The Full Nerd Podcast

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In today's show we cover the throttling issues that are plaguing the MacBook Prob and compare it to Windows laptops. Then we'll talk about the rumors of Intel taking hyper-threading out of Core i7 CPUs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In today's show we are joined by Steve Burke from Gamers Nexus to talk about his work overclocking the 8086k, the process Intel uses to solder their CPUs, and all the burning questions for Steve! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. Today's show has all the regulars back to ponder the question: is right now the best time to buy a GPU or CPU? We'll also announce the winner of the signed AMD t-shirt live on the air! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join half of The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. Gordon is gone and Brad is still off so it's up to Alaina and Adam to hold down the fort. First they'll talk about why Gordon is always so wrong on things like consoles, controllers, and modular power supplies. Then they'll talk about ultimate battlestations and what it's like to work at PCWorld and make The Full Nerd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. Today's show is all about rumors! The first order of business is how you can win a signed Threadripper 2 T-shirt, then next up we'll dig into all the Threadripper 2 news that AMD (might of) leaked, and lastly go over the daily Nvidia GeForce GTX 1180 rumors. Link to the giveaway: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3280984/components-processors/giveaway-win-a-signed-threadripper-2-t-shirt.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. Today's show covers the continued saga between Intel and AMD CPUs that we are dubbing 'The Core Wars', as well as wrapping up our PC coverage of E3 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. Today's show is live from Computex! Gordon and Mark are in Taiwan for Computex 2018 and they are Skyping in to talk about the latest AMD news (Threadripper 2), no GeForce announcements, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. On today's show we cover Optane persistent memory, an active cooled pair of headphones from HP, and give you our Computex predictions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. On today's show we talk about the recently announced Razer Blade and Core X, NZXT's awesome 500i case, Nvidia's 3GB version of the GTX 1050, and maybe a new CPU flaw? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. On today's show we cover all the details around the Z390 chipset, compare how Coffee Lake H stacks up against Kaby Lake G, and Corsair's crazy 1000D. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. On today's show we cover the recent death of Nvidia's GeForce Partner Program, Gordon's time with the G-Sync HDR monitor, and the CPU road map leaks from Intel and AMD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. For today's big 50th episode we quickly cover Intel's 10nm chip delays and how Intel is poaching AMD gurus before diving deep into the question list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In today's show we go over the Samsung 970 Pro review, Brad's adventures with FreeSync 2 and PC HDR, and AMD's Combat Crates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In today's show we cover all the 2nd Gen Ryzen news/reviews you can handle, dive into AMD's battle with Nvidia's GPP, and we'll be answering all your burning questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In this special episode we are joined by the computing boss at AMD Jim Anderson to go over the launch of 2nd Gen Ryzen CPUs. Questions range from high level to in the weeds, thanks to Jim for stopping by to chat! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. Today's show is almost all AMD based! First up is the official reveal of 2nd Gen Ryzen CPUs, next we'll go into whether Kaby Lake G is really Vega or not, and then we finish with Radeon RX 500X GPUs coming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. Today's show we cover Intel Core i9 for Laptops and Hades Canyon NUC! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. Today's show we cover AMD's Zen+ rumors, dig deep into Gordon's Dell XPS review, cover the future of graphics: DirectX ray-tracing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In this special episode we are joined by Kyle Bennett from HardOCP to talk about Nvidia's controversial Geforce Partner Program. Read his Kyle's full article on HardOCP.com: https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/03/08/geforce_partner_program_impacts_consumer_choice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show we are joined by PCWorld's Microsoft Windows expert to talk about all the upcoming Windows 10 features you can expect, whether or not Windows as a service would be a good idea, Geforce Now vs other cloud gaming platforms, and of course we answer all your burning questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In today's show we discuss whether or not APUs will stay relevant after the GPU/mining crisis, the new rumors around Nvidia's next graphics cards, some Spectre and Meltown updates, and of course your questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show is all about the GPU crisis! We go over the story so far, the best gaming PCs to buy right now, and what people are doing to try and fix it. Are consoles really the answer for us gamers? Stay tuned to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Full Nerd crew tells you how bad of a hit you take from Meltdown and Spectre and if you'll be abandoned or not. Even worse: GPU prices are insane (again). Here's why and what to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show is all about CES 2018 news including: the unholy matrimony of Intel and AMD in Kaby Lake G, the dump truck of AMD announcements like Threadripper 2, Nvidia's gaming focused BFGD, and our staffs top CES picks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We made some bold predictions for how 2017 would turn out for the PC and here's just how wrong and how right we were. And to show we haven't learned anything, we predict exactly what will happen in 2018 because we have detailed files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the end of the year, so it's time for The Full Nerd Awards! In this episode Gordon, Brad, Adam, and special guest Alaina debate our picks for the best PC hardware of 2017. The topics include best CPU, GPU, laptops, and much much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics! Today we cover Intel and AMD joining forces in one chip, Raja Koduri leaving AMD to join Intel and make discrete graphics cards, and we dive deep