Broken Silicon

372. Intel Nova Lake Delay Leak, XBOX and PSN Outage, DLSS 5 Re-Flops, AMD Zen 6 Specs

July 28, 2026·1h 44m
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Zen 6 might have several advantages against Intel’s initial NVL launch according to our sources… [SPON: $24 Win11 Pro w/ "brokensilicon“ CDKeyOffer: https://www.cdkeyoffer.com/cko/Moore11 ] [SPON: Use “brokensilicon” to save on Minisforum G1 Pro RTX 5060 Mini PC: https://tidd.ly/3NToSen ] [SPON (USA): Get 8% OFF ARZOPA 180Hz Monitor w/ “NM8PF8CM”: https://shorturl.at/SFGER ] [SPON (CAD): Get 8% OFF ARZOPA 180Hz Monitor w/ “NM8PF8CM”: https://shorturl.at/6Li0W ] #cdkeyoffer #minisforum #ARZOPA 0:00 Getting back into Elden Ring (Intro Banter) 4:33 Frame Gen, Steam Machine's Magical Size (Corrections) 14:06 PlayStation and XBOX Network Outages 22:47 How would we Market PS6? 29:14 PS6 Ray Tracing Performance 31:38 XBOX Backward Compatibility Comes to PC 38:48 Steam Deck 2 and Next-Gen Performance 48:31 NVIDIA DLSS 5 Progress Update 58:49 Zen 6 Revealed at AMD Advancing AI 2026 1:11:53 Intel Nova Lake Release Date Leak 1:22:02 Intel Confirms Hyper-Threading’s Return!!! 1:24:45 Intel Q2 Earnings, 7700X3D Review, PSN Boycott, LG Monitor Spyware (Wrap-Up) Links: https://www.ign.com/articles/sonys-nightmare-month-gets-worse-as-playstation-network-goes-down-leaving-fans-unable-to-play-digital-games-just-weeks-after-killing-disc-controversy-erupted https://x.com/mooreslawisdead/status/2080774239964336177 https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox-live-services-are-currently-down-could-this-be-why-players-cant-access-halo-campaign-evolveds-early-access https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/22/xbox-backward-compatibility-on-pc/?ocid=Announce_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Photo_lrn_7.22.2 https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/07/it-sure-sounds-like-xbox-360-games-are-coming-to-backwards-compatibility-on-pc https://x.com/TheLunarixus/status/2079994620688093204 https://www.techpowerup.com/350916/nvidia-shows-dlss-5-progress-and-technical-details-at-siggraph-2026 https://www.youtube.com/live/crEztVjfAPM?si=JgbeHp0Ix0J31ulE https://www.techpowerup.com/351017/amd-advancing-ai-live-blog-tracking-the-latest-developments-in-ai https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-256-core-epyc-9996-venice-claims-up-to-a-3-4x-jump-over-intel-xeon-competition-20-percent-over-nvidia-vera-zen-6-comes-with-up-to-1024mb-of-l3-16-channel-memory-and-5ghz-clock-speeds https://youtu.be/j6mOaxkq31Y https://overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/nova-lake-when-intel-nova-lake-release-schedule-leaks/ https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/07/intel-plans-fresh-layoffs-this-time-in-its-data-center-group.html https://www.techpowerup.com/351049/intel-reaffirms-multithreading-returns-in-2028-with-coral-rapids https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-intel-tops-q2-2026-estimates-as-shares-rebound-after-hours-93CH-4810201 https://youtu.be/hicLIeott6E Intel Earnings: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/article/intel-stock-falls-nearly-8-despite-big-q2-earnings-beat-121538508.html 7700X3D Review: https://www.techspot.com/review/3150-amd-ryzen-7700x3d/#A_Good_CPU_at AMD gets in on circular financing by investing in Anthropic, as Anthropic buys MI450s: https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1292/amd-and-anthropic-announce-strategic-partnership-to-deploy-up-to-2-gigawatts-of-amd-instinct-mi450-series-gpus Google to allow 3rd Party Stores: https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/2077466644364877985#google_vignette PS Blackout: https://insider-gaming.com/gamers-plan-playstation-blackout-means-nothing-to-sony/ Steam Deck Price Hike Destroys Sales: https://www.techspot.com/news/113220-valve-steam-deck-price-hike-has-completely-destroyed.html Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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