The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

Episode 119: Nvidia has reportedly discontinued the GeForce RTX 5090, sending that GPU silicon to RTX Pro graphics cards. We chat about that, as well as efforts to combat shader compilation stutter with SCSKiller, and the Epic Games Store getting a makeover

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:39 - The RTX 5090 Has Been Discontinued
28:28 - Shader Compilation Stutter Can Be Fixed
57:16 - Epic Games Store Gets Vibe Coded Remake
1:08:12 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 118: Steve and Tim chat about what sort of PC build actually makes sense right now, if you wanted to get into PC gaming and were facing the reality of what hardware costs at the moment. Also, we go completely off the rails and talk about the current AI situation.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:19 - What Gaming PC Build Makes Sense Right Now?
31:18 - Current Market vs Crypto Boom
42:00 - Our Random Thoughts on the Current AI Situation

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Episode 117: Steve and Tim have been busy testing games this week, so we dive into some thoughts on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered, as well as Gears of War E-Day. We also chat a bit about this week's EVGA story, and how Nvidia allocated GPUs to them, and why times were tough for the AIB as a result.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
03:34 - Testing The Witcher 3 Remastered
26:20 - Testing Gears of War E-Day
35:35 - Nvidia Allocation at EVGA
51:37 - G.Skill Replaces (Not Refunds) Someone's DDR5
1:00:57 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 116: Steve managed to obtain and test the Radeon RX 9050 4GB so we discuss just how bad it is, and the way it prays on customers. Then we have a chat about DLSS 5, the direction of graphics, how long until this feature is good and whether it even makes sense.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:53 - Steve Tests the RX 9050 4GB
15:10 - It's an Anti-Consumer Scam Product
31:23 - Is the RX 9050 4GB Usable in Some Games?
43:02 - We've Tested DLSS 5 Now
1:01:45 - Are Graphics the Most Important Part of PC Games?

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Episode 115: We update everyone on the current situation with the YouTube view count. Then we dive into Steve's story about how he managed to kill several sticks of DDR5 memory on an Asrock motherboard.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - The YouTube view count change has increased our views
12:38 - Steve killed a few kits of DDR5 memory
47:47 - Steve's network troubles with Telstra 5G
1:00:08 - Tim installed a new SSD (thanks Samsung)
1:15:50 - Updates from our boring lives

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