Ryan is back! At least, this week. As a guest. But he's BACK, darn it. We talked about stuff. M3. Qualcomm.  ARM.  So much financial. More topics in the time stamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Cold Open00:45 Intro04:39 Food with Josh07:51 Qualcomm X Elite Windows benchmarks24:32 Apple M3 discussion36:23 Intel financials42:57 AMD financials47:48 Qualcomm had financials, too48:57 AV1 is everywhere50:27 Ryan is lit51:45 Security Corner59:14 Gaming Quick Hits1:03:30 What 5 years at Intel did to...

It was another week of news, rumors, game releases, four-year-old GPUs becoming irrelevant thanks to Mesh Shader support requirements, the industry freaking out about arm64 and declaring the death of x86, and other things. So many security fails to wedge into 1 show and then we flavor the cast with a Loupedeck review.   Topics below! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro02:16 Food with Josh05:38 NVIDIA (and AMD) to make Arm CPUs - is this the end of x86??!!11:59 Qualcomm's mighty laptop SoC claims24:16...

Words flow from us at an alarming rate, but be not afraid; we are the harbingers of semi-literate PC hardware and software discussion. Also, burgers. In this episode, we discuss the VERY EXCITING Intel 14th Gen launch, look at a very fancy Falcon Northwest Talon desktop equipped with one of these processors, and eventually talk about AMD un-launching Anti-Lag+ after it caused some mildly inconvenient bans from popular games when using the feature. There's even a very exciting back and forth...

What is fifty-three minutes in time, and yet timeless? This episode of the PCPer podcast, of course! Yes, we made Podcast History (tm) once again this week, and did it in just under an hour. Listen again and again, savoring every moment. We can't stop you.  Enjoy the Arc, The VBScript, and the Dark Rock within. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro02:11 Josh did not have a burger04:14 Intel launches Arc A580 as A750 goes on sale for $10 more08:57 More Arc news - driver update massively improves Starfield...

It might appear to be a lighter news week, but we still managed to talk for well over an hour, even after liberal editing.   We've got RGB, Pi, and Arc news of course, plus FSR and some fast and interesting portable storage. Full topic list in the time stamps below! Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:57 Burger of the Week03:59 Arc A580 may actually be released soon05:50 Radeon 7900 XTX and XT price drops16:47 Mobile Radeon 7900 rumor19:26 AMD FSR 3 has been released25:19 Microsoft ends Windows 11...

Ryan left Intel! What does this mean for PC Perspective?? Nothing, actually. Except that we get to pontificate about Ryan's future. Don't worry, we'll ask him to visit soon. It will be more interesting when he can tell us where he's going. We also talked about Scott "Jebaited" Herkelman's pending departure from AMD. So many moves in the PC hardware industry, eh?? Oh, and you won't want to miss our CASO discussion. This might be the biggest thing to happen to gaming laptops, ever. EVAR. ...

The fab five are back at it again. Well, maybe not "fab" in the traditional sense, or even in the silicon sense. But we recorded a podcast and talked about various things anyway. Please consult the list below.  It includes the usual security theater, gaming bits, and even a ROG Strix keyboard review for those of you that swing that way! Recorded September 20, 2023. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro01:10 Burger of the Week02:50 Intel details Meteor Lake architecture - a big departure11:58 Overreacting...

We present for your approval just over one hour of hardware and gaming banter, from a personal computer perspective. Also we talked about iPhone stuff. Some of us are sorry about that.  Topical topics include Starfield, the lack of RX 7800 XT's, WiFi 7 and of course the Atari 2600. 00:00 Intro00:51 Food with Josh02:30 Starfield is officially getting DLSS11:05 It's Apple season so we talk about the iPhone 14S (they are rounding up to 15)17:54 TSMC on a buying spree20:00 On the eve of the Arm...

