedamage/
Bryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryanheemskerk?lang=en
Bryan's work Portfolio: http://www.bryanheemskerk.com/gallery/pixelart/
Bryan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-heemskerk-a111b351/?originalSubdomain=ca
https://www.anandtech.com/show/17327/nvidia-hopper-gpu-architecture-and-h100-accelerator-announced
https://community.amd.com/t5/gaming/amd-fidelityfx-super-resolution-2-0-gdc-2022-announcements/ba-p/517541
https://gpuopen.com/fidelityfx-superresolution-2/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fsr2
https://www.hardwaretimes.com/amd-fsr-2-vs-nvidia-dlss-2-comparisons-radeon-offers-better-anti-aliasing-but-geforce-produces-sharper-images/
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/look-out-dlss-first-tests-amds-game-boosting-radeon-super-resolution
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/february-2022-rtx-dlss-game-updates/
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/outriders-nvidia-dlss-out-now/#:~:text=NVIDIA%20DLSS%20is%20available%20in,titles%20each%20and%20every%20month
https://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/145294-nvidia-dlss-21-delivers-vr-8k-dynamic-resolution-support/
https://youtu.be/upGTctUo93A
https://youtu.be/AgFGI8JFo8g
https://static.techspot.com/articles-info/2277/images/6.jpg
https://in.ign.com/ps5/163088/news/arcadegeddon-first-ps5-game-to-get-amd-fsr-support
https://wccftech.com/intel-showcases-arc-alchemist-gpu-performance-xess-raytracing-enabled-calls-xess-better-than-temporal-upscaling/

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2 hr 27 min
March 15, 2022 144. Nvidia Lovelace vs AMD RDNA 3 Economics, Nintendo Switch 2, Apple M1 Ultra
New GeForce, Intel Alchemist, AMD RDNA, Apple, and Nintendo GPUs are on the horizon!
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0:00 Tim Apple Impressions, Elden Ring Performance Corrections
7:59 Nvidia Hack – 2 Weeks Later
15:36 Nintendo Switch 2 Specs Leak
29:33 Nvidia Lovelace AD102 and Early Lineup Leaked
34:25 Why 600w almost literally has to be the limit for practical reasons
44:38 GDDR7 – Why it might be ready within a Year
51:40 RDNA 3 vs Lovelace Segmentation
1:02:00 Lovelace & RDNA 3 Economics - Who has the pricing advantage?
1:09:05 Apple M1 Ultra Multi-Die APU Revealed
1:18:40 RTX 3090 Ti Planned to Launch March 29th
1:22:48 Intel Alchemist might be months away – when is it too late?
1:28:32 How do sources know performance of chips 2 years before they launch?
1:34:27 R7 5800X3D, Threadripper Zen 3, Milan-X, and Low End Ryzen launching by April
1:41:00 Nvidia Blackwell, TSMC 3nm, FSR 2.0 (Wrap Up)
1:47:50 GPU Inflation, AMD’s War Chest, VALVE’s Console Future (Final Reader Mail)
https://www.techpowerup.com/292781/elden-ring-pc-stuttering-issues-fixed-but-only-on-valves-steam-deck
https://www.eetimes.com/hack-of-nvidia-a-national-disaster/
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-under-attack-by-hacker-group-seeking-1-million-for-lhr-ethereum-bypass/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4_technical_specifications
https://www.techpowerup.com/292479/nvidia-dlss-source-code-leaked
https://www.techpowerup.com/292690/malware-on-the-prowl-using-stolen-nvidia-code-signing-certificates
https://www.techadvisor.com/news/game/nintendo-switch-2-3806401/
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-nvidia-leak-release-timeline
https://wccftech.com/nintendo-switch-2-next-gen-console-nvidia-ampere-dlss-2-2-ray-tracing-leak/
https://twitter.com/NWPlayer123/status/1498701174609899521
https://twitter.com/NWPlayer123/status/1498714482448777216
https://www.anandtech.com/show/17306/apple-announces-m1-ultra-combining-two-m1-maxes-for-even-more-performance
https://videocardz.com/newz/confirmed-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-launches-on-march-29th-reviews-coming-on-the-same-day