into your burning questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Full Nerd gang as they tell you about Nvidia's Vega killer, and get all hot about the Xbox One X vs. PC. Gordon then details Intel's 8th gen laptop CPU and Ryzen 7 mobile. Intel's enthusiast Optane drive finally drops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Full Nerd Gang as they talk about the CPU Intel hopes can stem the horde of AMD Ryzen chips: its first mainstream 6-core CPU called Coffee Lake. Hayden Dingman than catches us up on the coming deluge of fall PC Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics! It's an all Intel show today with the review of Core i9 7980X 18-core processor, a live head to head 16-core Core i9 vs 16-core Ryzen Threadripper benchmarking showdown, and coverage of all the Coffee Lake news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics! This week we go over a couple of the biggest stories on PCWorld right now including an article written by our own Brad Chacos about the state of 4k gaming. After that we cover Intel's crazy 4 player VR PC that they brought by to let us play Star Trek: Bridge Crew on. And then we wrap up with some talk about upcoming builds and you're burning questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gordon, Dan, Alaina and Brad tell you if Vega was a miss or hit and then try to unspool Intel's new "8th gen" CPUs. And oh yeah, ultrabooks will soon get quad-cores. Finally, the crew talks about the planned 1920x1080 live build. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PCWorld's Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and special guest Alaina Yee go over all the charts and graphs from AMD's Ryzen Threadripper review. After that they detail the full list of Intel's Core i9 chips and finish up covering the 8th Gen Great American Eclipse party! For audio listeners, don't forget you can tune in live on PCWorld's YouTube or Facebook in order to chat along with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, and Adam Patrick Murray are joined by PCWorld's Executive Editor Melissa Riofrio to discuss Ryzen 3, solve Threadripper's core mystery, and answer your questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the crew goes Full Nerd on AMD's shocking Threadripper pricing and wonders if Ryzen 3 is a Core i5 killer. Finally, does Vega Frontier Edition mean storm clouds are coming for RX? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gordon, Brad, and Adam are joined once again by special guest Alaina Yee to go over some of the hottest news stories of the week. Including Gordon's Skylake X review, a brand new 32 bit Sound Blaster, and Alaina's Xbox One X PC build. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and special guest Alaina Yee cover all the hot news out of Computex and more! Don't bother watching Apple's 2017 WWDC keynote, your real PC talk is here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PCWorld's Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and special guest Alaina Yee get together to talk about the weeks big PC hardware announcements. Topics include AMD's Radeon Vega, Threadripper - the 16-core CPU, and the rumors of Intel's Core i9 aka Skylake X. We finish it off with a bunch of audience questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gordon, Alaina, Adam and Brad talk: Microsoft's new Surface Laptop and what Windows 10 S portends, AMD puts an add in its drivers and AIB vs. Stock GPU Coolers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gordon, Adam, Alaina, and Brad give you the details on AMD's new Radeon 500 (aka Refreshion) as well as how much Ryzen 5 stomps Core i5. Finally Brad busts out the gourmet stuff with EVGA's wicked GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, finishing off with a really old Q&A segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gordon, Adam, Alaina and Brad wonder just how many damned GPUs Nvidia has up it sleeves, tell you just how and why Ryzen performance got better and just wonder what the point of Optane is. Finally, an all out war breaks out over Xbox Scorpio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gordon, Adam and Brad tell you why the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti might be a great deal, spill on AMD's Ryzen 5 lineup and talk Optane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gordon, Adam and Brad talk what's right and what's wrong with Ryzen. Brad busts out the gourmet stuff with the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and we do an extended question and answer period. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gordon, Adam, Hayden and Brad talk rumors of Vega and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, Gordon breaks down leaks and leaked performance of Ryzen vs. Kaby Lake and Hayden gives us the low-down on what to expect at this year's Game Developer Conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gordon, Adam and Brad host Creative Lab's Ryan Schlieper for some in-depth nerding about PC audio, the API wars and whether your computer will have a soundcard or not again. Tune in every other Tuesday on PCWorld's YouTube or Facebook for the live show and don't forget to leave a review! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gordon, Alaina, Adam and Brad talk Shield, GeForce Now vs. GeForce Now and ponder whether the Core i5 is dead or not. In the bonus round, the crew talks about just how much the PC gaming hardware market is worth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And we're back. This week Gordon, Hayden, Adam and Brad give you the latest on Ryzen and detail: HDR G-sync monitors, USB 3.1 headers, GeForce Now, backpack VR and more. Finally did they go too far? Acer shows off a $9,000 gaming laptop while Razer puts three 4K panels on a Razer Blade Pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Gordon, Alaina, Adam and Brad predict what will happen in 2017 and vow to literally eat their words if wrong. When will GTX 1080 ti come? What will happen with Ryzen? Will Vega be faster? Will Marty make it back in time to save Doc Brown? (Pardon this late post. The holidays.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gordon, Hayden, Brad and Adam award the totally not real Full Nerd Prize to the best hardware and games of the year. And yes, the best CPU of the Year is a shocker! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gordon Mah Ung, Alaina Yee, Brad Chacos and Adam Patrick Murray break out the tips on how to get PC hardware on the cheap. The crew then pours cold water on rumors that you'll be able to get an 8-core AMD Zen for $300. Finally, Brad breaks down the PlayStation 4 Pro's 4K capabilities vs. a cheap PC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices