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The editors of PC Perspective discuss the latest in-house product reviews and news from around the world that pertains to technology and PC hardware.

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  • May 8 · 1 hr 25 min

    Podcast #867 - AMD Stock Jump, Steam Controller, Don't Worry About 32GB for Windows 11, HOF lives!, DDR6, PCIe8, and MORE

    Let me start off by saying that we should have made a "5309" reference, a miss on our part. AMD has a very good financial report, let the Josh take wash over you. Steam controller launches, sells out, and you probably don't have one. 32GB was the minimum. Then it wasn't. Microsoft, so trustworthy. Also plain text never hurt anyway. And so much more! Thanks to our sponsor this week: Zapier! Bring the power an AI to any workflow - don’t just talk about it: ACT! Check out Zapier and their orchestration platform. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:19 Patreon 3:09 Food with Josh 5:11 Josh presents AMD financials 12:19 Steam Controller news and Machine rumor 14:46 Microsoft wants you to forget not to worry 18:16 DDR6 development starts 19:06 PCI Express 8.0 23:54 be quiet! Dark Rock 6 coolers announced 26:09 We apologize for being wrong about GALAX 29:10 Lisuan 7G100 is a GPU launching this month 31:50 Jeremy discovers the cheap turntable market 35:10 Ad 37:03 (In)Security Corner 52:02 Gaming Quick Hits 1:03:16 Josh put his racing corner segment here 1:13:14 Picks of the week 1:24:02 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

  • May 2 · 1 hr 9 min

    Podcast #866 - Intel Stock Hits Record High, Microsoft Fixes Update, ROG Equalizer, Galax, cPanel and MORE!

    Intel is making BANK on their stocks, but still not getting respect on their CPUs, GALAX is shutting down (mostly), Microsoft is trying REALLY hard now, does ASUS have the 12vhpwr cabling answer?, and patch your damn cPanel right now. Plus cool gaming tidbits and more on that router ban. Enjoy all that and even slightly more! 0:00 Intro 0:39 Patreon 2:18 Food with Josh 3:55 Intel stock hits record high 12:06 Microsoft feels enough pressure to fix Update 16:29 GALAX shuts down 19:11 Portable hotspots face US ban just like routers 22:44 57 Right to Repair bills in 27 states 26:25 NES or Acemagic Retro X5 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Mini PC? 30:40 Fractal Pop 2 Vision 33:49 Some discussion of the ROG Equalizer 40:37 We look at a 2080Ti Super eBay listing here 42:24 (In)Security Corner 49:03 Gaming Quick Hits 59:47 Picks of the Week 1:07:39 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

  • April 25 · 1 hr 24 min

    Podcast #865 - Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Review Situation, Ryzen 7 5800X3D Comeback? HUDIMMs, RTX3060 part duex and MORE!

    What's better then an episode of the PCPer Podcast? Two of them at once! The reviews of the 9950X3D2 are in from discerning reviewers. TL;DR; - it's not for everyone, but it's very much for some. The return of the 3060 is almost here, wait - DDR pricing has an upside?, D-Link routers take another beating in the security section, XBox mode, and the tipping point is here for IPv6 (I know, I know: much wow, very excite!) 0:00 Intro 1:05 Patreon 2:59 Fishsticks 6:16 Food with Josh 8:41 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 reviewed by a dozen outlets 19:44 Alienware first to market with 9950X3D2 PC 22:06 Ryzen 7 5800X3D returns, possibly! (Plus CPU show and tell) 26:40 NVIDIA pausing the 9GB GPUs for the RTX 3060 12GB return? 29:19 SK hynix giving executive bonuses to ALL employees 30:46 HUDIMMs are half the speed, but will they be half the cost? 32:39 Another retro computer case 34:44 Brett shows off his latest PC build 38:49 Apple has a new CEO (but it isn't Brett) 42:10 Let's talk about video CODECs 45:52 IPv6 usage reaches 50 percent 49:54 MacOS 27 officially drops support for Intel 50:45 (In)Security Corner 1:01:10 Gaming Quick Hits 1:13:26 Picks of the Week 1:23:35 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

  • April 25 · 1 hr 4 min

    Podcast #864 - DDR5 and SSD Insanity, NVIDIA Warranty Spike, Desktop CPU Sales Tank, Tracking You, Ethernet & MORE!

    Whoops! How did this get missed?! Is 12vHPWR really that bad? Why aren't you mad enough about DDR and SSD pricing?! Nvidia is BUYING ... well it's not HP. All that "Don't track me bro" stuff is for naught, Sony sells you less and you'll buy it, and Linux stops being able to be loaded on just about anything. You cannot wait for the segment on Ethernet cables, I know. All that and more! 0:00 Intro 0:35 Patreon 2:10 Food with Josh 3:57 Yes, DDR5 and SSD prices are still insane 7:30 NVIDIA is not buying Dell or HP 9:40 Also, NVIDIA warranty payments up 1000 percent in 2025 12:23 NVIDIA N1 engineering board leak 14:15 Desktop CPU sales tank for some strange reason 17:19 Sorry, you are still being tracked 21:24 Sony Bravia TVs losing some OTA functionality 23:13 Copper Clad Aluminum 27:57 Linux drops 486 support! 30:20 MacBook Neo almost sold out 34:12 (In)Security Corner 44:50 Gaming Quick Hits 48:50 Picks of the Week 1:02:58 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

  • April 11 · 1 hr 15 min

    Podcast #863 - Ryzen 9950X3D2 Pricing, Raptor Lake Still Part of Intel Plan, Compress Your VRAM, Steam rates FPS + MORE!

