The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

Episode 3: Today we're recapping the Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT reviews and discussing some missed opportunities in AMD's marketing. We also chat about Starfield: is the game badly optimized? Should you be thinking about more frequent CPU upgrades? What happened to DLSS? CHAPTERS0:00 - Intro4:04 - AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT Recap16:01 - Is Performance Close to RDNA2 a Fail?19:20 - Heaps of Old Stock Still Affecting Releases22:44 - What About Manufacturing Costs25:43 - Missed Opportunity with Radeon Launches and Starfield35:23 - Is Starfield Badly Optimized?44:17 - Is it Time to Think About More Frequent CPU Upgrades?49:41 - Should Bethesda or Intel Have Optimized Starfield for Arc GPUs?53:54 - What Happened to AMD Blocking DLSS in Starfield?1:06:38 - Other Stuff in Our LivesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedFloatplane: https://www.floatplane.com/channel/HardwareUnboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 2: It's a news episode! We talk about Nvidia's new DLSS 3.5 technology; our early thoughts and how this impacts AMD and benchmarking. We also revisit some difficulties with VRAM benchmarking, give our thoughts on new PresentMon features, Nvidia's BIOS signature check being bypassed and more.CHAPTERS0:00 - Intro2:56 - Nvidia DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction25:25 - Benchmarking is Getting More Difficult, VRAM Discussion37:49 - DLSS 3 is Coming to Fortnite, Latency Testing42:30 - GPU Busy Metric in PresentMon48:28 - Nvidia BIOS Signature Lock Bypassed58:41 - Insights into Steve's Boring LifeNEWS LINKSNvidia DLSS 3.5: https://www.nvidia.com/en-au/geforce/news/nvidia-dlss-3-5-ray-reconstruction/TechPowerUp Nvidia BIOS Lock Bypass: https://www.techpowerup.com/312631/nvidia-bios-signature-lock-broken-vbios-modding-and-crossflash-enabled-by-groundbreaking-new-toolsSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedFloatplane: https://www.floatplane.com/channel/HardwareUnboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First ever episode? Let's make it a hot topic one by discussing the latest Gamers Nexus video on Linus Media Group, general thoughts on testing methodologies, whether Linus is a net benefit to the community and more.SUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedFloatplane: https://www.floatplane.com/channel/HardwareUnboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.