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ampere-ga102f-gpu-support-added-to-aida64-is-this-the-chip-powering-the-geforce-rtx-3090-ti/
https://www.igorslab.de/en/the-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-16gb-doesnt-come-into-arc-promises-again-and-the-gddr6x-is-itching/
https://www.techpowerup.com/292776/intel-plans-may-june-2022-launches-of-arc-alchemist-desktop-graphics-cards
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-alchemist-high-end-desktop-skus-rumored-to-launch-between-week-18-and-22-may-8-june-5
https://www.techpowerup.com/292782/amd-asks-motherboard-makers-to-remove-overclocking-options-for-ryzen-7-5800x3d
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-also-preparing-ryzen-5700-5100-and-4700-10-new-am4-cpus-planned-in-april
https://www.techpowerup.com/292835/amd-readies-even-more-ryzen-5000-series-desktop-skus-for-april
https://twitter.com/CapFrameX/status/1501544449503072261
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-to-cost-449-launches-april-20
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-hopper-successor-likely-named-after-david-blackwell
https://www.techpowerup.com/292572/italy-creating-eur4-billion-chipmaking-fund-trying-to-attract-intel
https://wccftech.com/tsmc-exceeds-3nm-yield-expectations-production-can-start-sooner-than-planned/
https://videocardz.com/newz/amds-upcoming-radeon-rx-6950xt-reference-card-might-feature-an-all-black-cooling-solution
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-to-discuss-next-generation-image-upscaling-at-gdc-2022
https://videocardz.com/newz/xfx-china-website-shuts-down-after-chinese-customs-office-seizes-5840-illegally-mislabeled-xfx-graphics-cards-worth-3m-usd
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-cpus-see-less-than-10-performance-drop-from-revised-spectre-v2-mitigations

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2 hr 13 min
March 09, 2022 143. Lovelace vs RDNA 3 Ray Tracing, Future DLSS, Ukraine War, FPGA | Govt Engineer
An anonymous Engineer working for the US Government joins to discuss Lovelace & RDNA 3 technology, the future of FSR & DLSS, FPGA & Xilinx, and the War in Ukraine’s effect on the world economy.
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0:00 Who is our Mysterious Guest? What can he disclose about his position?
7:43 What got Matt into PC Gaming? When did he become an enthusiast?
16:57 Are we entering a new era of Graphics Cards?
21:28 Will DLSS and FSR matter if we have cards 2-4x stronger than what we have now?
29:54 When and why did MSAA die?
44:43 Do you expect RDNA3 to be close to Lovelace in Raytracing?
1:00:26 What can AMD do with FSR to make it beat DLSS?
1:07:03 Can AMD accelerate FSR on a hardware level?
1:13:14 The Value of Future GPUs, Nintendo Switch 2 Performance
1:22:11 What comes after DLSS and FSR? What's next for balancing picture quality?
1:27:26 FPGAs talk How do you see them being used moving forward?
1:36:58 AMD's FPGA advantage with Xilinx
1:41:37 The Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and how it will affect the world
1:55:28 Will PC Hardware prices continue to go down if gas prices go up?
1:59:10 Can manufacturing be "brought back to the west"? Where do we get rare materials?
2:09:44 Silicon Nodes for Spacecraft, Advice for getting into FPGAs & Engineering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/29/why-did-last-nights-game-of-thrones-look-so-bad-here-comes-the-science/
https://www.statista.com/topics/1959/silicon/
https://youtu.be/cUJtIK94Djc
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-nvidia-leak-release-timeline

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2 hr 31 min
March 01, 2022 142. RX 7970 XT v RTX 4090 Ti, AMD Rembrandt Reviews, Nvidia Hacked, Intel Celestial
We discuss upcoming RADEON, GeForce, and ARC architectures…and talk about Zen 4 v MTL!
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0:00 Elden Ring Bosses, Favorite Pokémon, RTX 3090 Ti Testing
8:42 Insider input on how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect Product Launches
15:38 Best Buy TotalTech, Monopolistic vs Anticompetitive, 6500 XT vs 3050 (Corrections)
27:59 RX 7970 XT v RTX 4090 Ti – What can MLID confirm about performance, specs, and TDP?
[ FYI - Some Crackling Noises in Audio for next 5-10 minutes ]
42:42 Do Burst TDPs make sense in a GPU? How could Nvidia market 500w GPUs?
51:05 Intel Celestial & Battlemage Performance, Alchemist shipping 4+ Million in 2022
1:01:11 Nvidia Hacked
1:08:12 AMD Rembrandt Launches in Laptops
1:20:34 I9-12980HX 8+8 at 65w is coming to Mobile - Reconfirmed
1:27:21 Intel reveals 24C Raptor Lake & MLID confirms it launches Q3, Meteor Lake v Zen 5
1:33:50 How long will an i7-2600K be able to run games at 30 FPS?
1:39:41 Intel Arrow Lake potentially sharing tiles with Battlemage
1:42:23 Elden Ring Performance, PlayStation VR2, GTX 2050 benchmarked (Wrap Up)
1:54:43 Alienware QD-OLED for $1299, PS5 Pro, Steam Deck R&D Costs (Final RM)
https://wccftech.com/intel-amd-reportedly-suspend-chip-shipments-to-russia-report/
https://youtu.be/R2s5HodOX9I
https://youtu.be/qCYHBsaZVdQ
https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1496509701273833475
https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1496514978006069250
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/83703/evga-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-kingpin-teased-2-12-pin-pcie-power-needed/index.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-technology-roadmaps-milestones.html#gs.qw0j14
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-celestial-gpus-to-target-ultra-enthusiast-gpu-market-in-2024
https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-wants-a-piece-of-the-dollar1000-gpu-market-targeting-the-ultra-enthusiast-segment-with-celestial/
https://youtu.be/y3nxqq6Q9mY
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/jpr-q3-2021-desktop-discrete-gpu-shipments
https://www.techpowerup.com/292375/nvidia-has-allegedly-been-hacked-internal-systems-compromised
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-rog-zephyrus-g14-amd-ryzen-6900hs-radeon-rx-6800s
https://youtu.be/pNSnSkNGI3g
https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-7-6800h
https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-7-6800u
https://youtu.be/YCRoo0tqJL4?t=799
https://twitter.com/KOMACHI_ENSAKA/status/1497182956854853640
https://twitter.com/9550pro/status/1497184003626979328
https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_core_i7_12700k-vs-intel_core_i9_12900hk
https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_core_i9_12900hk-vs-amd_ryzen_9_5900x
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-showcases-13th-gen-core-raptor-lake-cpu-with-24-cores-and-32-threads
https://youtu.be/y3nxqq6Q9mY
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/elden-ring-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/5.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/292357/intel-fails-to-deliver-on-promised-day-0-elden-ring-graphics-driver
https://wccftech.com/intel-pay-additional-features-cpus-sdsi/?fbclid=IwAR1jd-Z0yHuZ19I3ujdMGfgG6pn2uVhTNHe1fN-1wx7NAP7L2LZT9Dg8zDg
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-confirms-15th-gen-core-arrow-lake-xeon-granite-rapids-and-sierra-forest-2024-series
https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i9-12900ks-5-5-ghz-cpu-benchmarks-leak-up-to-5-faster-in-single-10-faster-in-multi-threaded-tests/
https://blog.playstation.com/2022/02/22/first-look-the-headset-design-for-playstation-vr2/#sf253727454
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-rtx-lhr-bios-v2-unlocker-supposedly-removes-mining-hashrate-limit-from-ampere-cards
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ampere-ga103-gpu-desktop-debut-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-graphics-cards/
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2050-laptop-gpu-benchmark-leak-faster-than-gtx-1650-plus-dlss/

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2 hr 10 min
February 22, 2022 141. Nvidia vs AMD for Esports, MP Hackers, Directing Tournaments | Esports Manager
An Esports Director & Business Manager joins to explain the competitive gaming industry.