Are you ready for a podcast filled with verbose discussion interrupted by digressions into random topics? You've come to the right place! We've got Security nightmares, Gaming updates, Starfield lunacy, regular lunacy, Intel Arc news and even Usenet! 00:00 Intro01:41 Food with Josh03:18 Radeon review - take one (with odd CPU cooler digression)05:11 The actual Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT review24:23 Josh reviews the XFX QICK 319 Radeon RX 7700 XT Black Edition36:34 More RX 7700 XT price...

We decided to podcast yet again this week because, honestly, you demand it (you know who you are). The show must go on, and we had a lot to talk about this week - and sometimes we even sounded halfway intelligent! Like when we talked about the new Radeon cards, which bring the promise of $450+ midrange cards to AMD buyers. And we looked at the very compact - and ridiculously well-equipped - FragBox from Falcon Northwest (you know, that little PC that looks like a Playmate...

Do you like piña coladas, and getting caught in protracted discussions about DLSS 3.5 and NVIDIA quarterly financials? And that's just the FIRST HALF HOUR. You won't want to miss a single second of this episode. Also, there weren't any piña coladas. Sorry.  But there would have been if you had brought your own.  There is quite a lot of monitor discussion, right down to the Picks-of-the-Week(tm).  Also, there was only the one 737 plane. Recorded August 23, 2023. Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:22...

Who would have guessed it? We gathered and we made podcast history, AGAIN. An hour (or more!) of content, just ready to be watched, liked, subscribed. Topics include:  Dell doesn't like getting caught, the Intel Arc A750 reviewed, Inception fix is going be a bummer, and security scares galore!  Enjoy! Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:23 Food with Josh03:25 96-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX leaked?05:17 The China-only Ryzen 5 7500F makes its way to the USA08:17 Intel Tower acquisition...

We're back with a podcast that's BIGGER and possibly BETTER than ever before. We talk about the latest news and rumors, and Kent goes absolutely crazy in his quest to tame the thermals from his Core i9-13900KS.  Security Corner scares with Inception and Downfall, Bots and Captcha, plus Gaming Quick Hits with deals and server shutdowns. Topics in the list below. Timestamps:0:00 Intro01:29 Josh makes a bold statement about pens03:38 Food with Josh04:50 Ratchet & Clank update adds...

Podcast history has been made. The first and ONLY PC Perspective podcast number 734 has been recorded, edited, and uploaded. This is the video, as if you needed further proof.  We've got AMD gaming CPUs for laptops, Intel and AMD financials, RDNA3 GPUs getting better, security scares and gaming deals! Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:21 Food with Josh02:40 AMD announces X3D for laptops09:53 AMD confirms new enthusiast RDNA3 gpus this quarter15:13 AMD quarterly financial results19:08 Intel quarterly...

When it came time to make an episode, we did this.  Solidigm blesses us with gigantic SSDs now, Futurama is back, the future of Windows is bloatware, and AMD finally offers a Phoenix driver.  Plus security scares with Mikrotik and Gigabyte and let's not leave out Ubuntu this time, eh?  Of course our non-stop coverage of everything Intel ARC continues unabated.  Enjoy! Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:35 Food with Josh05:15 AMD unifies GPU drivers, adds Phoenix support11:14 Faster, higher capacity HBM...

This week we gather yet again for an unforgettable hour. An hour you will cherish forever. Or, just skip around using the time stamps. We can't stop you.  Take in the Corsair DROP acquisition, the Asus Intel NUC acquisition, Linux acquiring marketshare, or the RTX 4060 Ti not acquiring any reviews.  Enjoy. Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:52 Food with Josh02:39 ASUS agrees to terms to take NUC from Intel06:32 BeeLink GTR7 puts Zen 4 in a tiny package11:36 Radeon RX 7800 rumor14:03 RTX 4060 Ti 16GB...

Another hour plus of tech talk from your favorite group of podcasters (and also Sebastian). Topics below. Recorded July 12, 2023. Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:47 Food with Josh04:09 Intel to end NUC production06:27 Buy a 2TB Intel 670p NVMe SSD for $69 while they last08:17 The Radeon RX 7900 XTX hits $799 (briefly)10:26 NVIDIA not seeding RTX 4060 Ti 16GB to reviewers25:02 ThinkPad 701c upgraded via FrameWork motherboard and iPad screen27:15 Brett's Apple Corner (AR headset discussion)30:58...

Post-July 4th holiday here in the USA and everyone has all of their fingers. Which enables some of us to use clicky keyboards during the podcast recording! What could be more perfect. And just look at that list of topics.  Where's AMD HYPR-RX AMD?  Where's your Microcenter?  And where's that new power connector to replace 12VHPWR already? Timestamps: 00:00 Pre-roll and Intro00:53 Food with Josh03:22 RIP 12VHPWR already?06:50 Microcenter exclusive Ryzen X3D10:32 RTX 4080 sees a $200 price...

We talk at some length about the RTX 4060 and competing products that offer a better value right now, plus other stuff like so much bad news in Security, Windows in the Clouds, and AMD anti-DLSS drama!  See the list of topics in the time stamps below. Timestamps:00:00 Pre-roll and intro00:51 Food with Josh02:02 The RTX 4060 review20:45 Is AMD blocking DLSS?23:45 Microsoft wanted Windows 11 as a service27:59 That 4-slot RTX 4090 cooler shows up again30:46 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh32:12...

No, Arc isn't EOL - just the flagship card made by Intel. It doesn't bode well, as Battlemage seems pretty far away, and the A770 seems to have run its course with A750 getting all of Intel's marketing attention lately. Beyond that, Intel decided to re-brand their desktop CPUs starting with the next generation Core, and Ultra is added to the mix to keep you on your toes. Also, other topics (in the list below). FYI, Josh was traveling, so he was absent this week - but don't worry, Kent stepped...

It was another week, and that means more pcper podcast goodness. Josh had his very, very old headset and a bad laptop sound card on the road with him, Kent was back again, with a fab case review and we talked about a lot of other tech and newsy stuff.  We even had Clippy. 00:00 Prologue and Intro02:38 Burger of the Week04:26 RTX 4060 (non-Ti) release date moves up09:40 AMD's EPYC Bargamo CPUs14:07 AMD ups their AI game (and more AI discussion)24:31 Microsoft offering official Surface...

It's been another week, and that means another PCPer podcast. Good thing Josh had another tantalizing burger, because he needed his strength to talk for over an hour about the latest in PC hardware and software. But let's not bury the lede, as the Fractal Terra is the star of the show in this episode, and Kent took some amazing photos (the review begins at 40:31 ). Full list of subjects in the time stamps. Recorded June 7, 2023. Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:40 Burger of the Week07:14 AMD Radeon...

Allyn Malventano joins us for a very special (and storage-centric) episode! We talk about some of the things at Computex that captured our interest, and have an extended discussion about the promise of DirectStorage and how it could solve the GPU VRAM problem (if anyone actually implements it beyond that one game). Plus Jeremy has a fancy new desk to talk about, Josh reviews another racing wheel stand, and much, much more! 00:00 Intro01:20 Burger of the Week02:31 Solid-state SSD cooling?...

You love to hate it, it's the pcper podcast! Wait - that's not right. You probably just love to hate overpriced, underspecified hardware. Oh well. That's the world we live in now.   Other things include IE11 will be "forever", The Radeon RX 7600 might save mid-tier gaming, and Bungie is bringing back Marathon - sorta.  Complete list of topical topics in the time stamps below. 00:00 Intro02:30 Burger of the Week04:20 The RTX 4060 Ti review fallout09:22 More pointless RTX 4060 Ti...

Catch up with the Monoprice Mic and be quiet! Dark Power 850w reviews, plus SSD performance software from Solidigm, and a big balanced build discussion. This was recorded the night before NVIDIA announced the GeForce RTX 4060 Family but we still had plenty to discuss, as you can see from the list of topics in the time stamps below. Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:14 Burger of the Week02:34 Intel Arc Balanced Builds (and build pricing discussion)15:49 ASUS changes their AM5 motherboard warranty...