Episode 75: Jarrod from Jarrod's Tech joins us to talk about gaming laptops. We discuss the situation with horrible laptop GPU names, poor VRAM configurations, absurd pricing for higher tier models and whether gaming laptops actually make sense to begin with.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

01:32 - VRAM on Laptops

06:25 - RTX 5090 Laptop vs Desktop

18:22 - Absurd Laptop Pricing

30:37 - Do Gaming Laptops Make Sense?

38:43 - Laptop Displays

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Episode 74: Simon from TFTCentral joins us at Computex to discuss everything we saw at the show, our favorite upcoming monitors, impressions from various products, the future of OLED monitors and more.

TFTCENTRAL

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

01:47 - Our Favorite Monitors from Computex

19:01 - Thoughts on More Glossy WOLED Displays

28:34 - Other New Monitor Developments

38:50 - Current State of Ultrawides

48:02 - The Short Term Future of QD-OLED

58:24 - Panel Roadmaps, Expectations for Late 2025 and Early 2026

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Episode 73: Now that the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is released and we have reviewed both models, we give some further thoughts on the 16GB card, the 8GB card, the weirdness around the launch (samples, NDAs) and where AMD have gone wrong

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

03:50 - The RX 9060 XT 16GB is Decent

14:11 - The RX 9060 XT 8GB is Problematic

31:26 - RX 9060 XT 8GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

40:50 - AMD Stuffs Up The Review Program

1:10:56 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 72: Live from Computex in Taipei, we discuss the latest in graphics cards, including how we managed to review the GeForce RTX 5060 from our hotel room, and what we think about the Radeon RX 9060 XT now that it's been officially announced.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

03:21 - We Reviewed the RTX 5060 in Taiwan

19:54 - Thoughts on the 9060 XT Launch

37:58 - Outro

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Episode 71: We chat about potential upcoming Intel Arc GPUs including the B770 and B580 24GB, discuss the RX 9060 XT and what AMD might do with pricing, and round out the chat with some discoveries about laptop GPUs.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

05:13 - Intel Arc B770, Is It Real?

22:10 - New Arc B580 Configurations?

26:18 - Lead-Up to the RX 9060 XT

39:04 - Price Considerations and Concerns with 9060 XT

1:04:30 - The RTX 5090 Laptop is a Joke

1:14:25 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 70: Not content on just hiding the RTX 5060, Nvidia have decided to bury reviews through questionable timing and a lack of drivers. So we discuss that on today's podcast.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:38 - Nvidia Buries the RTX 5060 Even Deeper

20:15 - But the Steam Survey!

32:22 - Is The RX 9060 XT Even Worse?

39:13 - 8GB is Holding PC Gaming Back

58:52 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 69: The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB is really bad, there are many problems with it (especially at the price), so is the upcoming AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB in trouble? We discuss all of that in today's episode, and yes, we're getting into VRAM yet again.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:33 - 8GB GPUs are Dead on Arrival

13:54 - The Main Problem is the Name

34:56 - Can it Use the Advertised Features?

41:18 - AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Rumor Talk

59:16 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 68: Nvidia has just released the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and the RTX 5060 is coming soon so we break all of that down in today's episode.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:31 - The Meeting with Nvidia

10:26 - Why Does the 8GB Model Exist?

25:40 - GPU VRAM vs Console VRAM History

42:31 - The RTX 5060 Ti 8GB is a Trap

54:45 - Ray Tracing Hot Takes

1:04:13 - Did the 8GB Card Taint the 16GB Card?

1:16:57 - AMD Has an Opportunity

1:21:11 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 67: Being accused of faking benchmarks and some really poor testing has turned Steve into a rage monster this episode as we break down the Arc B580 CPU overhead situation

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:39 - The Arc B580 CPU Overhead Issue is Real

14:15 - Lower End Parts Can Be CPU Limited

21:31 - The Influx of Comments

29:38 - The PRO Hi-Tech Video and Language Barrier

37:30 - The Testing Was Bad

45:39 - PRO Hi-Tech Response

1:07:30 - That's Not How to Test CPU Overhead

1:26:05 - Final Thoughts

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Episode 66: This week Steve decided to try comedy, tariffs were announced that will probably hurt the prices of PC gaming components, and we saw some GPU rumors

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:36 - Steve Trolls People With 4K CPU Testing

25:33 - Our Dumb Early Thoughts on Tariffs

36:51 - RX 9070 GRE Rumor Chat

44:23 - We're Going to Computex

52:14 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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