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Hardware Unboxed

Steve and Tim from the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed bring to you a weekly show discussing all the latest news and interesting topics in the PC hardware and gaming scene. With our decades of experience testing and benchmarking hardware, you'll be sure to enjoy various insights into tech and the occasional guest, especially if you love building PCs and playing PC games.

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The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

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 the die size, the future of the Arc division, XeSS 2 frame generation and plenty more.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

02:12 - The Journey from Alchemist to Battlemage

09:21 - Hardware Changes and Improving Game Compatibility

15:13 - The Importance of VRAM

20:11 - GPU Design Choices and Improvements

34:18 - The Price

38:12 - The Future of Arc: On the Chopping Block?

48:28 - XeSS 2 Frame Generation and XeLL

1:19:45 - Ray Tracing on Arc Battlemage

1:25:32 - Outro

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

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 spell trouble for AMD Radeon?

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:39 - Intel Arc B580 Launch Recap

19:58 - It's Not a Paper Launch

26:24 - This Launch Exposes Radeon's Blunders

30:50 - The Plan to Build Market Share

40:34 - Genuine Competition for Radeon?

58:25 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Intel Delivers What AMD Couldn't: Great GPU Value

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

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:41 - Initial Thoughts on the RTX 5090

21:11 - Nvidia Pulling the Intel CPU Strategy

29:57 - Competition is the Answer

37:07 - AMD Delayed Their GPUs to Respond

45:51 - Real RTX 5090 Price Predictions

49:48 - DLSS Multi Frame Generation Marketing

1:04:38 - Jensen's Marketing

1:13:44 - Final Thoughts on the RTX 5090

1:17:41 - Updates From Our Boring Lives, But Actually More GPU Stuff

1:32:44 - The Real Boring Life Section

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The GeForce 50 Series: Kinda Meh So Far

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.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:38 - Initial Thoughts on the RTX 5080

08:40 - The Configuration is Wrong

15:25 - Nvidia's Strategy

27:21 - Nvidia is Hurting Their Brand Now

37:13 - RTX 40 Series vs RTX 50 Series

45:44 - Difficulties in Achieving Gains vs Honest Marketing

55:17 - Current State of Intel Arc B580

1:03:07 - Steve's Take on Radeon

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The RTX 5080 Hasn't Impressed Us Either

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.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

02:02 - The Current Supply Situation with RTX 5090 and 5080

19:28 - Nvidia Controls the Market to Create FOMO

35:28 - How Does Nvidia Make Money From Low Supply?

41:44 - High Street Prices Equals More Flexibility

52:54 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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LINKS

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Why is RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 Supply So Bad?

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 connector used on GeForce 50 GPUs and its propensity to melt. 

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

01:02 - Release Date Updates for Upcoming GPUs

14:34 - Power Cables are Melting Again

27:20 - Why Did Nvidia Change?

40:07 - How Have Things Gotten Worse?

49:08 - There's No Failsafe

1:05:58 - GeForce 50 Series Stock Discussion

1:18:51 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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RTX 5090 Power Connectors Are Melting... Again

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 needs to achieve with the RX 9070 XT.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:48 - The RTX 5070 Ti and its Ludicrous Price

39:16 - The Price the RX 9070 XT Needs to Be

1:04:43 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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

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?

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:37 - Our Thoughts on RX 9070 XT Pricing and Strategy

41:25 - AMD Asking For Our Opinion?

51:35 - Our Thoughts on RX 9070 Pricing and Strategy

1:17:08 - Some Cool Features Here

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What Do We Make of Radeon RX 9070 XT Pricing?

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.

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Our Thoughts on LTT Errors and Gamers Nexus' Criticism

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.

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

2:56 - Nvidia DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction

25:25 - Benchmarking is Getting More Difficult, VRAM Discussion

37:49 - DLSS 3 is Coming to Fortnite, Latency Testing

42:30 - GPU Busy Metric in PresentMon

48:28 - Nvidia BIOS Signature Lock Bypassed

58:41 - Insights into Steve's Boring Life

NEWS LINKS

Nvidia 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-tools

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What Do We Make of Radeon RX 9070 XT Pricing?

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