PC Perspective Podcast

Josh was traveling and could not participate. (Boooo!)  But we did it all anyway!  For you all, always.

You missed talking about RAM pricing, we got it.  You missed talking about 12vHPWR, we got it.  Chrome, errr, Googlebooks abound!  Plus Copilot is coming for you OS and you'll just love it.  All this and very much more to enjoy your time with us thanking you very much have a good day!  (heh).

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:08 Patreon
02:08 Josh-less food segment
06:05 Witcher 3 Remastered is challenging to run with RT enabled
12:51 When you want DLSS on your RX 9070 XT
16:03 What is F-Droid
18:51 GoogleBook Pro
22:11 Copilot OS
27:20 Happy anniversary to the Ethernet spec
29:22 Routing on x86 e-waste
31:45 Computing in 2026: a device to monitor each pin of your 12VHPWR cable
35:05 Let's talk about DDR5 prices yet again
38:10 (in)Security Corner
57:28 Gaming Quick Hits
1:00:04 IQUNIX Ghost in the Shell keyboard review
1:09:45 Picks of the Week
1:19:19 Outro

What a great thumbnail for this show!

Recorded on September 25th.

Forget about your RTX 5090 purchase probably, oh and you're not getting a 60 series anytime soon either, would you believe that DDR5 prices continue to rise, AMD is becoming an "AI" company, and that a 1TB iPhone appears to be slower then an SD card when accessing disk. Installing Windows 11 with a local account and even Sniper Elite! All this and so much more on this episode!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:03 Patreon
03:37 Food with Josh
05:53 The affordable world of PC hardware (skip to avoid pricing chat)
13:26 Solidigm to build USA fab?
16:37 AMD is becoming an "ai" company - with record revenue
20:31 The RTX 6090 is not coming any time soon
24:45 Did you know Raspberry Pi locks out RAM upgrades?
28:32 Micron's 2GB GDDR7 chips reach EOL
29:55 Apple's 1TB iPhone has slow storage? (Plus marriage chat)
36:01 A local Windows account is easier than ever
40:32 Those LLM slop kids harmed the PS5 Linux project
45:47 (in)Security Corner
1:00:04 Gaming Quick Hits
1:15:01 Josh's Sim Corner
1:20:35 Picks of the Week
1:33:42 Outro

Discussion on the upcoming Intel LGA1954 CPU roadmap, that Plex servers might be vulnerable, LG and all their spying, AI is probably going to destroy us all, RAM prices won't peak, and get a GOG box for the full experience.  All that and so much more!  (And somewhat less when Brett has to dip out unexpectedly)

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
01:20 Patreon
02:59 Food with Josh
05:37 News begins - iPhone Duo
09:45 TSMC High-NA EUV expanding
11:49 Intel next-gen roadmap leaks
14:46 Also, Intel CPUs about to get more expensive
18:38 DLSS 5 coming to older GPUs after all
22:40 DDR5 prices to grow up to 18 percent in Q3
24:58 Windows 11 new update fixes taskbar complaint
26:46 The chances AI could destroy us all in the next 10 years
32:51 AMD GPUs climbing up the charts
35:06 Audacity 4
37:46 (in)Security Corner
1:02:19 Brett suddenly has to leave
1:02:59 Gaming Quick Hits
1:13:40 Picks of the Week
1:22:24 Outro

Originally aired on September 1st.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:39 Patreon
02:53 Food with Josh
06:17 News begins - and Packard Bell is back
10:03 Intel LGA1954 confirmed
12:49 MacBook Neo SSD thrashing seems dire
16:30 Horrifying DLSS 5 mods
22:29 Rumored next-gen Radeon flagship performance
25:19 Run multiple Linux kernels with no hypervisor?
27:59 Tweaks for Windows 11 before Microsoft shuts them down
31:29 GPU coil whine database
35:21 (In)Security Corner
48:51 Gaming Quick Hits
54:07 Fractal Refine 2 gaming chair review
1:00:08 Picks of the Week
1:08:35 Outro

Where else are you going to get GTA6, WiFi7, M6, WPA3, RTX 5090 and Atari 2600 coverage all in the same show?  No where else, that's where.  Listen to the dulcet tones of tech whisperers go over the weekly news and so much more.  Hot Chips, SteamOS, Outlook stupidity!  Oh, and Linux turns 35.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:46 Patreon
01:44 Food with Josh
04:24 Breaking news - Hot Chips was all about ai
11:06 Apple has new silicon and Macs
16:20 Linux turns 35
17:25 SteamOS 3.9 Main boots on Intel Arc B580
18:53 Careful when you upgrade to WiFi 7
22:55 New Outlook can look more like old Outlook now
25:40 How much is that 5090 in the window?
29:25 NVIDIA financials
35:21 (In)Security Corner
51:06 Gaming Quick Hits
56:07 Picks of the Week
1:08:31 Outro

