The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

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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Episode 100: A brief chat on some news topics again, including Intel's announcement of Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs at attractive price points and FSR Diamond. Then we chat about a customer getting screwed over after his DDR5 memory died

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:53 - New Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs
11:34 - AMD Announces FSR Diamond
14:27 - DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Frame Gen Release
15:59 - Umart, Corsair and Memory Failures
1:07:02 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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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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