PC Perspective Podcast

The most anticipated graphics card launch in many a year is upon us, and of course the story has become pricing and availability yet again (unless you live in one of the 19 States that Microcenter occupies).  Also more 12VHPWR monitoring options, Firefox terms of use change for worse probably, and some Half Life 3 rumors. Still. We are please to welcome back Incogni as a sponsor! Your information...

We recorded a podcast before AMD announced the 599/549 USD pricing for the RTX 9070 cards, but you can enjoy our uninformed speculation just the same!   This is a show filled with issues.  Have some. We are pleased to introduce our latest sponsor: Incogni! Your information is being exposed by data brokers to possible identity theft, scams, online harassment, stalking or even unwanted marketing. Ta...

We had a podcast. Routine. We talked about NVIDIA for the first 20 plus minutes straight. Routine. But also on the menu is next gen Intel GPUs, Windows 11 mods, and all hail the dead Humane AI Pin. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:10 Food with Josh 04:03 RTX 5070 Ti review and general discussion 20:10 NVIDIA Verified Priority Access for RTX 50 FE cards 21:12 First report of RTX 5080 connector melting 22...

Josh proves that he's the host with the most - and guides us through a brisk show that ends just before the really good stuff. Probably. Also, his cat tried to host.  We've got the "best" NVME, the most expensive 5090, melty parts, EVGA talk and there is no Subnautica 2 playtest - STOP CLICKING on things! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:57 (no) Food with Josh 03:54 Radeon RX 9070 XT listed early in Can...

It was another week in computer hardware, and Brett is BACK to help us talk about it. We've got so much Financial Talk, some RX 9070 info, comparisons to the 5070ti, and much more!  List of topics below. 00:00 Intro 01:58 Food with Josh 04:01 Radeon RX 9070 reportedly launches March 6 14:17 X3D is everything (well, 90 percent) 16:36 Quarterly Financial Segment Part 1 - Intel 22:00 Quarterly Financ...

It's quite a lot about the latest Nvidia GPUs, power and performance numbers and value.  You GTX 10 series is going to be left behind soon, Windows is forcing some updates, and QNAP actually fixes something.  All that and so much more! 00:00 Intro 02:16 Food with Josh (a tragedy) 05:32 RTX 5080 performance 14:26 Compute performance is a underrated part of the RTX 50 Series story 18:33 More RTX 509...

The RTX 5090 is almost here, and we discuss the performance and value proposition that some have called the RTX 4090 Ti that never was. We also talk about the delayed release of AMD's latest Radeon GPUs, and much more.    See the timestamps for all the topical goodness. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:19 Food with Josh 03:58 RTX 5090 Review 25:24 Kingpin switching teams? 29:27 Some RTX 40 Series cards...

NVIDIA's latest GPUs are almost here, but we can already tell you that 12GB is the new 8GB. Arc is the true way! (Ok, maybe not, but Josh did buy one.) And, of course, 3dfx had it all figured out with their external power supply for the Voodoo 6000. (note the thumbnail) Microsoft is bringing more AI to raster pipeline, VLC is bringing more AI to just videos, the RTX 50 series will be incredibly po...

CES 2025 wrap-up show, featuring at least 15% more energy than last week!  We've got semi-hot takes on some CES 2025 gear, discussions on Nvidia cards, what's up with AMD, Thermaltake, HDMI and the usual cadre of Security scares.   Even DOOM gets in on the act. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:28 Food with Josh 02:54 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series announcement 08:44 AMD’s curious lack of Radeon news 13:53...

Our first podcast of 2025 is the reason that playback speed control exists. Just set to at least 1.5x and you should be able to stay awake through most of it.  But do stay for the RTX rumors, the "AirJet" cooling, hot takes on 12vHPWR, and the usual suspects on the (in)Security portion. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:59 Food with Josh (minus the food) 01:46 NVIDIA RTX 50 Series rumors and pricing disc...

We present our ULTIMATE podcast for the year 2024. See you next year (as in a couple of weeks from now)! And remember, when you want more hard drive capacity, you need to get perpendicular: https://archive.org/details/get-perpendicular 00:00 Intro 04:03 Food with Josh 06:45 Intel shares update about Arrow Lake S performance 10:00 Arc B580 performance and value 17:13 Is NVIDIA brave enough to relea...

A fantastic show - as you have come to expect.  Does Microsoft support installation without TPM?  Intel needs a reinvention moment, Arrow Lake fix doesn't seem like a good "fix" yet, LLM hallucination returns, and what is this Wubuntu thing again?  Plus much more! Timestamps:  00:00 Intro  01:32 Food with Josh  02:42 Microsoft suddenly supports TPM-free Windows 11 installs  05:53 Intel wants to re...

After a week off, we expected to have at least a few things to talk about. But it turned out to be a very busy few days, including the sudden "retirement" of Intel's CEO... Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:00 Food with Josh 05:52 Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Departs 16:09 Intel Arc Battlemage 26:33 ASRock PPM driver boosts Arrow Lake gaming perf 29:25 Radeon RX 8800 XT rumor 34:09 If you use eSCL devices, no...

