PC Perspective Podcast

PC Perspective Podcast episodes:

• 04.21.2024

  Podcast #769 - Ryzen 8000 CPUs, New 50 Watt RTX Cards, High-End Radeon RX 6000 GPUs Disappearing

  Are you insecure at any speed?  So why not get your dose of tech news and reviews here with us and relax. Let the our dulcet tech tones wash over you with the bits of news that caught our attention...

  
• 04.15.2024

  Podcast #768 - Intel 13th/14th Gen Core i9 Problem Escalates, Gaudi 3, Ryzen 9000 CPU Leak, Roku Ads and More!

  "We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Processors effectively on fire with default motherboard settings. We watched chipsets glitter in the dark near the Copper Pipe. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." - JoshTEKK Smith...

  
• 04.09.2024

  Podcast 767 - Intel Foundry Loses Billions, XZ Backdoor, Thermaltake CTE C700 TG Case, SSD Pricing

  We aren't too proud of this technological terror we've constructed, because the ability to record a podcast is insignificant compared to the power of the Schwartz.   Intel Foundry news, SSD pricing, a new RX 550?, TSMC is quaking, and a...

  
• 04.01.2024

  Podcast #766 - AMD FSR 3.1, Radeon 7900 GRE Memory OC Unlock, Microsoft DirectSR, LIVA Z5 PLUS

  You didn't ask for it, but here it is. The greatest PC Perspective podcast ever recorded on March 27, 2024. China bans things, FSR 3.1, DirectSR, and EVGA PSU wiring ... Other topics below. Oh, and sorry this is posted...

  
• 03.23.2024

  Podcast #765 - NVIDIA Blackwell, MAINGEAR Ships PCs w/ Delidded 14900KS, First SK hynix Gen5 SSD

  Another week, and another podcast. It seems like our destiny. In the words of Darth Vader, join us, and together we can rule the galaxy as ... distant cousins? I think that's what he said. Topics below include such morsels...

  
• 03.19.2024

  Podcast #764 - AMD Makes 144 Hz Mandatory, 12GB DDR5 Sticks, CORSAIR K65 PLUS 75% Keyboard + MORE!

  This week we discuss AMD's new 144 Hz requirement for FreeSync certification, the "perfection" of 12GB RAM capacity, Corsair's K65 PLUS keyboard that's actually 75%, Epic gets expensive, mining with Ryzen and more topics (listed below). Recorded March 13, 2024....

  
• 03.09.2024

  Podcast #763 - GDDR7 Specs, NVIDIA Says No CUDA on Other GPUs, Crucial T705 Gen5 SSD, and MORE!

  We talked at length about various things, some of which were actually the topics at hand! The Apple M3, Android apps on Windows 11, and Roku agreement - or else.  See the list below for an approximation of the conversation....

  
• 03.03.2024

  Podcast #762 - AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE Review, RX 7700 XT Price Drop, Intel's New FET, and MORE

  Josh is traveling again, Kent is back, and we have plenty to discuss. Intel CPU crashes, the RX 7900 GRE, the AT&T; outage, Nvidia is the GPU cartel - it's all here in this one show!  Here us now, and...

  
• 02.23.2024

  Podcast #761 - NVIDIA's Insane AI Growth, 14900KS Imminent, Corsair A115 Air Cooler, CoolerMaster sues + MORE!

  After a couple of weeks we are back at full strength, and it will take our combined willpower to withstand the might of NVIDIA's ridiculous earnings report. We also talked about the reported listings for a 400W Core i9-14900KS, took...

  
• 02.19.2024

  Podcast #760 - ZLUDA for CUDA on AMD Cards, XBox Intel SoC Rumor, Ryzen 9 7945HX mITX Mobo + MORE

  Josh is back, but Brett was stuck at work - so we podcasted as a trio for the second week in a row. And this time, somehow (without Brett to add stories to the list), the entire show is just...

  
• 02.11.2024

  Podcast #759: Radeon RX 7900 XT Drops to 699 USD, Ryzen 8000G Thermals, ReBAR Mod for Older PCs + MORE!

  Josh abandoned us this week to stream himself virtually attending a Flight Simulator event, so you will have to contend with a trio of cranky people as we discuss another week's PC industry news. Sorry in advance - though Jeremy...

  
• 02.02.2024

  Podcast #758 - NVIDIA RTX 4080 SUPER, Process Node Marketing vs. Reality, Fosi ZA3 Amp, and MORE

  Another week, another NVIDIA SUPER launch. But this is the last one, we promise. (We hope.) You probably already know it's barely any faster than the original, but it's $200 less (in the USA anyhow) so who cares, right?? We talked...

