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Listen on Apple PodcastsGOG is coming to Linux! Microsoft asks LG to stop with the bloatware ads, the Radeon RX 9050 arrives in a 4GB config, Nova Lake-S is bringing a 65w iGPU to the fight, and 8GB is just not enough for a laptop with Win 11 + Josh takes over the show with his Racing Corner segment. Maybe a DD$4 build is not in your future? There's so much more in here, it's hard to summarize, I'm afraid you'll just have to listen. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:15 Patreon 03:29 Food with Josh 05:10 Radeon RX 9050 (and the return of the 4GB GPU) 14:29 Intel's Nova Lake-S iGPU draws 65W? 17:44 GOG Galaxy app going native...Linux 20:23 Microsoft's 8GB Surface laptop is an embarrassment 22:50 The DDR4 to DDR5 gaming gap 27:25 AMI acquired by a company called Lattice 29:47 Starlink exempted from foreign router ban 31:47 CXMT now charges more for RDIMMs than Samsung 41:50 (In)Security Corner 58:07 Josh's Sim Corner 1:09:48 Gaming Quick Hits 1:18:58 Picks of the Week 1:37:37 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
R.I.P. John C. Dvorak. In other news ... the Ryzen 7700X3D prices drop already, Nvidia N1X CUDA counts and an 88-core CPU (of course). Windows on ARM gets a real boost with Nvidia GPU drivers, HP is just as bad as we all through regarding printer cartridges, and LG discovers a new low by auto-installing bloatware when you plug in a display. Plenty of AMD good news in the datacenter and Open AI shows that unshackling their creations will probably be as bad as we thought. Steam hardware sales and so much more in the show! Enjoy. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:09 Patreon 02:21 Food with Josh 06:08 RIP John C. Dvorak 08:08 NVIDIA's 88-core CPU 09:26 RTX Spark Win 11 driver and Arm dGPU support 12:07 Josh leads us into more NVIDIA talk and later defends datacenters 19:16 AMD gets two big datacenter wins 22:43 Ryzen 7 7700X3D already had a price drop 24:11 ADATA chairman warns RAM shortage will last another decade 24:37 Samsung Unpacked 29:21 HP fined for nefarious printer cartridge practices - in India 34:44 LG adware 38:18 (In)Security Corner 48:46 Gaming Quick Hits 58:44 Picks of the Week 1:12:01 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
I had a dream that I posted this already - but I was wrong. The Ryzen 5800X3D becomes widely available, it's like the return of the former king. Memory supply continues to get worse, but no worries, you'll just pay more. AMD FSR continues to develop, and Windows 11 gets slightly better. So much more here, check out the notes below! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 There is no German version 02:14 Patreon 03:58 Food with Josh 06:11 The Ryzen 7 5800X3D returns - and at MSRP! 09:40 RTX 50 Series hot spot is a hot issue 15:14 Microsoft to let Win 11 users disable ads in search? 16:29 The horrors of Windows 95 program installation REVEALED 21:40 FSR with up to 8x framegen in development 23:22 For its 25th anniversary Google gives us more AI 25:28 Reflecting on the death of physical media 32:26 Windows marketshare falling 37:26 SK Hynix says next year will be the worst 39:08 (In)Security Corner 55:40 Gaming Quick Hits 1:01:39 Samsung SSD 990 review 1:09:33 Picks of the Week 1:21:05 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Valve offers Windows drivers now for the Steam Machine, Intel feels like they need to join to price rising brigades, Micron is fab, MiniPC's with last gen gear, and Nvidia will lend you money on easy terms! Adobe has another vulnerability and Microsoft has a couple fresh ones too! So much more in the actual show ... especially the live version, which you probably missed. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:22 Patreon 02:53 Food with Josh 05:41 Steam Machine coverage continues (again) 08:52 Intel Nova Lake and AVX-512 10:04 Intel raises MSRPs on their best processors 11:02 Intel restarts 13th and 14th Gen Core production - for China 12:23 Lian Li B4 mATX makes another appearance 15:01 Micron breaking ground on a new fab expansion 16:01 Get ready for Mini PCs with previous-gen Intel CPUs and DDR4 17:33 Internal sound cards in 2026? 