PC Perspective Podcast

Not a heavy news week, but still much fun to be had!  But ... this makes for a 45 minute show after the fluff was removed (and if you like all the fun+ fluff, visit patreon.com/pcper !)  Radeon pricing adjustment, Agesa 24GB support issues, Nvidia hot fixes CPU usage, more RTX 3060's are probably on the way, TPM 2.0 is probably terrible, and AMD might preview FSR 3.0 and so much more!   Timestamps...

We recovered from the Midwest ice storm that knocked out power at podcast HQ for a few days using one weird trick, and you'll never believe what happened next! (Recorded March 1, 2023.) Intel Arc fresh takes, Ryzen 9 7950X3D perf talk, Nvidia financials, Microsoft asks you to stop using Chrome + security and gaming fun! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:50 Burger of the Week 04:58 Ryzen 9 7950X3D launch...

Where did we learn to podcast like this? 7-Eleven probably.  Ryzen 7950X3D is available (in Europe), AI goes wild, AMD released RX 6000 drivers finally!  The PCIe 4 NVME SP UD90 is very decent, and Intel brings back some sort of HEDT CPUs.  Much more fun for episode 7-11 with dead IE, Security issues and RGB! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:53 Burger of the Week 05:46 New Radeon RX 6000 drivers! 14:19...

Intel Arc day 1 drives for Hogwarts, our review of the very fast Samsung 4TB T7 shield, the Thermalright Intel CPU frame works magic on the 13900KS, both Microsoft and Adobe want your PDFs, and Tiny 11 (no relation to Tiny Rick), why is Josh finally cleaning his room plus much more!!   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:59 No burger this week?! 04:58 Mandatory Intel Arc coverage! A new driver... (and some...

This week we assemble yet again to talk about AMD's big reveal - and now that the wait for Ryzen 7000X3D Series pricing and availability information is over, the wait for physical Ryzen 7000X3D Series product begins. Not to be outdone, Intel has lowered Arc A750 pricing and provided a new driver with even faster DX9 performance! Just don't look at their quarterly financial statement. AMD, on the o...

It was a day just like last Wednesday. A day in which we talked about more PC hardware and software news, including more contradictory information about upcoming Ryzen 7000 Series X3D processors. We talked at great length, and we did it live. This version however, is not live.  Subjects can be found in the time stamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:54 Burger of the Week 03:33 Arc 4090! (driver)...

This time we report, speculate, paraphrase, and pontificate on another week's worth of product launches, press releases, and insecurity news. Also, a burger.  Apple M2's many things, Intel does 13900KS and Gen 4 scalable Xeons, CAMM winns finally, 30TB of Micron and Monoprice small speakers.  See the timestamps below for all the rest! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:11 Burger of the Week 02:50 Intel la...

Our second show of 2023, and, debatably, our best so far this year.  AMD responds to XTX throttling, our Sapphire NITRO+ RX 7900 XTX GPU review, so many security issues (password hacking), AMD Ryzen Non-X CPUs are upon us almost, will MSI's Afterburner flameout?  Adobe really thanks you for training its AI + so much more!  Drop in for the tech news, stay for the food segment, and let the banter pu...

Kicking off the PCPer 2023 podcast by ... podcasting! The 4070 Ti review you needed!  The roasting of the RX 7900 XTX continues.  Solidigm P44 Pro drives ... Intel reborn? (yes essentially)  Also Intel lets loose with a slew of skus.  ASUS WiFi spider-looking router!  Security tears!  Gaming smiles!  Josh brings the food.  And much more... Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:10 Food with Josh 04:10 AMD Ryz...

It's the last show of 2022, but we didn't do a "year end" retrospective thing.  Another week of tech news, some food with Josh and a nice review of the Fractal Ridge from Kent. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:13 Food with Josh 02:45 AMD Ryzen non-X CPU rumors / current prices 11:29 Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Ryzen 5 7600X 18:26 How smart is SAM with Navi 31? 20:43 A keyboard with its own GPU...among other thin...

The long-anticipated RDNA 3 launch has finally happened. Are you still excited? Do you want to know what Josh thinks about it? What about that other guy? You know, the Canadian? Sad security news, gaming updates plus way MORE as you can clearly see from the timestamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:32 Food with Josh 03:13 Radeon RX 7900 Series review and discussion 28:40 Is RNDA 3 broken? 32:04...

It's awards season, and we have an award-winning podcast for you this week. Just read the reviews: "Josh steals the show in this delightful podcast. Five stars." - JoshTekk Reviews Full list of subjects below. Please, for the safety of those around you, try to contain your excitement. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:21 Food with Josh 01:56 Intel Arc DX9 update 05:50 Report on Radeon RX 7900 launch supp...