  
• 01.26.2024

  Podcast #757: RTX 4070 Ti SUPER & Radeon RX 7600 XT Launch Reviews, Big Driver Updates, MORE

  Recorded live in GPU City, where a mutagen spill has radically altered our minds, but somehow left our bodies unchanged...and without any ninjutsu proficiency. Oh well, at least there are two GPU launches to talk about, and you'd better believe...

  
• 01.20.2024

  Podcast #756 - GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER launch, Thermal Paste vs. Kryosheet Pad, CES leftovers, & Much More

  We are back again this week to discuss, among other things, just how super the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER actually is. There are also some weird tales about display tech at CES, thermal pad vs. paste, more Windows LLM shenanigans,...

  
• 01.12.2024

  Podcast #755 - CES 2024 Show, RX 7600 XT & Ryzen CPUs, NVIDIA RTX Super, Corsair K55 CORE + more

  It's CES 2024 wrap-up time, and in this by no means comprehensive look at this year's show - the podcast crew covers some highlights, including AMD's newest GPU and new additions to the Ryzen lineup, plus NVIDIA's Super cards (and...

  
• 01.05.2024

  Podcast #754 - Pre-CES 2024 Show - AMD and NVIDIA Video Card Rumors, Ryzen AM5 APUs, and MORE

  It's the first podcast of the new year, and we are less than a week from CES 2024. What is in store? If we ignore the inevitable deluge of AI integration into every imaginable consumer electronic device at the show,...

  
• 12.22.2023

  Podcast #753 - RX 7700 XT Price Drop, FSR 3 Source Code, Intel Sticks with Foundry Business, Frame Gen + MORE!

  Ho ho ho! Josh has been naughty this year, but coal is controversial so we were forced to give him all of his presents anyway. But what, you may ask, about you, the viewer? Why, this podcast is your gift!...

  
• 12.17.2023

  Podcast #752 - Threadripper OC Blows a Fuse, TSMC 1.4nm, USB4 SSDs, RIP E3, 20Gbps Fiber, Flexispot & MORE

  This week we gather, virtually, to discuss a wide array of topics, listed below in the time stamps. Also, Josh eats one of the messiest looking things he has documented to date.  Bye E3, 1.4nm process nodes, 20GB "evil" networking,...

  
• 12.09.2023

  Podcast #751 - AMD AI, Intel Snake Oil, Radeon Idle Power, a Very Flat 40-inch Monitor, Win10 Forever, and MORE

  A picture is worth a thousand words, so a video this long must be worth about a billion. And that's how you'll feel, just watching it. Like a billion dollars.  We've got Intel Oil of Snake, Monitors so flat, Stay...

  
• 12.01.2023

  Podcast #750 - TSMC to Fab Intel CPUs, Google Drive Files Disappear, Shockingly Expensive SSD, Patch Your OwnCloud! + more

  In this special JoshTekk episode, we return from our Thanksgiving break with just over an hour of some of the best podcasting you'll ever experience in your life. Don't believe it? Watch, and be convinced.  We've got Tiny 11, OwnCloud...

  
• 11.17.2023

  Podcast #749 - Finally a Low Power Gen5 SSD Controller, 48GB Kingston DIMMs, NVIDIA Rumors, SanDisk Extreme Fails + MORE!

  We won't be podcasting next week, so we encourage you to watch this week's episode repeatedly until we return. We've got SanDisk Extreme Pro with a whole-lotta failures, Intel Arc updates!, GeForce Five-Oh rumors, Gaming industry layoffs and so much...

  
• 11.10.2023

  Podcast #748 - Arc A770 in $2K PCs, AMD Retiring Vega & Polaris, Intel Killed Cryo Cooling, MORE

  Ryan may not be back this week, but I'm sure viewers won't tune out in droves. Right? Right?? Hello??? No one left, eh? Well, we did a podcast anyway. So much ARM, too much for ARC, and AMD Polaris /...

  
• 11.03.2023

  Podcast #747 - Guest Ryan Shrout! Snapdragon Windows Benchmarks, Apple M3, ARM, Financial Stuff, etc.

  Ryan is back! At least, this week. As a guest. But he's BACK, darn it. We talked about stuff. M3. Qualcomm.  ARM.  So much financial. More topics in the time stamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Cold Open 00:45 Intro 04:39 Food with...

  
• 10.28.2023

  Podcast #746 - NVIDIA and AMD to Make Arm CPUs / Alan Wake 2 Ends the 1080 Ti Era / Bad PC Ports

  It was another week of news, rumors, game releases, four-year-old GPUs becoming irrelevant thanks to Mesh Shader support requirements, the industry freaking out about arm64 and declaring the death of x86, and other things. So many security fails to wedge...

  
• 10.20.2023

  Podcast #745 - Intel 14th Gen Launch, New FalconNW Talon, AMD Anti-Lag+ Pulled, Drop+xDuoo TA-84 Tube Amp + MoRe!