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0:00 Who is Phil? What made him decide to focus on Esports?
14:48 Difference between managing Live Sports and Esports
26:35 How does the Esports industry make money, make teams, and function?
34:41 Does a game need to be one of the most popular ones to become an Esport?
42:16 What makes a good Esports game?
54:06 Managing Tournaments & Venues
1:05:17 RX 6600 XT vs RTX 3060 for Esports and Production
1:10:29 Is the 1080p 144fps standard just convenient?
1:15:03 Do professionals use Nvidia Reflex?
1:17:20 Hackers in Multiplayer Shooters
1:24:08 Will Esports become as big as Traditional Sports? How can someone start a team?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-englert-a7b26a37/
https://100thieves.com/
https://store.teamliquid.com/
https://www.google.com/search?q=number+of+people+who+watched+the+super+bowl+2022&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS880US880&oq=number+of+people+who+watched+the+super+bowl+2022&aqs=chrome..69i57.8692j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://techacake.com/is-fortnite-dying/#:~:text=With%20more%20than%2080.4%20million,eSports%20game%20in%20the%20world.
https://playercounter.com/fortnite/
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33050695/nfl-regular-season-ratings-increase-10-percent-last-season

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1 hr 44 min
February 15, 2022 140. RX 6x50 XT Launch, RDNA 3 is 5/6nm, Steam Deck Reviews, AMD vs Nvidia Fake MSRP
We discuss the latest Nvidia, Intel Alchemist, RADEON, PlayStation 5, and XBOX Series news!
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0:00 Is Reesie ok? Does Dan have food? (Intro Banter)
9:06 VALVE Steam Deck Reviews - Does it live up to the hype?
24:00 Is the Steam Deck being sold at a loss?
28:27 RTX 3090 Ti remains Vaporware
34:44 RX 6950 XT Confirmed, RX 6750 XT & 6650 XT likely coming to combat ARC
40:04 Intel Alchemist Launches Quarter 2
46:01 RDNA 3 Confirmed to be on 5nm & 6nm nodes
56:35 Google Stadia rumored to be Cancelled Soon
1:03:05 Nvidia ARM Acquisition is Officially Dead
1:07:59 AMD pays AIBs to Hide Higher Pricing – Do Reviews need to change?
1:26:46 Best Buy adds Membership tier for Scalpers?