AMD lowered prices on their Zen 4 processors, but for how long? Also, we look at a massive aftermarket RTX 4080 from MSI, with none other than the SUPRIM X edition of the card. Plus other things, including a gaming chair review from Jeremy and the state of the GPU market. Don't forget all the super scary security issues! Full list in the time stamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:11 Food with J...

We have made it to episode 700!!! Sure, only half of the crew made it this far, but that's just how it goes. It's a war of attrition, and Jeremy was there from episode one (Josh joined a bit later). And this week we decided to gather, virtually, once again, and talk about the most affordable graphics card ever made! RTX 4080 review, gaming PC building vs consoles, Nvidia earnings, some good securi...

We are back after a week off (mostly spent traveling to the AMD event), and can finally talk about Radeon RX 7000 Series specs and pricing, and try to extrapolate (very popular word these days) performance. In fact, I think Josh may have over-extrapolated himself, but he will recover soon. We also talked about other stuff, as Brett tried to make it more balanced, in spite of my best efforts. Full...

This week we talk about Intel Core i9-13900K performance and power, dip our toes into the emerging RTX 4090 power adapter discussion (the night before Igor's Lab released a more definitive look at the problem), and chat about NVIDIA's RTX 4080 12GB un-launching.  Plus one more hurrah for Window 10 updates, updates for Display Port and Thunderbolt (and even our old friend AIDA64!).   We also talked...

Recorded October 12, 2022. You know, a couple of days before NVIDIA unlaunched the RTX 4080 12GB. Guess we'll talk about that NEXT week. On this day, we conversed about the RTX 4090's performance, talked about how thermal paste buildup can affect your life, looked at pictures of Intel's massive new NUC Extreme, and Kent reviewed the Thermaltake The Tower 500 (yes it is called "The Tower") Snow (as...

Recorded on October 5, 2022. The panel discusses Intel Arc A770 and A750 reviews, AMD Ryzen 7000 undervolting, and we go hands on with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition card. More subjects in the time stamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:41 Food with Josh 4:08 More intro stuff 05:42 Intel Arc A770 and A750 reviews 19:06 AMD Ryzen 7000 undervolting 29:05 NVIDIA RTX 4090 in hand 33:42...

We're back after a week off - and there's been a ton of news in the meantime. Prepare yourself for some very long form content as we talk about AMD Ryzen 7000 for half an hour, and later talk about NVIDIA's RTX 40 Series for nearly as long. Then there's Intel 13th gen, ARM, EVGA breakupPlus a lot of other stuff. It's in the time stamps below.  Enjoy! 00:00 Intro 02:27 Food with Josh 04:06 30 minut...

Catch those final 4090 series rumors, revel in the 50% off current GPU pricing, lament at the Windows 11 beta-ness of it all.  Cry at the security vulnerabilities and jump with joy for gaming news.  It's all here.  For you.  Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:22 Food with Josh (and Corrine) 04:27 One more RTX 4090 rumor segment before GTC 13:07 GPUs now half of their inflated peak pricing 15:09 AMD admits...

AMD 670E pricing is extreme alright, but so is their mobile CPU naming conventions?  This is also the audio review show you never knew you wanted, enjoy that.  Apple held some sort of iPhone event.  And USB4v2 is so well named.  Intel Arc news of course too. Who wants subjective audio reviews? How about THREE of them, in a row!! Ok, skip all that if you want to, but the first half of the show is n...

AMD Ryzen 7000 and AM5 - All the things.  Rumors on the RTX 4070, ARC GPU on Intel, Apple does "Right to Repair" ... uh huh.  Gaming updates for System Shock and Razer mice. Security issues for 80,000 devices, how fun! This week the hardware talk got so hot that Jeremy's system overheated. Don't worry, he took off the side panel and pointed a box fan at it (a true story), and we were able to make...

RTX 4080 power projections and rumors, ASUS AM5 board updates and recall, new VESA ClearMR standards, Homekit is good, Hyundais get hacked, and Nvidia made less money.  V-Color DDR5-6600 review and much more. Another installment of the world's most famous podcast bearing the name PCPer. A full list of this week's subjects can be found in the time stamps, below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:35 Burger...

This week is very heavy on product reviews, though we do begin with our traditional Intel Arc news - and this time there's a retail card available right here in the USA! As if this isn't enough to excite you into a frenzy, AMD is announcing a livestream in which they will announce new CPUs that you can eventually buy at a later date! Timestamps 00:00 Intro 02:02 Retail Intel Arc A380 card availabl...

It's another week, and another PCPer podcast! Recorded August 10, 2022. News is first, and while it may be mid-August of 2022, NVIDIA had a bad quarter in Q2 2023 already. Not the first thing we'd do if time travel was realized, but it takes all kinds. We also discuss reports of the AMD Ryzen 7000 DDR5 sweet spot, look at some re-purposed retro tech from the 2022 Hackaday Prize winners, and look i...