20:25 Cover story - RTX 3060 12GB returns in 2026 23:54 An NVIDIA story about AI cloud 26:24 Jeremy leads us into a story about Samsung's obscene profits 28:22 Josh's Racing Corner 32:38 (In)Security Corner 50:07 Gaming Quick Hits 57:12 Picks of the Week 1:08:22 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Prices are getting so high that we may all end up gaming on potatoes soon. Buy yours from Dell. Steam Machine pricing seems ... like pretty much on target actually. DDR price fixing?! No! The dBrand Companion Cube is no more. PC shipments are falling, and Sony agrees that you will own nothing and like it very much. There's so much to be angry about it this episode while we basically shake our heads and laugh it away. Mostly. There might have been crying... Timestamps! 00:00 Intro 00:39 Patreon 02:03 What case would you put in a living room? 05:56 Food with Josh 07:56 Steam Machine coverage continues 15:52 RAM makers accused of price fixing 18:03 RTX 5050 9GB may be cancelled 21:44 PC shipments fell 7 percent in Q1 23:43 Now Microsoft says 8GB is fine for Win 11 28:30 Sony deleting 551 movies from customer accounts 29:54 Windows 10 gets updates for another year 30:34 Racing with Josh - NLR fiberglass chair 32:31 (In)Security Corner 40:20 Gaming Quick Hits 57:13 Picks of the Week 1:01:08 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Mostly Steam Machine, but several other products may have been mentioned. Like how memory pricing has gotten so bad that DDR2 is being made again, you'll get Windows 11 25H2 whether you like it or not, that the history of computing includes us, and that you are not eligible for a GTA VI preview and you'll pay $90'ish for it. But you might be eligible for FSR 4.1! Take a listen or watch the show for more! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:51 Patreon 2:06 Food with Josh 5:40 Steam Machine and SteamOS 19:48 DDR2 to go back into production? 24:08 Lets talk more about Steam Machine (RAM cartel, etc.) 30:53 Microsoft force-installing 25H2 before 26H2 33:40 Official FSR 4.1 support comes to RX 7000 Series 35:47 AMD will restore memory encryption to consumer CPUs 37:47 Old men yell at clouds 42:42 Josh briefly talks about Gunnar Optics 43:54 (In)Security Corner 58:30 Gaming Quick Hits 1:08:41 Picks of the Week 1:23:59 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Well well, what do we have here? Another episode of the PCPer Podcast for your enjoyment! Commodore is making phones, Steam Machine is starting to make waves, iGPUs are getting dropped, 12vHPWR is making lightning, a very special segment on pricing of olde, a critical Copilot vulnerability (suprise?), and a Bitlocker Zero Day. Steam hardware survey, brown cooling, and the infamous Podcast sound board. Relax and take it all in. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:06 Patreon 5:12 Josh fails to deliver a food segment 6:31 Steam Machine benchmarked 8:06 Zen 6 desktop CPUs may lose iGPU, add NPU 11:16 Intel and NVIDIA collaborate on upcoming processor 12:51 A trip down memory (and storage) lane 18:37 AMD giveth, and AMD taketh away 22:19 Noctua NL-LC1 liquid cooler reviewed at TPU 26:08 Handheld with Arc G3 Extreme pricing 28:22 IQUNIX Ghost in the Shell hall effect keyboards 30:24 Commodore Callback 34:53 Logitech folding mouse 38:40 Another melting 12VHPWR connector story 42:02 (In)Security Corner 53:44 Gaming Quick Hits 1:05:52 Picks of the Week 1:16:45 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The back episodes finally make it online, this is number 4 in a series of episodes - wait - this IS the current episode! Brett is back, so the episodes are getting posted almost on time! Windows is starting to support ARM more, RAM pricing hysterics, Windows 11 CPU boost, Intel improves with iBOT, Microsoft 365 brings the CoPilot, and bots surpass humans on the network. On with the show, enjoy! 