1:31:11 RTX 3050 with GA107, MX550, Intel BTC Mining, Alder Lake -N (Wrap Up)
1:43:48 FTC Investigating Microsoft-Activision Deal, Thoughts on Sony buying Bungie
1:51:37 Wait for PS5 Pro? Will there be Nvidia Exclusives? Are $100 GPUs dead? (Final RM)
https://youtu.be/HjZ4POvk14c
https://youtu.be/NeQH__XVa64
https://youtu.be/DxTXIxjINeI
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1489311644693970952
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1489318680139907073
https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1490167588252372993
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-engineer-confirms-radeon-7000-rdna3-navi-3x-gpus-use-5nm-and-6nm-nodes
https://youtu.be/5Y7oF1bLpcU
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-alchemist-engineering-sample-pictured-once-again
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-stadia-stream-plan-partnerships-peloton-bungie-gaming-service-2022-2
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cloud/google-drop-stadia-cloud-gaming-service-reportedly-deprioritized
https://www.techpowerup.com/291780/nvidia-acquisition-of-arm-collapses-uk-company-to-seek-ipo
https://youtu.be/zwqlZHM_hrg
https://hardocp.com/blog/status-quo-is-no-mo
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/best-buy-gpu-paywall-scalpers
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1492962760233205765
https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-preparing-radeon-rx-6400-challenger-mini-itx-graphics-card
https://www.techpowerup.com/291775/nvidia-geforce-mx550-matches-ryzen-9-5900hs-vega-igpu-in-passmark
https://youtu.be/ghxNiCKyF44
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/alder-lake-n-takes-shape-gracemont-xe-lp
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Lands-Mesh-Shaders
https://wccftech.com/intel-eyeing-development-of-low-power-gpu-architecture-in-latest-job-listing/
https://youtu.be/2WklVah7ERo
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-announces-bitcoin-mining-initiative-bonanza-mine-chips-ship-this-year
https://wccftech.com/intel-sapphire-rapids-sp-xeon-amd-epyc-7773x-milan-x-cpu-cache-memory-benchmarks-leak/
https://www.amazon.com/XPG-1TB-GAMMIX-Blade-AGAMMIXS70B-1T-CS/dp/B093DP3X4H/
https://wccftech.com/shinji-mikami-wants-to-direct-one-last-game-says-re4-remake-should-improve-on-his-story-since-he-wrote-it-in-three-weeks/
https://www.techpowerup.com/291861/amd-receives-all-regulatory-approvals-to-acquire-xilinx
https://www.reviewgeek.com/109642/microsofts-xbox-mini-fridge-is-now-available-for-100/
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsofts-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard-to-be-investigated-by-the-federal-trade-commission/

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2 hr 8 min
February 08, 2022 139. AM5 PCIe 5.0 Cost, AMD vs Nvidia Failures, Future GPU Reviews | Tech Consultant
A Veteran Journalist & Tech Consultant joins to discuss the cost of product launches, supply chains, Nvidia’s business practices, AMD’s failures, and the future of GPU reviews!
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0:00 Who is Lars? What got him into reporting on & consulting on computers?
6:23 How has the Hardware Landscape changed over the last 25 years?
15:31 Is inflation, shortages, or GREED causing rising prices the most?
22:33 Rising Power Consumption in GPUs – when will it become a real issue?
27:13 What is making motherboards more expensive? Will costs come back down?
35:00 Will AM5 Motherboards be more expensive than AM4, or even LGA 1700?
40:21 Is the death of low end necessary?
51:09 Working with Nvidia
57:12 Has AMD just been the Greater Fool at times?
1:01:16 Will Nvidia's anti-consumer and anti-partner practices catch up with them?
1:06:25 How does the industry see Intel now?
1:10:12 AMD’s Failures and Mistakes
1:16:21 Does the industry need to work on minimizing risk?
1:25:24 Are PC Gamers being critical of the right problems?
1:33:27 Do bad GPU reviews make any difference?
1:41:27 How can we improve the review process? Is PC Gaming too mainstream?
1:57:13 Supply Chain Misconceptions, Working in Taiwan, GPU Margins
Link to the guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lg-nilsson/
Guest’s recent Motherboard costs article: https://www.techpowerup.com/289728/intel-z690-motherboard-costs-explained
https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/01/oem_chip_costs_gartner/
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-engineer-confirms-radeon-7000-rdna3-navi-3x-gpus-use-5nm-and-6nm-nodes
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-alchemist-engineering-sample-pictured-once-again
https://twitter.com/SquashBionic/status/1489613397410811906

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2 hr 23 min
February 01, 2022 138. Nvidia Hopper 900mm², 6950 XT vs 3090 Ti, RTX 3050 vs RX 6600, Sony Buys Bungie
Upcoming GeForce, AMD, & Intel ARC launches are discussed in addition to Microsoft buying Activision…
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0:00 We're Excited about Upcoming Leaks, RX 5700 XT Drivers (Intro Banter)
5:13 80-bit GPUs, Biggest RADEON (Corrections & Omissions)
10:24 Microsoft Buying Activision Blizzard - What's good about this? What's bad?
