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Is Future Proofing No Longer Possible?
Episode 99

Is Future Proofing No Longer Possible?

The Hardware Unboxed Podcast · Hardware Unboxed

March 6, 20261h 26m

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Show Notes

Episode 99: A brief chat on some news topics, like Nvidia's recent driver issues and the rumored RTX 5050 9GB, then into our main chat. Is it really no longer possible to future proof your PC? Or is this one of the better times for PC hardware longevity?


CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:37 - The RTX 5050 9GB Rumors

06:49 - New AMD Ryzen APUs for AM5

11:55 - Nvidia Driver Issues

18:52 - Future Proofing Your GPU, Is It Possible?

52:39 - CPU Longevity?

1:12:16 - Updates From Our Boring Lives


SOURCES

Jay's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqIf5yvQdbc

RTX 5050 9GB: https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-reportedly-plans-geforce-rtx-5050-with-9gb-memory-and-96-bit-bus


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