Episodes
Episode 31: After testing the new Intel Baseline Power Profile on Asus and Gigabyte motherboards, we've come to the conclusion that once again, Intel has a power spec problem. Also, some hot takes on the EKWB situation following Gamers Nexus second video.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:14 - Further Thoughts on EKWB Situation
20:02 - Intel's Power Spec Problem
27:38 - Partners Can't Just Do Whatever They Want
34:05 - Differences to AMD 7800X3D CPUs Blowing Up
46:35 - What Actually Is the Intel CPU...
Published 05/02/24
Episode 30: We spend most of this episode discussing a really bad article that claims Intel CPUs are clearly better than AMD CPUs for gaming PCs, including plenty of UserBenchmark-level reasoning. It's a bit of a roast to be honest.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - EKWB Update and a Few Rumors
09:58 - Breaking Down A Terrible Article on Intel CPUs
13:16 - AMD Has "Worse Stability" Than Intel
25:56 - AMD's Power Efficiency "Doesn't Matter"
34:51 - Intel Provides "More Bang for Buck"
41:27 -...
Published 04/26/24
Episode 29: There's recently been some discussion about reviews, stemming from Marques Brownlee's review of the Humane AI pin. We have decades of experience doing product reviews, so it's time to give our thoughts on what reviews really are all about, and how we approach them
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Marques Brownlee Makes a Fair Review, Who Are Reviews For?
30:00 - YouTubers Are Unfairly Grouped and Called Paid Shills
1:15:13 - Updates from Our Boring Lives
SOURCES
Marques Brownlee's...
Published 04/19/24
Episode 28: We discuss Intel 13th and 14th gen CPUs maybe being pushed a bit too far and crashing games, Steve has tested some really bad AMD B650 boards recently, Intel has started discontinuing 13th gen processors already and there's also XeSS 1.3 now.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:58 - Intel CPUs Crashing Games and Being Pushed to the Limits
24:20 - New Entry-Level B650 Motherboards are Trash
36:13 - Intel Discontinues 13th-gen K-series CPUs
53:39 - AMD Launches Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5...
Published 04/12/24
Episode 27: Two discussion topics in this podcast episode, firstly on CPU/GPU scaling and when it makes sense to upgrade a CPU vs a GPU, and then we re-rank all the current GPUs from worst to best. Lots of interesting chat in this one!
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - CPU and GPU Scaling Discussion
28:25 - Re-Ranking All Current GPUs
1:05:10 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Published 04/04/24
Episode 26: Steve and Tim have been "playing" (for work) Horizon Forbidden West and Dragon's Dogma 2 and share their thoughts on what the games are bringing to PC. Then we answer some listener mails on voting with your wallet and how the channel has been going in a relatively slow period.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Testing Horizon Forbidden West and Dragon's Dogma 2
30:04 - Should Buyers Vote With Their Wallet?
47:37 - Health of Hardware Unboxed Channel
1:15:43 - Updates From Our Boring...
Published 03/28/24
Episode 25: Steve is back from his holiday, so that means a discussion on Intel's pretty dumb Core i9-14900KS that no one should buy, thoughts on AMD FSR 3.1 upscaling improvements, Steam gets better with new family share options and we're destroying OLEDs on purpose.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Not Testing the Core i9-14900KS
17:56 - AMD FSR 3.1 Surprise Announcement
25:31 - Steam Family Sharing Seems Awesome
41:06 - OLED Burn In Testing
50:42 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Published 03/22/24
Episode 24: It's news time! Nvidia has apparently discontinued their last good $200 GPU series, the GTX 16 series. AMD AI-enhanced FSR and DirectSR discussion and talk of what GDDR7 will bring to next-gen GPUs.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Nvidia Apparently Discontinues GTX 16 Series
19:58 - AI-Based FSR and Microsoft DirectSR
28:12 - GDDR7 Is Coming Soon
37:56 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Published 03/07/24
Episode 23: A recap of the Radeon RX 7900 GRE and all the issues with stock vs AIB testing, followed by our general thoughts on reviewing this generation of graphics cards. It's been boring, and Steve is feeling it! In more interesting news we also have a generator update and chat about the current state of gaming.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Issues Testing the Radeon RX 7900 GRE
17:29 - Will Overclocking Fix the RX 7900 GRE?
26:25 - The GPU Market is Boring and Sucks
45:03 - Would You Buy...
Published 03/01/24
Episode 22: After Steve discusses his four day power outage, we chat about the new Nvidia App replacing the slow Control Panel and annoying GeForce Experience. Also some chat about moving from Threadripper over to AM5 for Tim's workstation PC.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Steve Had No Power for Four Days
13:57 - Nvidia App Beta
29:58 - Tim Ditches Threadripper for AM5
1:00:00 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Published 02/23/24
Episode 21: After a brief discussion of the Ryzen 7 5700, we dive into the survey results to look at what GPUs you own, how often you upgrade, your thoughts on switching brands, and the graphics features you find important. Some very interesting results!
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
01:12 - AMD Ryzen 7 5700 Recap
13:57 - Survey Results
14:53 - GPU Market Share
19:07 - How Much Did Your GPU Cost?
21:48 - How Often Do You Upgrade?
28:23 - Rasterization vs Ray Tracing Importance
33:57 - How Much is Too...
Published 02/09/24
Episode 20: We recap the lack of excitement around the GeForce RTX 4080 Super, discuss our recent ray tracing poll, and chat about why the Ryzen 8000G APUs don't make any sense for someone to actually buy. Plus Steve has a rant about customer service.
SURVEY: https://forms.gle/u43Pa7wEt63nZwSH7
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
10:30 - Ray Tracing Poll Results
25:55 - GeForce RTX 4080 Super Recap
37:08 - Ryzen 8000G APU Recap and Why APUs Are Pointless
1:05:49 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Published 02/01/24
Episode 19: After three new graphics card launches in the space of two weeks, we fully recap and give extended thoughts on the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super, as well as the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
04:11 - Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super Recap
18:33 - Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Recap
41:47 - New Approach to Ray Tracing Testing
1:02:32 - AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Recap
1:21:03 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Published 01/25/24
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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Published 01/05/24
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:...
Published 12/22/23
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...
Published 12/14/23
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...
Published 12/01/23
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...
Published 11/24/23
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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Published 11/16/23
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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Published 11/10/23
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...
Published 11/03/23
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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Published 10/26/23
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...
Published 10/20/23
Episode 8: With Intel rapidly improving their GPU division, and the new launch of the Arc A580, how close are Intel GPUs to getting our recommendation? We discuss that, as well as AMD's not very good Fluid Motion Frames technology
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
04:55 - Intel Arc A580 Recap
11:13 - Arc is Still A Bit Inconsistent Across Games
19:45 - Intel Arc GPUs are Well Priced
23:11 - Arc Isn't Far Away from Being Recommended
28:28 - This is Intel's First Attempt
32:58 - Good Intel GPUs Are Great...
Published 10/13/23