Podcast Episodes

What Do We Make of Radeon RX 9070 XT Pricing?

Episode 62

Episode 62: AMD has officially revealed the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 including pricing and first-party performance benchmarks. So what are our thoughts?

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00:00 - Intro

00:37 - Our Th…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

The RTX 5070 Ti Hasn't Impressed Us... AGAIN

Episode 61

Episode 61: This week we're talking about the RTX 5070 Ti and the ludicrous real world pricing we are seeing. Also, now that we have a current gen comparison, we're discussing the exact pricing AMD n…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

RTX 5090 Power Connectors Are Melting... Again

Episode 60

Episode 60: Nvidia has announced a release date for the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070, and AMD are about to announce RDNA 4. But the bigger story right now concerns, once again, the 12V-2x6 power connecto…

Published on 7 months ago

Why is RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 Supply So Bad?

Episode 59

Episode 59: Supply of the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 is basically non-existent. Why would Nvidia and AIBs do this, and who do we think is benefitting? That's what we explore in this week's podcast.

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Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

The RTX 5080 Hasn't Impressed Us Either

Episode 58

Episode 58: This week we discuss the RTX 5080 (and how underwhelming it is), more implications for the GPU market, some current thoughts on the Arc B580 and Steve's lukewarm take on Radeon's future.

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Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The GeForce 50 Series: Kinda Meh So Far

Episode 57

Episode 57: We're back for 2025 and ready to discuss the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, the implications for the rest of the 50 series, Frame Generation and Nvidia's marketing, plus plenty more GPU stuff

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Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Intel Delivers What AMD Couldn't: Great GPU Value

Episode 56

Episode 56: With the Intel Arc B580 now on shelves, we recap the launch and review. Was this a paper launch? Can Intel gain market share with this strategy? Should Intel cancel Arc GPUs? Does this sp…

Published on 9 months ago

Intel Promises Battlemage GPU Game Fixes, Enough VRAM and Long Term Future (feat. Tom Petersen)

Episode 55

Episode 55: Intel's Tom Petersen joins the podcast to chat about Arc Battlemage! We discuss fixing and improving game compatibility, the importance of enough VRAM, hardware design decisions including…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Ray Tracing: Has it Been A Success for PC Gaming?

Episode 54

Episode 54: YouTube turned us Spanish! Also, we do a full recap on the state of ray tracing for PC gaming right now, looking back to the original RTX 20 series GPUs to how things are going now. Has N…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Punishes Your CPU, GPU and VRAM

Episode 53

Episode 53: We've been testing games this week, including S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and Flight Simulator 2024, so we discuss how these games run on PC. Loading issues, punishing CPU requirements, VRAM issues …

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago