The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

Episode 58: This week we discuss the RTX 5080 (and how underwhelming it is), more implications for the GPU market, some current thoughts on the Arc B580 and Steve's lukewarm take on Radeon's future.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:38 - Initial Thoughts on the RTX 5080

08:40 - The Configuration is Wrong

15:25 - Nvidia's Strategy

27:21 - Nvidia is Hurting Their Brand Now

37:13 - RTX 40 Series vs RTX 50 Series

45:44 - Difficulties in Achieving Gains vs Honest Marketing

55:17 - Current State of Intel Arc B580

1:03:07 - Steve's Take on Radeon

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Episode 57: We're back for 2025 and ready to discuss the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, the implications for the rest of the 50 series, Frame Generation and Nvidia's marketing, plus plenty more GPU stuff

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:41 - Initial Thoughts on the RTX 5090

21:11 - Nvidia Pulling the Intel CPU Strategy

29:57 - Competition is the Answer

37:07 - AMD Delayed Their GPUs to Respond

45:51 - Real RTX 5090 Price Predictions

49:48 - DLSS Multi Frame Generation Marketing

1:04:38 - Jensen's Marketing

1:13:44 - Final Thoughts on the RTX 5090

1:17:41 - Updates From Our Boring Lives, But Actually More GPU Stuff

1:32:44 - The Real Boring Life Section

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Episode 56: With the Intel Arc B580 now on shelves, we recap the launch and review. Was this a paper launch? Can Intel gain market share with this strategy? Should Intel cancel Arc GPUs? Does this spell trouble for AMD Radeon?

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:39 - Intel Arc B580 Launch Recap

19:58 - It's Not a Paper Launch

26:24 - This Launch Exposes Radeon's Blunders

30:50 - The Plan to Build Market Share

40:34 - Genuine Competition for Radeon?

58:25 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 55: Intel's Tom Petersen joins the podcast to chat about Arc Battlemage! We discuss fixing and improving game compatibility, the importance of enough VRAM, hardware design decisions including the die size, the future of the Arc division, XeSS 2 frame generation and plenty more.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

02:12 - The Journey from Alchemist to Battlemage

09:21 - Hardware Changes and Improving Game Compatibility

15:13 - The Importance of VRAM

20:11 - GPU Design Choices and Improvements

34:18 - The Price

38:12 - The Future of Arc: On the Chopping Block?

48:28 - XeSS 2 Frame Generation and XeLL

1:19:45 - Ray Tracing on Arc Battlemage

1:25:32 - Outro

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Episode 54: YouTube turned us Spanish! Also, we do a full recap on the state of ray tracing for PC gaming right now, looking back to the original RTX 20 series GPUs to how things are going now. Has Nvidia simply used ray tracing to upsell you on a more expensive graphics card?

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - YouTube Turned us Spanish

13:50 - Ray Tracing, Where Does it Stand Right Now?

34:20 - Ray Tracing vs High Refresh Rate

42:27 - Ray Tracing is About the Upsell

53:41 - We Expected Ray Tracing to be Better By Now

58:09 - The Chicken and the Egg

1:03:44 - The Future of Ray Tracing

1:24:23 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 53: We've been testing games this week, including S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and Flight Simulator 2024, so we discuss how these games run on PC. Loading issues, punishing CPU requirements, VRAM issues and more.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

04:07 - Testing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2

14:51 - VRAM is An Issue Again

34:18 - Floaty Controls and Frame Generation

39:04 - Testing Flight Simulator 2024

46:51 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 52: More discussion on Arrow Lake and Intel's promised updates, a preliminary look at the 9800X3D that has blown up on someone's AM5 motherboard, a chat about how social media is crap now and yes... more discussion of 4K CPU gaming benchmarks.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:31 - Intel Promises Arrow Lake Improvements

21:51 - Social Media Sucks Now

47:28 - Possible Installation Error Blows Up 9800X3D

58:56 - More Discussion of CPU Benchmarking at 4K

1:21:36 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 51: After the impressive launch of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, we go into more detail on our thoughts on the CPU, its performance, and Intel's troubles in the CPU market as a result. We also chat about CPU reviews, misconceptions and how people should think about buying a CPU.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:49 - A Little Bit on the 9800X3D and Motherboards

16:01 - Extended Thoughts on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D

39:54 - Intel Are In Trouble

55:18 - CPU Testing Misconceptions

1:05:45 - How to Buy a Gaming CPU

1:23:02 - Steve Has An Idea

1:30:10 - 1440p and 4K CPU Testing Isn't Inaccurate, But...

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Episode 50: Following on from the reviews of Intel Arrow Lake, we go into much more detail on the new CPUs, the review process and comparisons to Zen 5 reviews

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:25 - Arrow Lake Deep Dive

32:07 - The Difference Between Arrow Lake and Zen 5 Reviews

1:09:45 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 49: We discuss X870 testing and motherboard quality, along with the 5800X3D being discontinued, and a bit of weirdness between MSI and AMD after MSI leaked 9800X3D performance numbers

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:43 - Updates from X870 Motherboard Testing

20:11 - The Ryzen 7 5800X3D Has Been Retired

31:00 - MSI Leaks 9800X3D Performance

34:52 - MSI's Weird Relationship with AMD

53:36 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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