38:06 Sony Buys Bungie - Last Minute Addition to the Episode!
47:57 Nvidia's Acquisition of ARM is all but Officially Dead...
55:50 RTX 3050 8GB "Launches" - Nvidia Rickrolls Reviewers Again!
1:11:54 Final Thoughts on the RX 6500 XT
1:25:45 RX 6950 XT, 6850 XT, 6750 XT - Can Tom confirm them? How will they perform?
1:38:44 Nvidia GA103 Pictured and Efficiency Analyzed
1:44:53 Nvidia Hopper is Enormous according to recent rumors…
1:50:58 600w Lovelace, Dish Sues Nvidia, 27 Gbps GDDR6, ARC Volume (Wrap Up)
1:58:50 Intel Tile vs AMD, RDNA 3, Microsoft Direct Storage (Final Reader Mail)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/microsoft-activision-blizzard.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-25/nvidia-is-said-to-quietly-prepare-to-abandon-takeover-of-arm
https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-sony-buys-bungie
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1488211489672605697
https://www.eetimes.com/arm-predicts-stagnation-if-nvidia-deal-fails/
https://www.techpowerup.com/291303/nvidia-arm-deal-said-to-be-over-according-to-bloomberg
Hoeg Law Broken Silicon: https://youtu.be/1Jn69SOllqM
Daniel Nenni Broken Silicon: https://youtu.be/w8JmHsKhP9g
https://youtu.be/g6R2_GEJVzw
Gamers Nexus leaking 6GB GA106 costs $240 to make in 2020: https://youtu.be/JDN8rLjWrTQ
https://www.techspot.com/review/2403-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050/
https://youtu.be/r2NNegA77uA
https://youtu.be/8nAwu6CnmgY
https://www.microcenter.com/product/646340/powercolor-amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt-itx-overclocked-single-fan-4gb-gddr6-pcie-40-graphics-card
https://www.microcenter.com/product/640366/powercolor-amd-radeon-rx-6600-xt-fighter-dual-fan-8gb-gddr6-pcie-40-graphics-card
https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-6950-xt-rx-6850-xt-rx-6750-xt-rdna-2-refresh-graphics-cards-rumored-for-q2-2022-navi-21-22-gpus-with-18-gbps-memory/
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-flagship-mobility-ga103-gpu-pictured/
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-ga103.g989
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/rtx-a4500/
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-gh100-hopper-gpu-rumored-to-be-a-monolithic-design-with-a-massive-1000mm%c2%b2-die
Kopite Clarifies 900mm^2: https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1487349383033405440
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-quietly-increases-prices-of-geforce-rtx-30-founders-edition-cards-in-europe
https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1482547038172549120
https://www.pcgamer.com/future-nvidia-gpus-could-be-20-better-at-ray-tracing/
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-dish-hopper-trademark-dispute
https://exputer.com/news/games/tomb-raider-on-game-boy-advance/
https://www.techspot.com/news/93017-overclocking-non-k-alder-lake-cpus-possible-right.html
https://wccftech.com/intel-readies-bonanza-mine-chip-for-bitcoin-crypto-mining-unveiling-at-isscc/
http://submissions.mirasmart.com/ISSCC2022/PDF/ISSCC2022AdvanceProgram.pdf
https://twitter.com/HardOCP/status/1486015746559913992
https://wccftech.com/intel-arc-alchemist-gpus-to-get-resizable-bar-support-on-linux-platforms/
https://twitter.com/Rajaontheedge/status/1487259645961854976

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2 hr 21 min

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One brother is an Engineer, and the other is a Scientist. Both are hilarious and discuss the latest news, rumors, and developments going on in the Computer Hardware and PC Gaming Space.