0:00 Intro 1:15 Patreon 2:09 Food Stories with Josh (just words, no photos) 3:54 3DMark adds native Arm Windows support 6:55 Josh talks about the latest Arm developments 9:43 Memory prices may double this year (and related discussion) 16:45 Windows 11 performance boost? 19:05 Intel expands iBOT with 7 more games 23:31 AMD reaches almost 45 percent CPU share on Steam 25:23 Office 365 Copilot auto-install returns 33:59 Bots take over the Internet 36:59 Apple iOS 27 has an "agentic" solution for compromised passwords 39:42 (in)Security Corner 54:15 Gaming Quick Hits 1:01:32 Picks of the Week 1:10:02 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The back episodes finally make it online, this is number 3 in a series of episodes that did not get posted, but are now! Brett is out (which is why these didn't get posted) - but the show is very fine, up to our usual standards. Computex hits (and misses), the 5800X3D comeback, our RX 9070 GRE review, the ZimaCube 2 Pro and even a VS Code zero day and ZeroSpace gaming! Enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:09 Patreon 1:38 Food with Josh (or not) 3:38 Computex highlights begin - AMD was busy 6:47 Ryzen 7 5800X3D returns 8:57 Reviewing the RX 9070 GRE (and extended pricing discussion) 22:57 NVIDIA at Computex 34:00 Intel wants to build back their reputation 36:36 Noctua at Computex 40:11 Corsair's announcements include a pretty sweet looking case 46:32 RIP 24-pin ATX connector as everything shrinks 49:52 Qualcomm has potentially gone insane with the 6G stuff 58:43 MSI has world's first triple mode QD-OLED gaming monitor 1:01:02 A very fast NAS (just don't try to buy big HDDs right now) 1:06:43 (In)Security Corner 1:13:55 Gaming Quick Hit 1:19:52 Picks of the Week 1:32:55 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The back episodes finally make it online, this is number 2 in a series of episodes that did not get posted, but are now! Brett is out (which is why these didn't get posted) - but the show is great as usual! Motorola phones hijaking stuff, Steam Deck OLED pricing, LLMs spill their guts, and Windows laptop makers are scare of the Macbook Neo!? Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:27 Patreon 1:52 Food with Josh 5:25 RX 9070 GRE spotted at retailers 6:51 Steam Deck price hike 9:56 CXMT is the new consumer memory maker on the block 14:20 NVIDIA retires the control panel 16:42 First-gen Chromecast lives on 20:11 PC makers start to respond to MacBook Neo 24:02 Lenovo Legion N1X name confirmed 26:50 (in)Security Corner 39:08 Gaming Quick Hits 42:02 Picks of the Week 55:08 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The back episodes finally make it online, this is number 1 is a series of episodes that did not get posted, but are now! Brett is out (which is why these didn't get posted) - but the show is great! So much insecurity, so much Linux and retro, enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:04 Patreon 1:26 Food with Josh 3:10 New Ryzen X3D already? 5:16 NVIDIA just made more money than ever 11:52 RTX 5090 price increase 16:41 EFI partitions and Windows Update 19:57 Noctua Home - adding fans to everything in your life 22:57 Linux drops more vintage CPU support 26:35 Vintage style ROG motherboard 30:39 (In)Security Corner 44:30 Gaming Quick Hit 47:20 Jeremy explores the Lepro OE1 RGB floor lamp 52:12 Picks of the Week 1:00:29 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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 ★
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 ★
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 ★
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 ★
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 ★
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 ★
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 ★
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 ★
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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