The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

Episode 79: We chat with Daniel Owen about all sorts of stuff affecting PC gaming right now. His thoughts on the worst parts of the GPU market, plus opinions on upscaling and frame generation (including Optiscaler and driver-based frame gen), game optimization and misleading marketing. We round it out with some listener questions submitted by Patreon members.

DANIEL OWEN

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Episode 78: Steve gives an update about B850 testing, Tim talks about a new phone that he's bought, and then we chat about whether we've been too negative about the current state of PC graphics cards.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:50 - Steve's B850 Testing Struggles

16:44 - Tim Bought a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

27:41 - Are We Too Negative About PC GPUs?

1:21:17 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 77: We chat about future plans for this GPU generation, including the latest RTX 50 Super series rumors, the latest benchmarks of the RX 9070 GRE, and the potential for a lower cost RX 9060 model from AMD. Also we give a few updates on the AMD FineWine situation from last week.

EXTRA STUFF

ComputerBase AMD driver testing: https://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/nvidia-geforce-amd-radeon-treiber-vergleich-2025.934...

Episode 76: This week we give an update on the RX 9070 XT FineWine situation after some people called out Steve's testing. Also we look further into the mainstream GPU market, where typically buyers have not received a lot of love lately.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

03:27 - AMD 9070 XT FineWine Situation

27:01 - Further Thoughts on the RTX 5050

40:51 - Comparisons Between Mainstream GPUs Over the Years

52:30 - Updates From Our Boring Live...

Episode 75: Jarrod from Jarrod's Tech joins us to talk about gaming laptops. We discuss the situation with horrible laptop GPU names, poor VRAM configurations, absurd pricing for higher tier models and whether gaming laptops actually make sense to begin with.

JARROD'S TECH

Check out Jarrod's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jarrodstech

Check out Jarrod's website: https://gaminglaptop.deals/

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

01:32 - VRAM on...

Episode 74: Simon from TFTCentral joins us at Computex to discuss everything we saw at the show, our favorite upcoming monitors, impressions from various products, the future of OLED monitors and more.

TFTCENTRAL

Check out the video Tim filmed with Simon on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1KDWb0tWcM

Check out Simon's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tftcentral

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Episode 73: Now that the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is released and we have reviewed both models, we give some further thoughts on the 16GB card, the 8GB card, the weirdness around the launch (samples, NDAs) and where AMD have gone wrong

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

03:50 - The RX 9060 XT 16GB is Decent

14:11 - The RX 9060 XT 8GB is Problematic

31:26 - RX 9060 XT 8GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

40:50 - AMD Stuffs Up The Review Program

1:10:56 - Updates F...

Episode 72: Live from Computex in Taipei, we discuss the latest in graphics cards, including how we managed to review the GeForce RTX 5060 from our hotel room, and what we think about the Radeon RX 9060 XT now that it's been officially announced.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

03:21 - We Reviewed the RTX 5060 in Taiwan

19:54 - Thoughts on the 9060 XT Launch

37:58 - Outro

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Episode 71: We chat about potential upcoming Intel Arc GPUs including the B770 and B580 24GB, discuss the RX 9060 XT and what AMD might do with pricing, and round out the chat with some discoveries about laptop GPUs.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

05:13 - Intel Arc B770, Is It Real?

22:10 - New Arc B580 Configurations?

26:18 - Lead-Up to the RX 9060 XT

39:04 - Price Considerations and Concerns with 9060 XT

1:04:30 - The RTX 5090 Laptop is a ...

Episode 70: Not content on just hiding the RTX 5060, Nvidia have decided to bury reviews through questionable timing and a lack of drivers. So we discuss that on today's podcast.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:38 - Nvidia Buries the RTX 5060 Even Deeper

20:15 - But the Steam Survey!

32:22 - Is The RX 9060 XT Even Worse?

39:13 - 8GB is Holding PC Gaming Back

58:52 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 69: The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB is really bad, there are many problems with it (especially at the price), so is the upcoming AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB in trouble? We discuss all of that in today's episode, and yes, we're getting into VRAM yet again.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:33 - 8GB GPUs are Dead on Arrival

13:54 - The Main Problem is the Name

34:56 - Can it Use the Advertised Features?

41:18 - AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Rumor Ta...

Episode 68: Nvidia has just released the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and the RTX 5060 is coming soon so we break all of that down in today's episode.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:31 - The Meeting with Nvidia

10:26 - Why Does the 8GB Model Exist?

25:40 - GPU VRAM vs Console VRAM History

42:31 - The RTX 5060 Ti 8GB is a Trap

54:45 - Ray Tracing Hot Takes

1:04:13 - Did the 8GB Card Taint the 16GB Card?

1:16:57 - AMD Has an Opportunity

1:21:11 - Update...

Episode 67: Being accused of faking benchmarks and some really poor testing has turned Steve into a rage monster this episode as we break down the Arc B580 CPU overhead situation

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:39 - The Arc B580 CPU Overhead Issue is Real

14:15 - Lower End Parts Can Be CPU Limited

21:31 - The Influx of Comments

29:38 - The PRO Hi-Tech Video and Language Barrier

37:30 - The Testing Was Bad

45:39 - PRO Hi-Tech Response

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Episode 66: This week Steve decided to try comedy, tariffs were announced that will probably hurt the prices of PC gaming components, and we saw some GPU rumors

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:36 - Steve Trolls People With 4K CPU Testing

25:33 - Our Dumb Early Thoughts on Tariffs

36:51 - RX 9070 GRE Rumor Chat

44:23 - We're Going to Computex

52:14 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 65: Nvidia's marketing of late has been... misleading to say the least. This week we chat about a lot of the silly things the company has been saying around the GeForce 50 series launch

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

01:54 - Der8auer and the Nvidia Interview

14:17 - Nvidia Propaganda

23:53 - Demand Claims Are Misleading

27:39 - Companies Don't Want to be Honest

32:20 - This is Hurting the GeForce Brand

39:05 - Nvidia RTX Usage Claims

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Episode 64: This week we're chatting about GPU pricing and supply, Intel missing a big opportunity with the B580, upcoming entry-level GPUs and how they should be positioned, and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

02:43 - GPU Pricing Is All Sorts of Bad

16:30 - Bye Bye RTX 5090 Supply

29:22 - Intel Misses B580 Opportunity

41:05 - Entry Level GPU Discussion

1:06:34 - AMD Should Learn from RX 9070

1:17:47 - Ryzen 9 9950X3D Recap

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Episode 63: It's a mega podcast episode as we break down everything related to the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, the Radeon RX 9070 and the GeForce RTX 5070

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

03:52 - Radeon RX 9070 XT Pricing and Availability

31:37 - AMD Made the Right Call to Delay

46:35 - The RTX 5070 is Crap and the RX 9070 Isn't Much Better

1:02:03 - AMD Genuinely Listened to Feedback?

1:35:34 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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Episode 62: AMD has officially revealed the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 including pricing and first-party performance benchmarks. So what are our thoughts?

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:37 - Our Thoughts on RX 9070 XT Pricing and Strategy

41:25 - AMD Asking For Our Opinion?

51:35 - Our Thoughts on RX 9070 Pricing and Strategy

1:17:08 - Some Cool Features Here

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Episode 61: This week we're talking about the RTX 5070 Ti and the ludicrous real world pricing we are seeing. Also, now that we have a current gen comparison, we're discussing the exact pricing AMD needs to achieve with the RX 9070 XT.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:48 - The RTX 5070 Ti and its Ludicrous Price

39:16 - The Price the RX 9070 XT Needs to Be

1:04:43 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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