The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

Episode 105: We give some additional thoughts on how bad the Steam Machine is, and yes, we think it is very bad. Then we chat briefly about the Ryzen 7 5800X3D being re-released.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Yeah we haven't changed our mind on the Steam Machine
16:45 - Microsoft increased the price of the XBOX
21:20 - Steam Machine is the new Verge PC
28:28 - Pre Built as a HTPC
34:33 - Playstation/XBOX is easier to use than Windows
46:22 - Our thoughts on Valve
50:00 - 5800X3D is back and a good buy?
1:01:24 - Updates from Our Boring Lives

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Episode 104: Upon our return from Computex, we chat about the current graphics card market, including AMD's bizarre release of the Radeon RX 9070 GRE.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Chat About the Radeon RX 9070 GRE
22:42 - The Current State of GPU Sales
50:08 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 103: Some people got upset that we claimed Nvidia didn't deliver on their promised ray tracing future. So we discuss that, the RTX 20 series, how ray tracing was marketed, and whether we think it's lived up to the original hype

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Chat About Ray Tracing
55:12 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 102: We chat about the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition situation: the CPU itself and how it performs, AMD's decision not to provide review samples and more.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Chat About 9950X3D2
1:04:20 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 101: What are our thoughts on Nvidia's DLSS 5 reveal? Time to chat about that, along with Crimson Desert, which we've been benchmarking

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Our Initial Thoughts on DLSS 5
08:14 - DLSS 5's Artistic Changes
27:36 - Possible Technical Challenges
42:07 - The Reaction to DLSS 5
49:24 - Crimson Desert Impressions
1:08:03 - Final Thoughts

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