Podcast #883 - Packard Bell is Back, Intel LGA1954, DLSS 5 Horror, Refine 2 Chair Review, GPU Coil Whine and Win 11 Tweaking!

Discussion on the upcoming Intel LGA1954 CPU roadmap, that Plex servers might be vulnerable, LG and all their spying, AI is probably going to destroy us all, RAM prices won't peak, and get a GOG box for the full experience.  All that and so much more!  (And somewhat less when Brett has to dip out unexpectedly)Timestamps00:00 Intro01:20 Patreon02:59 Food with Josh05:37 News begins - iPhone Duo09:45 TSMC High-NA EUV expanding11:49 Intel next-gen roadmap leaks14:46 Also, Intel CPUs about to get more expensive18:38 DLSS 5 coming to older GPUs after all22:40 DDR5 prices to grow up to 18 percent in Q324:58 Windows 11 new update fixes taskbar complaint26:46 The chances AI could destroy us all in the next 10 years32:51 AMD GPUs climbing up the charts35:06 Audacity 437:46 (in)Security Corner1:02:19 Brett suddenly has to leave1:02:59 Gaming Quick Hits1:13:40 Picks of the Week1:22:24 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Originally aired on September 1st.Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:39 Patreon02:53 Food with Josh06:17 News begins - and Packard Bell is back10:03 Intel LGA1954 confirmed12:49 MacBook Neo SSD thrashing seems dire16:30 Horrifying DLSS 5 mods22:29 Rumored next-gen Radeon flagship performance25:19 Run multiple Linux kernels with no hypervisor?27:59 Tweaks for Windows 11 before Microsoft shuts them down31:29 GPU coil whine database35:21 (In)Security Corner48:51 Gaming Quick Hits54:07 Fractal Refine 2 gaming chair review1:00:08 Picks of the Week1:08:35 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Where else are you going to get GTA6, WiFi7, M6, WPA3, RTX 5090 and Atari 2600 coverage all in the same show?  No where else, that's where.  Listen to the dulcet tones of tech whisperers go over the weekly news and so much more.  Hot Chips, SteamOS, Outlook stupidity!  Oh, and Linux turns 35.Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:46 Patreon01:44 Food with Josh04:24 Breaking news - Hot Chips was all about ai11:06 Apple has new silicon and Macs16:20 Linux turns 3517:25 SteamOS 3.9 Main boots on Intel Arc B58018:53 Careful when you upgrade to WiFi 722:55 New Outlook can look more like old Outlook now25:40 How much is that 5090 in the window?29:25 NVIDIA financials35:21 (In)Security Corner51:06 Gaming Quick Hits56:07 Picks of the Week1:08:31 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Get the fanciest Ryzen 9 without a lid, Intel appears to be looping back on their naming CPUs and Arc squeaks out more performance (sometimes), CoPilot assists in "hacking" itself, your Twitch streams might be training AI, and Epic appears to be coming to Linux.  It's the year of Linux, Am I Right(tm)? or what?   All that and way to much for this 5Lb bag again.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:29 Patreon03:17 Food with Josh05:02 News begins - Intel might Haswell name their new CPU the 4950K06:34 You can now buy a de-lidded 9950X3D2 with a warranty07:53 VRAM compression with Arc on Linux?11:22 Microsoft's rebrand registry14:28 Microsoft working on Windows 11 context menu15:50 Intel, money motivated, may make more memory memories21:44 Twitch ai training is opt-out, because no one would opt-in26:47 Fairphone Gen 6 Plus arrives in USA28:51 (In)Security Corner40:48 Gaming Quick Hits50:10 Josh reviews MOZA CS Pro and R9 V31:03:06 Picks of the Week1:16:19 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Linux gaming support keeps improving, TPM hardware keeps gaining vulnerabilities, the AI tech sector keeps gaining debt linked to investments, and advertisers keep gaining sneakier ways to infiltrate your content experiences.  Enjoy!Ah, Kent couldn't make the show at the last minute, and Brett so planned on being there (lights were on, computer was spun up), but a last minute emergency took him off the air too - so it's a threesome tonight!  (I should have written that differently I think ...)Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:02 Patreon01:47 Food with Josh05:50 Xbox and Game Pass on Linux in the works07:46 New SteamOS beta adds support for more hardware09:58 Massive AI debt hiding in plain sight14:10 RTX 50 Series median price keeps growing16:24 Time Magazine shows ads only chatbots can see19:07 Noreply domains22:28 Woodgrain motherboard25:15 Microsoft raising Windows 11 license cost26:04 Win 11 built-in weather app wastes over 1GB of RAM28:04 (in)Security Corner intro29:23 (in)Security Corner actually begins44:34 Josh's Sim Corner51:25 Gaming Quick Hits56:58 Picks of the Week1:03:05 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We continue the journey to 1000 episodes with this riveting installment that could possibly change your life. Not convinced? If you order big bacon-covered burgers every day that WILL change your life. We guarantee it.Print out your Noctua things, run Windows 11 in 8Gb with varying degrees of success, AMD makes the monies, and EA goes private.  Question:  Is THIS the year of Linux?  Why did Roomba and power inverters just get banned, Apple DRAM struggles, and Fanatec (of course).  A well packed show in a 10lb bag, enjoy!TImestamps:00:00 Intro01:25 Patreon02:28 Food with Josh05:40 Microsoft deletes 32GB RAM recommendation docs11:04 Linux market share grows14:08 AMD Financial results (with extended discussion)22:33 Even Apple struggles to get DRAM (and memory is sold out through 2027)24:30 We talk even more about RAM and the stock market29:28 Sony moves ahead with end of discs33:26 Google removing Assistant on phones - Gemini the only option35:07 Finally, we can 3D print in official Noctua colors38:08 (In)Security Corner51:13 Josh's Sim Racing Corner53:50 Gaming Quick Hits1:04:49 HyperX Cloud Stinger 3 Wireless gaming headset review1:10:18 Picks of the Week1:22:47 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

GOG 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 Intro01:15 Patreon03:29 Food with Josh05:10 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...Linux20:23 Microsoft's 8GB Surface laptop is an embarrassment22:50 The DDR4 to DDR5 gaming gap27:25 AMI acquired by a company called Lattice29:47 Starlink exempted from foreign router ban31:47 CXMT now charges more for RDIMMs than Samsung41:50 (In)Security Corner58:07 Josh's Sim Corner1:09:48 Gaming Quick Hits1:18:58 Picks of the Week1:37:37 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 Intro01:09 Patreon02:21 Food with Josh06:08 RIP John C. Dvorak08:08 NVIDIA's 88-core CPU09:26 RTX Spark Win 11 driver and Arm dGPU support12:07 Josh leads us into more NVIDIA talk and later defends datacenters19:16 AMD gets two big datacenter wins22:43 Ryzen 7 7700X3D already had a price drop24:11 ADATA chairman warns RAM shortage will last another decade24:37 Samsung Unpacked29:21 HP fined for nefarious printer cartridge practices - in India34:44 LG adware38:18 (In)Security Corner48:46 Gaming Quick Hits58:44 Picks of the Week1:12:01 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 Intro00:39 There is no German version02:14 Patreon03:58 Food with Josh06:11 The Ryzen 7 5800X3D returns - and at MSRP!09:40 RTX 50 Series hot spot is a hot issue15:14 Microsoft to let Win 11 users disable ads in search?16:29 The horrors of Windows 95 program installation REVEALED21:40 FSR with up to 8x framegen in development23:22 For its 25th anniversary Google gives us more AI25:28 Reflecting on the death of physical media32:26 Windows marketshare falling37:26 SK Hynix says next year will be the worst39:08 (In)Security Corner55:40 Gaming Quick Hits1:01:39 Samsung SSD 990 review1:09:33 Picks of the Week1:21:05 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 Intro01:22 Patreon02:53 Food with Josh 05:41 Steam Machine coverage continues (again)08:52 Intel Nova Lake and AVX-51210:04 Intel raises MSRPs on their best processors11:02 Intel restarts 13th and 14th Gen Core production - for China12:23 Lian Li B4 mATX makes another appearance15:01 Micron breaking ground on a new fab expansion16:01 Get ready for Mini PCs with previous-gen Intel CPUs and DDR417:33 Internal sound cards in 2026?20:25 Cover story - RTX 3060 12GB returns in 202623:54 An NVIDIA story about AI cloud26:24 Jeremy leads us into a story about Samsung's obscene profits28:22 Josh's Racing Corner32:38 (In)Security Corner50:07 Gaming Quick Hits57:12 Picks of the Week1:08:22 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★