The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

By: Hardware Unboxed
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  • Steve and Tim from the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed bring to you a weekly show discussing all the latest news and interesting topics in the PC hardware and gaming scene. With our decades of experience testing and benchmarking hardware, you'll be sure to enjoy various insights into tech and the occasional guest, especially if you love building PCs and playing PC games.

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  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Punishes Your CPU, GPU and VRAM

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Punishes Your CPU, GPU and VRAM
    Nov 21 2024

    Episode 53: We've been testing games this week, including S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and Flight Simulator 2024, so we discuss how these games run on PC. Loading issues, punishing CPU requirements, VRAM issues and more.


    CHAPTERS

    00:00 - Intro

    04:07 - Testing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2

    14:51 - VRAM is An Issue Again

    34:18 - Floaty Controls and Frame Generation

    39:04 - Testing Flight Simulator 2024

    46:51 - Updates From Our Boring Lives


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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Someone Has Blown Up Their Ryzen 7 9800X3D

    Someone Has Blown Up Their Ryzen 7 9800X3D
    Nov 14 2024

    Episode 52: More discussion on Arrow Lake and Intel's promised updates, a preliminary look at the 9800X3D that has blown up on someone's AM5 motherboard, a chat about how social media is crap now and yes... more discussion of 4K CPU gaming benchmarks.


    CHAPTERS

    00:00 - Intro

    00:31 - Intel Promises Arrow Lake Improvements

    21:51 - Social Media Sucks Now

    47:28 - Possible Installation Error Blows Up 9800X3D

    58:56 - More Discussion of CPU Benchmarking at 4K

    1:21:36 - Updates From Our Boring Lives


    Burned 9800X3D: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1gqaryi/new_9800x3d_msi_tomahawk_x870_burned_up_i_guess/


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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • AMD Wins With The Ryzen 7 9800X3D

    AMD Wins With The Ryzen 7 9800X3D
    Nov 8 2024

    Episode 51: After the impressive launch of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, we go into more detail on our thoughts on the CPU, its performance, and Intel's troubles in the CPU market as a result. We also chat about CPU reviews, misconceptions and how people should think about buying a CPU.


    CHAPTERS

    00:00 - Intro

    00:49 - A Little Bit on the 9800X3D and Motherboards

    16:01 - Extended Thoughts on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D

    39:54 - Intel Are In Trouble

    55:18 - CPU Testing Misconceptions

    1:05:45 - How to Buy a Gaming CPU

    1:23:02 - Steve Has An Idea

    1:30:10 - 1440p and 4K CPU Testing Isn't Inaccurate, But...


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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed


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    1 hr and 45 mins

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Long time YouTube viewer, podcast just as good!

I have always been impressed by that possible diagnos-ible OCD of hardware reviews. This podcast I can already tell will have the same quality and focus on detail as your YouTube channel. I'm looking forward to the next episode!

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