The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

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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Episode 17: A mixture of things in this episode, including discussion on the Igor's Lab testing of an Alphacool fan, rumors of a rather pointless RTX 3050 6GB, Intel frame extrapolation technology, our favorite hardware releases of 2023 and of course, updates from Steve's holiday.

NEWS STORIES

Igor's Lab Website: https://www.igorslab.de/en/

Der8auer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHNXFgSonWI&t=1s

RTX 3050 6GB Rumors: https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-6gb-reportedly-launches-in-february-2024-at-179

Intel ExtraSS: https://wccftech.com/intel-frame-generation-technology-xess-coming-soon-extrass-frame-extrapolation-boost-game-fps/

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

01:40 - Igor's Lab Alphacool Fan Testing

40:00 - Rumor: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Coming Soon

50:30 - Intel ExtraSS Frame Extrapolation Technology

56:21 - Our Favorite Hardware Releases of 2023

1:04:49 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 16: Simon from TFT Central joins to chat about everything monitor related. The best displays of 2023, the battle between OLED and LCD in 2024, the current state of bad monitor marketing, deal breakers, 500Hz brilliance and more

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

02:45 - Favorite Monitor of 2023

05:34 - OLED vs LCD in 2024

20:17 - Are 4K 240Hz OLEDs Really Coming in January?

26:54 - WOLED vs QD-OLED vs LCD Panel Coating

38:50 - Most Important Aspects to Monitor Performance

46:26 - Monitor Deal Breakers

56:12 - Worst Aspects to Monitor Market

1:22:14 - Is The Future 500Hz Refresh Rates?

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Episode 15: We chat about Nvidia's rumored RTX 4090 D for China, get the latest updates on Steve's Threadripper system, then break down the main areas AMD, Intel and Nvidia need to improve on in 2024. Also, Steve's got a windshield story and Tim gives his thoughts on Alan Wake II.

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

00:36 - Nvidia Gives the D to RTX 4090s in China

12:12 - Steve's Threadripper System Updates

17:20 - Improvements for AMD in 2024

35:53 - Improvements for Nvidia in 2024

42:36 - Improvements for Intel in 2024

58:43 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 14: Steve details even more issues with his Threadripper systems, including some oddities with new Zen 4 models, plus we discuss rumors surrounding Nvidia RTX 40 Super graphics cards. What should Nvidia do to fix the Ada Lovelace generation? What will they do?

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

02:35 - Steve Rants About Threadripper 7000 Issues

21:50 - General Zen 4 Threadripper Thoughts

29:53 - We Discuss Nvidia RTX 40 Super GPU Rumors

44:48 - Will Nvidia AI Boom Make Nvidia Super Series Worse?

52:53 - Updates from Our Boring Lives

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Episode 13: This week we chat about new Ryzen 5000 X3D CPU rumors, give our "solutions" to game optimization challenges, give more thoughts on Intel APO and discuss playing Cyberpunk 2077 with path tracing and all the DLSS features enabled.

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

01:59 - Rumor: New AMD Zen 3 X3D CPUs?

12:15 - What Are the Solutions to Poor Game Optimization?

35:24 - Is Intel APO a Marketing Stunt?

45:01 - Playing Cyberpunk 2077 with PT and DLSS

1:09:33 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 12: This week we discuss why the Epic Games Store keeps losing tons of money (and why Steam is king), we give our thoughts on AMD ending driver support for Vega GPUs, and share what we think about YouTube taking much more serious steps towards blocking adblockers

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

00:52 - The Epic Games Store Sucks and Loses Money

30:05 - AMD Ends Driver Support for Vega GPUs

38:36 - Our Thoughts on YouTube Blocking Adblock

59:54 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 11: After looking at Alan Wake 2 recently, we're doing a deep dive episode on whether 30 FPS gaming is "unplayable" or whether it's more just "unenjoyable" or even at times "playable"

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

02:29 - Is 30 FPS Gaming Unplayable?

06:32 - All FPS Rates are Playable, Unplayable is Subjective

16:03 - Type of Input Device Matters

22:10 - Being Sold a 30 FPS Experience is Bad

26:21 - 30 FPS Reduces Visual Quality

38:34 - 30 FPS Might Be Okay When There's No Choice

49:39 - Alan Wake 2 Has No Native TAA Mode

57:47 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 10: A quick chat about Cities Skylines 2 is followed with us reacting, laughing and just having fun with some of the worst comments we've received on our videos recently. Also, hear more about mowers from Steve, and Starfield from Tim

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

02:31 - RTX 4090 Pricing and Cities Skylines 2

11:40 - Reacting to Really Bad Comments

55:41 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

1:00:00 - Tim's Thoughts on Starfield

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Episode 9: Intel released some pointless refreshed CPUs, AMD made yet another Radeon blunder with Anti-Lag+ banning gamers, new GRE GPUs from AMD plus discussion of Threadripper 7000. It's a news episode full of our thoughts on the hottest topics across the past week.

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

00:47 - Intel Has "New" 14th-gen Desktop CPUs

18:36 - Intel Has A Power Consumption Problem

28:22 - Intel's Lack of Platform Support

36:09 - AMD Hurts Reputation Again with Anti-Lag+ Debacle

45:51 - New Radeon RX 6750 GRE GPU

50:20 - Threadripper 7000 Launch and Our Experience Using Threadripper

1:10:52 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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