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325. 7GHz Zen 6, Zen 7 on AM5, AMD RDNA 5 VRAM, Nvidia RTX 6090 | Hardware Unboxed
Episode 325

325. 7GHz Zen 6, Zen 7 on AM5, AMD RDNA 5 VRAM, Nvidia RTX 6090 | Hardware Unboxed

Steve from Hardware Unboxed joins to discuss the future of RADEON, GeForce, and CPU competition! [SPON: Grab your free seat to the 2-Day AI Mastermind: https://link.outskill.com/MOORE 100% Discount for the first 1000 people Dive deep into AI and Learn Automations, Build AI Agents, Make videos & images – all for free! Bonuses worth $5100+ if you join and attend] [SPON: Support MLID & by Trying ZipRecruiter for FREE: www.ZipRecruiter.com/work ] [Support the Independent Journalism done by MLID: https://patreon.com/MooresLawIsDead ] 00:00 Welcome Steve from HUB, what keeps your job interesting (intro) 4:26 Most frustrating believe you have encountered, scaling technologies 17:21 Why not test even lower resolutions for CPU benchmarks 30:46 BF6 CPU overhead 40:21 How does the CPU overhead issues in BF6 affect GPU recommendations 44:21 Will the CPU overhead issues be more exposed when next gen GPUs arrive 55:32 Not enough VRAM on GPUs 1:08:01 PS6 Leak 1:17:07 Nvidia vs AMD price and GPU segmentation 1:38:49 What should Radeon do with their naming and marketing terms 1:46:50 Summarizing Zen 5 vs Arrow Lake 1:53:38 AM5 support, DDR4 vs DDR5 2:11:03 How could Intel win back gamers 2:19:54 Is it time to increase core counts 2:29:44 Where to stop core increases 2:38:05 What’s the next big thing in gaming tech? Last Time Steve was on: https://youtu.be/36Av5pvgYX0?si=sHzCo4mG0K_zG7Dj Check out HUB!!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI8iQa1hv7oV_Z8D35vVuSg HUB BF6 Testing: https://youtu.be/pbdPNxe7O_I?si=vh-kCoogg3O1-Xm4 HUB Core Scaling: https://youtu.be/AR9V8RTvVcM?si=qx64QGfmQfWDyKf1 HUB Ryzen X3D Burnout Video: https://youtu.be/8UdTQbcduio?si=whi4qX2QKuxQENqa https://frame.work/products/laptop16-diy-amd-ai300/configuration/new https://frame.work/products/laptop16-graphics-module-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5070 https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2021-age-of-empires-4-an-excellent-rts-but-tech-problems-need-addressing

Broken Silicon

September 2, 20252h 53m

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Show Notes

Steve from Hardware Unboxed joins to discuss the future of RADEON, GeForce, and CPU competition!
[SPON: Grab your free seat to the 2-Day AI Mastermind: https://link.outskill.com/MOORE 100% Discount for the first 1000 people Dive deep into AI and Learn Automations, Build AI Agents, Make videos & images – all for free! Bonuses worth $5100+ if you join and attend]
[SPON: Support MLID & by Trying ZipRecruiter for FREE: www.ZipRecruiter.com/work ]
[Support the Independent Journalism done by MLID: https://patreon.com/MooresLawIsDead ]

00:00 Frustrations with Benchmarking, DLSS 4 vs FSR 4
17:21 Nvidia CPU Overhead in BF6 & Low-Resolution CPU Testing
40:21 Can you even recommend Nvidia for Battlefield 6?
44:21 Is the RTX 6090 Pre-Bottlenecked?
55:32 AMD RDNA 5 solves Low-End VRAM, RTX 6060 VRAM Capacity
1:17:07 Behind-The-Scenes RDNA 4 Stories, Nvidia Software Issues
1:38:49 What should RDNA 5 be named?
1:46:50 Zen 5 vs Arrow Lake Post-Mortem
1:53:38 Zen 7 is Planned for AM5 – CONFIRMED!
2:11:03 Intel Nova Lake – How can it win back gamers?
2:19:54 Zen 6 gets 24 Cores – Long overdue?
2:29:44 Nova Lake gets 52 Cores - Too many?
2:38:05 What’s the “next big thing” in Gaming Tech?

Last Time Steve was on: https://youtu.be/36Av5pvgYX0?si=sHzCo4mG0K_zG7Dj
Check out HUB!!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI8iQa1hv7oV_Z8D35vVuSg
HUB BF6 Testing: https://youtu.be/pbdPNxe7O_I?si=vh-kCoogg3O1-Xm4
HUB Core Scaling: https://youtu.be/AR9V8RTvVcM?si=qx64QGfmQfWDyKf1
HUB Ryzen X3D Burnout Video: https://youtu.be/8UdTQbcduio?si=whi4qX2QKuxQENqa
https://frame.work/products/laptop16-diy-amd-ai300/configuration/new
https://frame.work/products/laptop16-graphics-module-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5070
https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2021-age-of-empires-4-an-excellent-rts-but-tech-problems-need-addressing


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