We made it to 800! It's amazing what can be done by simply sitting in front of a PC and chatting with a few friends for an hour or two almost every Wednesday night for many years in a row.  Stick around for 9800X3D talk (of course), (in)Security scares, and a quick review of some RGB free ram!  Oh Nvidia financials, some Ryzen turbo, and Win 11 smacking around. 00:00 Intro 04:06 Food with Josh 05:...

We are on the brink of history, as next podcast will be number 800. It's been a long ride, with our first show way back in 2007... Don't worry, this isn't goodbye. This is a podcast. A podcast about computer stuff. (And burgers.)  Be prepared for D-Link whipping, massive NVME cooling, and of course, special guest Lara Croft.   00:00 Intro 02:58 Food with Josh 04:55 Intel is sorry about the Arrow L...

Do you like product review coverage for products that are sold out and currently on eBay for hundreds of dollars more? Perfect! We talk about the 9800X3D a lot on this show, and Josh was right about it selling out (and Sebastian was WRONG WRONG WRONG). But also ... GTA5 sales (why not?), Recall Recall, Windows 10 continued support and please please, won't you use Bing? Recorded November 6, 2024 00...

Welcome to the creepiest PC hardware podcast on the net, and that's on a NORMAL week. We've got Intel Core Ultra, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Windows 24H2 ... but will we surpass our own standard with this VERY SPECIAL Halloween episode? You will have to watch to find out... Skip to 31:35 for the official Ryzen 7 9800X3D announcement (recorded on October 31) Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 04:02 Food with Josh 13:56...

What a week. So much exciting news to cover, including the extremely well-received new Intel Core Ultra desktop processors! Does sarcasm evident? Anyhow, we received them, too, but without a motherboard, so not much tested happened before this launch.  No worries, we're getting a board, and have turned off our AI assistants.  Or have we? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Food with Josh 04:10 Observing...

We've got Intel and AMD teaming up, Click2Cancel making waves, so much ARM discussion where it wasn't meant to be, Windows 11 BSODs (suprise!), a bunch of X86 discussion and a terrible amount of security nightmares!  Should be fun, take a listen!  00:00 Intro 03:07 Food with Josh 05:22 Intel and AMD team up for the good of x86 08:59 The x86 discussion shifts to Arm at this point 10:18 Arm discussi...

It was an AMD-heavy show last week, so how about an IntelCast? (Don't worry, there's a lot of non-Intel content - plus at least one of us is a card-carrying member of Team Red).  So much (in)Security too: your air-gap is pathetic, Qualcomm zero-day, Linux malware, and DDoS to the max. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:52 Food with Josh 04:08 Intel Core Ultra desktop processor announcement 24:33 Another m...

We actually do talk about more than just AMD this week. Plus, we stray from the point a lot while talking about things like dual screen laptops, HP AI infused printers, if maybe you should buy a used RTX 2080ti.  All in good fun. 00:00 Intro 02:30 Food with Josh 04:17 AMD Ryzen update (105W mode official, etc.) 06:31 The new X870 motherboards are here 10:11 Some more 9000X3D rumors 12:05 Latest Ra...

We're back on the air with the Intel Ultra 200V, keeping offline Office alive, OpenAI manipulations, and some sweet reviews of Fractal gear like their new Era 2 mITX case and their Refine chair.  Very mindful.  Enjoy the "Caaash" segment too as we smash our way through the news. 00:00 Intro 02:01 Unnecessarily weighing in on the Panels app controversy 04:22 Food with Josh (FREE edition) 07:16 Qual...

Intel does "fabulous" after seperating, what does MS do after Crowdstrike, after early Threadrippers, after the 4090, and after better AGESA for Ryzen 9000. We get after it this episode, enjoy! 00:00 Intro 01:43 Food with Josh 02:51 Intel spins off fab into separate foundry company 10:24 New AGESA improves Ryzen 9000 inter-core latency 17:42 Threadripper 1000 and 2000 CPUs dropped from Ryzen Maste...

Welcome to the podcast where Josh explains how AMD has the most popular midrange GPU on the market, based on sales from one retailer in Germany in Q1 2024.  Other then that, we've got over 12" of penetration, Audible AI, Ford marketing, Z890 defaults and so much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:46 Food with Josh 03:00 AMD shifting their GPU strategy (with extended discussion) 22:49 PS5 Pro first w...

Intel Core Ultra 200V:  Worlds best integrated GPU!?  AMD Ryzen with more performance improvements, and 105W is the power draw for new top rated Ryzen parts.  So much more in the timestamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:33 Food with Josh 03:42 AMD will reportedly raise 65W Ryzen 9000 TDPs to 105W 05:52 That Windows Update Ryzen boost might be unrealistic (via Hardware Canucks) 11:44 Highly ski...