  Words flow from us at an alarming rate, but be not afraid; we are the harbingers of semi-literate PC hardware and software discussion. Also, burgers. In this episode, we discuss the VERY EXCITING Intel 14th Gen launch, look at a...

  
• 10.14.2023

  Podcast #744 - Intel Arc A580 Launch & A750 Price Drop, Windows 11 21H2 Already EOL, and MORE

  What is fifty-three minutes in time, and yet timeless? This episode of the PCPer podcast, of course! Yes, we made Podcast History (tm) once again this week, and did it in just under an hour. Listen again and again, savoring...

  
• 10.07.2023

  Podcast #743 - Arc A580 Appears? Radeon 7900 Discounts, RPi 5, 20 Gbps Portable SSDs, Win11 RGB, and MORE

  It might appear to be a lighter news week, but we still managed to talk for well over an hour, even after liberal editing.   We've got RGB, Pi, and Arc news of course, plus FSR and some fast and...

  
• 09.29.2023

  Podcast #742 - Ryan Leaves Intel, Herkelman Leaving AMD, Newegg GPU Trade-In, Laptop GPU CASO

  Ryan left Intel! What does this mean for PC Perspective?? Nothing, actually. Except that we get to pontificate about Ryan's future. Don't worry, we'll ask him to visit soon. It will be more interesting when he can tell us where...

  
• 09.22.2023

  Podcast #741 - Intel Meteor Lake, Early RTX 5090 Rumors, ROG Strix Scope II 96 Keyboard Review, AMD Anti-lag + MORE!

  The fab five are back at it again. Well, maybe not "fab" in the traditional sense, or even in the silicon sense. But we recorded a podcast and talked about various things anyway. Please consult the list below.  It includes...

  
• 09.15.2023

  Podcast #740 - Starfield Gets DLSS, iPhone 15, Cable-Free RTX 4070, WiFi 7 Routers, more FragBox

  We present for your approval just over one hour of hardware and gaming banter, from a personal computer perspective. Also we talked about iPhone stuff. Some of us are sorry about that.  Topical topics include Starfield, the lack of RX...

  
• 09.09.2023

  Podcast #739 - AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT Reviews, GPU Pricing Puzzlement, Starfield and MORE

  Are you ready for a podcast filled with verbose discussion interrupted by digressions into random topics? You've come to the right place!  We've got Security nightmares, Gaming updates, Starfield lunacy, regular lunacy, Intel Arc news and even Usenet! 00:00 Intro 01:41 Food...

  
• 09.02.2023

  Podcast #738 - Radeon RX 7800 XT & 7700 XT Announced, Falcon Northwest FragBox Review, and MORE

  We decided to podcast yet again this week because, honestly, you demand it (you know who you are). The show must go on, and we had a lot to talk about this week - and sometimes we even sounded halfway...

  
• 08.26.2023

  Podcast #737 - NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 & Monster Earnings, Case-Top GPUs, DUHD and OLED Monitors & MORE

  Do you like piña coladas, and getting caught in protracted discussions about DLSS 3.5 and NVIDIA quarterly financials? And that's just the FIRST HALF HOUR. You won't want to miss a single second of this episode. Also, there weren't any...

  
• 08.18.2023

  Podcast #736 - Intel Arc A750 Review, 96-Core Threadripper Leak, Inception Fix Hits Performance

  Who would have guessed it? We gathered and we made podcast history, AGAIN. An hour (or more!) of content, just ready to be watched, liked, subscribed. Topics include:  Dell doesn't like getting caught, the Intel Arc A750 reviewed, Inception fix...

  
• 08.12.2023

  Podcast #735 - No High-End RDNA 4 GPUs? NVIDIA Bets Farm on AI, AMD Face Joins Intel, Delidding 13900KS plus more!

  We're back with a podcast that's BIGGER and possibly BETTER than ever before. We talk about the latest news and rumors, and Kent goes absolutely crazy in his quest to tame the thermals from his Core i9-13900KS.  Security Corner scares...

  
• 08.04.2023

  Podcast #734 - AMD Brings X3D to Laptops, New RDNA3 GPUs Coming Soon, AMD & Intel Earnings, Gaming Deals!

  Podcast history has been made. The first and ONLY PC Perspective podcast number 734 has been recorded, edited, and uploaded. This is the video, as if you needed further proof.  We've got AMD gaming CPUs for laptops, Intel and AMD...

  
• 07.29.2023

  Podcast #733 - AMD Phoenix Driver, Solidigm 61.44 TB SSD, Win11 Copilot, Mandatory Arc News, Helpful Tech!

  When it came time to make an episode, we did this.  Solidigm blesses us with gigantic SSDs now, Futurama is back, the future of Windows is bloatware, and AMD finally offers a Phoenix driver.  Plus security scares with Mikrotik and...