    Now Steam will rate your system for the expected FPS on a title, nice?! Raptor Lake (13th / 14th Gen) still a big part of the Intel strategy, Ryzen 9950X3D pricing, and hackers are probably in your router right now. Also fiber optic cables can be microphones. Your older Kindle is trash plus so much more on this show! Take a listen, you will probably not be disappointed often. Welcome back to our sponsor Zapier! It's how you bring the power of AI to your work—not just talk about it. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:57 Patreon 4:10 Food with Josh 7:20 The 900 dollar Ryzen processor 10:37 Raptor Lake still big part of Intel's plan 12:41 Intel also focused on foundry 16:20 Steam will estimate your game FPS before purchase? 17:20 Memory prices high? Just compress your VRAM 21:49 Every PC component is getting more expensive 25:46 Apple Silicon Macs get some eGPU support 27:29 Apple is gaining a surprising amount of marketshare 30:32 Amazon stops supporting Kindles from before 2013 34:34 Artemis II astronauts having Outlook issues 37:25 Podcast sponsor - Zapier 39:02 (In)Security Corner 49:45 Gaming Quick Hits 1:05:11 Picks of the Week 1:13:45 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

  • April 5 · 1 hr 11 min

    Podcast #862 - DDR5 Prices Begin to Fall? AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Announced, DLSS 4.5, GMail, and more!

    When will the pricing of DDR (and fallout from it) stop being top news? Not this week! Get yer extra frames with DLSS 4.5, Geekbench and the newest Intel CPUs have a disagreement, plus we try and make sense of the FCC router ban (Hint: "no"). Ubisoft is still killing games, as is their custom, and Google is giving you a chance to fix your past mistakes (with an email address like "hotbuns29@gmail.com", I can see why). Plus so much more, enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 00:45 Patreon 03:46 Food with Josh 04:59 DDR5 prices begin to fall? 10:30 TurboQuant 16:41 DLSS 4.5 Multi Fram Gen 6x is available now 19:34 NVIDIA also launches auto shader compilation 21:16 How was the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 not the top story? 27:03 Geekbench says Intel optimizations are invalid? 30:14 Google to let you change your username 31:44 Goodbye Mac Pro 33:27 Microsoft issues emergency Win 11 preview update fix 35:22 (In)Security Corner 49:57 Gaming Quick Hits 58:54 Picks of the Week 1:08:08 PC Perspective turns 25 1:09:26 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

  • March 28 · 1 hr 26 min

    Podcast #861 - Intel Core Ultra Plus Review, Big Battlemage, ARM Makes Chips, US Router Ban, Q Day coming, and Jensen says..., plus MORE!

    Jensen says it's not AI Slop and you're wrong. Intel has some value in the CPU space again! Plus Big Battlemage did come, but you won't get one, and ARM is now making their own chips! Plus hackers gotta be hacking - cars this time, gamers are moving away from Windows in droves, and Microsoft hates that one trick which makes your SSDs run too fast. All this and so much more! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 01:06 Patreon 04:00 Core Ultra Plus 16:09 Big Battlemage arrives - as a datacenter GPU 20:16 Arm makes first data center chip 26:36 NVIDIA says DLSS 5 is not AI slop 30:45 FCC banning future routers not made in USA 36:46 Everything is fine, all web traffic will be bots anyway 38:42 Self-driving cars, autonomous robots need 300GB of RAM 41:17 Microsoft offers hope to Windows 11 users... 52:53 ...though your NVMe speeds can't be too high 54:50 (In)Security Corner 1:09:04 Gaming Quick Hits 1:15:17 Picks of the Week 1:25:19 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

  • March 23 · 1 hr 16 min

    Podcast #860 - DLSS 5 Reaction, Arrow Lake Refresh, New Ryzen Rumor, MSI's DDR4 Mobo + MORE!

    Back in the podcast booth this week! Enjoy the DLSS takes, noticing that SSD vendors are having a great year, there are some actual good news on Copilot, and fake ram kits are a thing, AMD has CPU refresh rumors, and a Windows "degraded" security state is coming soon! 0:00 Intro 00:37 Patreon 01:41 Food with Josh 03:01 DLSS 5 17:18 Intel Arrow Lake refresh 20:36 AMD Ryzen refresh rumor 21:31 NVIDIA dGPU market share dominance 23:52 GTC in spaaaaace 29:03 SSD vendors had an amazing quarter for some reason 32:02 Some good news for Copilot 365 victims 36:09 Antec and Noctua collaborate on a case 37:46 Impress your friends with TWO sticks of DDR5 39:06 MSI plans more DDR4 motherboards 40:33 Podcast sponsor - Zapier 42:12 (In)Security Corner 55:42 Gaming Quick Hits 1:03:32 Picks of the Week 1:13:03 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

  • March 7 · 55 min

    Podcast #859 - Driver Woes, NVIDIA's 9GB GPU, Xbox Prompts PlayStation PC Exit, DDR5 Bots, CA age verify + MORE!

    The second of two glorious episodes published this week! Bask in my mistake. (Brett isn't here this week, something about a power failure) Nvidia discovers that you probably cannot vibe code drivers, Number 9, Gaming is just not a priority for Microsoft, and Star Citizen has a data breach. Microsoft is still pushing Copilot BTW. All that and so much more fun below. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 00:57 Patreon 02:24 Food with Josh 05:07 NVIDIA finds that drivers are hard 07:05 Remember Number Nine? 07:45 NVIDIA's 9GB GPU 10:41 Some Apple news in here somewhere 15:40 Musings on Android open-ness and Epic's win 17:42 Intel has a new Chairman of the Board 20:52 Xbox no longer a priority for Microsoft 23:09 DDR5 bots 25:10 Improve Arc B Series perf by 90% with new DirectX feature? 27:03 IKYMI Drop is shutting down 28:13 (In)Security Corner 37:19 Gaming Quick Hits 42:54 Picks of the Week 54:16 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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