Get the fanciest Ryzen 9 without a lid, Intel appears to be looping back on their naming CPUs and Arc squeaks out more performance (sometimes), CoPilot assists in "hacking" itself, your Twitch streams might be training AI, and Epic appears to be coming to Linux.  It's the year of Linux, Am I Right(tm)? or what?   All that and way to much for this 5Lb bag again.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:29 Patreon
03:17 Food with Josh
05:02 News begins - Intel might Haswell name their new CPU the 4950K
06:34 You can now buy a de-lidded 9950X3D2 with a warranty
07:53 VRAM compression with Arc on Linux?
11:22 Microsoft's rebrand registry
14:28 Microsoft working on Windows 11 context menu
15:50 Intel, money motivated, may make more memory memories
21:44 Twitch ai training is opt-out, because no one would opt-in
26:47 Fairphone Gen 6 Plus arrives in USA
28:51 (In)Security Corner
40:48 Gaming Quick Hits
50:10 Josh reviews MOZA CS Pro and R9 V3
1:03:06 Picks of the Week
1:16:19 Outro

Linux gaming support keeps improving, TPM hardware keeps gaining vulnerabilities, the AI tech sector keeps gaining debt linked to investments, and advertisers keep gaining sneakier ways to infiltrate your content experiences.  Enjoy!

Ah, Kent couldn't make the show at the last minute, and Brett so planned on being there (lights were on, computer was spun up), but a last minute emergency took him off the air too - so it's a threesome tonight!  (I should have written that differently I think ...)

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:02 Patreon
01:47 Food with Josh
05:50 Xbox and Game Pass on Linux in the works
07:46 New SteamOS beta adds support for more hardware
09:58 Massive AI debt hiding in plain sight
14:10 RTX 50 Series median price keeps growing
16:24 Time Magazine shows ads only chatbots can see
19:07 Noreply domains
22:28 Woodgrain motherboard
25:15 Microsoft raising Windows 11 license cost
26:04 Win 11 built-in weather app wastes over 1GB of RAM
28:04 (in)Security Corner intro
29:23 (in)Security Corner actually begins
44:34 Josh's Sim Corner
51:25 Gaming Quick Hits
56:58 Picks of the Week
1:03:05 Outro

We continue the journey to 1000 episodes with this riveting installment that could possibly change your life. Not convinced? If you order big bacon-covered burgers every day that WILL change your life. We guarantee it.

Print out your Noctua things, run Windows 11 in 8Gb with varying degrees of success, AMD makes the monies, and EA goes private.  Question:  Is THIS the year of Linux?  Why did Roomba and power inverters just get banned, Apple DRAM struggles, and Fanatec (of course).  A well packed show in a 10lb bag, enjoy!

TImestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:25 Patreon
02:28 Food with Josh
05:40 Microsoft deletes 32GB RAM recommendation docs
11:04 Linux market share grows
14:08 AMD Financial results (with extended discussion)
22:33 Even Apple struggles to get DRAM (and memory is sold out through 2027)
24:30 We talk even more about RAM and the stock market
29:28 Sony moves ahead with end of discs
33:26 Google removing Assistant on phones - Gemini the only option
35:07 Finally, we can 3D print in official Noctua colors
38:08 (In)Security Corner
51:13 Josh's Sim Racing Corner
53:50 Gaming Quick Hits
1:04:49 HyperX Cloud Stinger 3 Wireless gaming headset review
1:10:18 Picks of the Week
1:22:47 Outro

GOG is coming to Linux!  Microsoft asks LG to stop with the bloatware ads, the Radeon RX 9050 arrives in a 4GB config, Nova Lake-S is bringing a 65w iGPU to the fight, and 8GB is just not enough for a laptop with Win 11 + Josh takes over the show with his Racing Corner segment.  Maybe a DD$4 build is not in your future?  There's so much more in here, it's hard to summarize, I'm afraid you'll just have to listen.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:15 Patreon
03:29 Food with Josh
05:10 Radeon RX 9050 (and the return of the 4GB GPU)
14:29 Intel's Nova Lake-S iGPU draws 65W?
17:44 GOG Galaxy app going native...Linux
20:23 Microsoft's 8GB Surface laptop is an embarrassment
22:50 The DDR4 to DDR5 gaming gap
27:25 AMI acquired by a company called Lattice
29:47 Starlink exempted from foreign router ban
31:47 CXMT now charges more for RDIMMs than Samsung
41:50 (In)Security Corner
58:07 Josh's Sim Corner
1:09:48 Gaming Quick Hits
1:18:58 Picks of the Week
1:37:37 Outro

R.I.P. John C. Dvorak.

In other news ... the Ryzen 7700X3D prices drop already, Nvidia N1X CUDA counts and an 88-core CPU (of course).  Windows on ARM gets a real boost with Nvidia GPU drivers, HP is just as bad as we all through regarding printer cartridges, and LG discovers a new low by auto-installing bloatware when you plug in a display.  Plenty of AMD good news in the datacenter and Open AI shows that unshackling their creations will probably be as bad as we thought.  Steam hardware sales and so much more in the show!  Enjoy.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:09 Patreon
02:21 Food with Josh
06:08 RIP John C. Dvorak
08:08 NVIDIA's 88-core CPU
09:26 RTX Spark Win 11 driver and Arm dGPU support
12:07 Josh leads us into more NVIDIA talk and later defends datacenters
19:16 AMD gets two big datacenter wins
22:43 Ryzen 7 7700X3D already had a price drop
24:11 ADATA chairman warns RAM shortage will last another decade
24:37 Samsung Unpacked
29:21 HP fined for nefarious printer cartridge practices - in India
34:44 LG adware
38:18 (In)Security Corner
48:46 Gaming Quick Hits
58:44 Picks of the Week
1:12:01 Outro