  
• 07.21.2023

  Podcast #732 - ASUS Nabs NUC, RX 7800 Performance Rumor, Zero RTX 4060 Ti 16GB Reviews, and MORE

  This week we gather yet again for an unforgettable hour. An hour you will cherish forever. Or, just skip around using the time stamps. We can't stop you.  Take in the Corsair DROP acquisition, the Asus Intel NUC acquisition, Linux...

  
• 07.15.2023

  Podcast #731 - RIP Intel NUC / No RTX 4060 Ti 16GB Reviews? / Crucial T700 Gen5 SSD Performance

  Another hour plus of tech talk from your favorite group of podcasters (and also Sebastian). Topics below. Recorded July 12, 2023. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:47 Food with Josh 04:09 Intel to end NUC production 06:27 Buy a 2TB Intel 670p NVMe SSD for $69...

  
• 07.07.2023

  Podcast #730 - RIP 12VHPWR Already? Microcenter Ryzen 5 5600X3D, Where is HYPR-RX? RTX 4080 Price Drop & MORE

  Post-July 4th holiday here in the USA and everyone has all of their fingers. Which enables some of us to use clicky keyboards during the podcast recording! What could be more perfect. And just look at that list of topics. ...

  
• 06.30.2023

  Podcast #729: RTX 4060 Review, AMD Blocking DLSS?, Gaming Chairs, Fosi Audio V3 Amp & MORE

  We talk at some length about the RTX 4060 and competing products that offer a better value right now, plus other stuff like so much bad news in Security, Windows in the Clouds, and AMD anti-DLSS drama!  See the list...

  
• 06.23.2023

  Podcast #728 - Intel Discontinues Arc A770 Card, Core Desktop Rebrand, AI Ruins Search, Ultra CPUs and MORE

  No, Arc isn't EOL - just the flagship card made by Intel. It doesn't bode well, as Battlemage seems pretty far away, and the A770 seems to have run its course with A750 getting all of Intel's marketing attention lately....

  
• 06.17.2023

  Podcast #727 - 4060 Launch Moves Up, AMD AI, GPU Sales Plummet, Thermaltake Ceres 500, Clippy! and MORE!

  It was another week, and that means more pcper podcast goodness. Josh had his very, very old headset and a bad laptop sound card on the road with him, Kent was back again, with a fab case review and we...

  
• 06.10.2023

  Podcast #726 - Fractal Terra Review, Ryzen 8000 and Zen 4c, Radeon 7600 Beats 7900 XTX? And MORE

  It's been another week, and that means another PCPer podcast. Good thing Josh had another tantalizing burger, because he needed his strength to talk for over an hour about the latest in PC hardware and software. But let's not bury...

  
• 06.03.2023

  Podcast #725 - Can Storage Save PC Gaming? Allyn Joins Us, Computex Highlights, Reviews, & MORE

  Allyn Malventano joins us for a very special (and storage-centric) episode! We talk about some of the things at Computex that captured our interest, and have an extended discussion about the promise of DirectStorage and how it could solve the...

  
• 05.26.2023

  Podcast #724 - The Worst Received Graphics Card Launch of All Time (and MORE Extreme topics!)

  You love to hate it, it's the pcper podcast! Wait - that's not right. You probably just love to hate overpriced, underspecified hardware. Oh well. That's the world we live in now.   Other things include IE11 will be "forever", The...

  
• 05.20.2023

  Podcast #723 - Intel Arc Balanced Builds, ASUS Changes Warranty, Monoprice Mic & be quiet! Dark Power reviews + MORE!

  Catch up with the Monoprice Mic and be quiet! Dark Power 850w reviews, plus SSD performance software from Solidigm, and a big balanced build discussion. This was recorded the night before NVIDIA announced the GeForce RTX 4060 Family but we...

  
• 05.14.2023

  Podcast #722 - 16GB RTX 4060 SKU, Big Hard Drives Failing Faster, DDR4 Price Drops Again, Hacking & AI + more!

  Another podcast has occurred, and we had more to talk about than originally anticipated.  Such as that MSI hack which keeps on giving and if you've got a flickering monitor - check your chair!  MS and AMD vs Nvidia, large...

  
• 05.06.2023

  Podcast #721 - RIP Microsoft, Solidigm Synergy, Intel's Terrible Quarter, Arc GPU News, AMD TPM exploit and MORE

  It's our seven hundred and twenty-first podcast! And what a podcast it is. We even had a fake visit from Allyn, who didn't join us because I forgot to ask him to. And so many other topics like Ryzen burns,...

  
• 04.29.2023

  Podcast #720 - Self-Destructing Ryzen 7000 CPUs, RX 7600 XT and RTX 4060 Ti Rumors, Lexar's DDR5-6000 and MORE

  Are you ready to overreact to the latest explosive computer hardware drama?? Sure, AMD has found the root cause already (I added their latest statement to the show during editing), but when we recorded this the subject was very hot....