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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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- 1 weeks ago1h 35m
The RTX 5080 Doubles in Price, FSR Improvements, RX 7900 XTX Aging Well?
See the Sapphire Nitro+ Range Here: https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/nitro-radeon-rx-9070-xt-ple-polar-16g-gddr6https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/mb_nitro_x870ea-ple-polarEpisode 121: AMD has finally brought FSR 4.1 technology to RDNA 2 graphics cards and attempted to fix FSR frame generation frame pacing. We chat about that, how RDNA 3 has aged relative to RDNA 4, and the current situation with RTX 5080 pricing going through the roof.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro01:37 - AMD's Latest FSR Releases16:00 - How Has the RX 7900 XTX Aged?26:40 - RTX 5080 Pricing is Crazy!1:16:11 - Updates From Our Boring LivesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago1h 35m
Should We Stop Benchmarking The RTX 5090?
Episode 120: This week we chat about AMD finally releasing FSR 4.1 for RDNA 2 graphics cards, Nvidia CPU overhead still being a thing, DLSS 5 model updates, and whether we should continue benchmarking the RTX 5090 now that it's been discontinuedCHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:41 - AMD Releases FSR 4.1 for More GPUs17:55 - Nvidia's CPU Overhead on GPUs39:19 - Advanced Shader Delivery is Here45:47 - DLSS 5 Has a New Model54:19 - Should We Keep Benchmarking the RTX 5090?1:18:50 - Updates From Our Boring LivesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago1h 26m
The RTX 5090 is Dead - Our Thoughts
Episode 119: Nvidia has reportedly discontinued the GeForce RTX 5090, sending that GPU silicon to RTX Pro graphics cards. We chat about that, as well as efforts to combat shader compilation stutter with SCSKiller, and the Epic Games Store getting a makeoverCHAPTERS00:00 - Intro01:39 - The RTX 5090 Has Been Discontinued28:28 - Shader Compilation Stutter Can Be Fixed57:16 - Epic Games Store Gets Vibe Coded Remake1:08:12 - Updates From Our Boring LivesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 4 weeks ago1h 31m
What Gaming PC Build Makes Sense Right Now?
Episode 118: Steve and Tim chat about what sort of PC build actually makes sense right now, if you wanted to get into PC gaming and were facing the reality of what hardware costs at the moment. Also, we go completely off the rails and talk about the current AI situation.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro02:19 - What Gaming PC Build Makes Sense Right Now?31:18 - Current Market vs Crypto Boom42:00 - Our Random Thoughts on the Current AI SituationSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 2, 20261h 11m
Witcher 3 Remastered, Gears E-Day, Ray Tracing Weirdness, Nvidia Upset EVGA
Episode 117: Steve and Tim have been busy testing games this week, so we dive into some thoughts on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered, as well as Gears of War E-Day. We also chat a bit about this week's EVGA story, and how Nvidia allocated GPUs to them, and why times were tough for the AIB as a result.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro03:34 - Testing The Witcher 3 Remastered26:20 - Testing Gears of War E-Day35:35 - Nvidia Allocation at EVGA51:37 - G.Skill Replaces (Not Refunds) Someone's DDR51:00:57 - Updates From Our Boring LivesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 19, 20261h 30m
Is the RX 9050 4GB AMD's Worst Ever GPU?
Episode 116: Steve managed to obtain and test the Radeon RX 9050 4GB so we discuss just how bad it is, and the way it prays on customers. Then we have a chat about DLSS 5, the direction of graphics, how long until this feature is good and whether it even makes sense.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro01:53 - Steve Tests the RX 9050 4GB15:10 - It's an Anti-Consumer Scam Product31:23 - Is the RX 9050 4GB Usable in Some Games?43:02 - We've Tested DLSS 5 Now1:01:45 - Are Graphics the Most Important Part of PC Games?SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 11, 20261h 30m
We Killed $3000 of DDR5 Memory
Official Store – Insta360 Link 2: https://bit.ly/MonitorsBFLink2storeAmazon – Insta360 Link 2: https://geni.us/pByQNbInsta360 Webcam Collection: https://store.insta360.com/collections/4k-webcamsEpisode 115: We update everyone on the current situation with the YouTube view count. Then we dive into Steve's story about how he managed to kill several sticks of DDR5 memory on an Asrock motherboard.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:42 - The YouTube view count change has increased our views12:38 - Steve killed a few kits of DDR5 memory47:47 - Steve's network troubles with Telstra 5G1:00:08 - Tim installed a new SSD (thanks Samsung)1:15:50 - Updates from our boring livesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 4, 20261h 30m
Our Melting RTX 5090 and Early DLSS 5 Impressions
Episode 114: Two big topics in this week's podcast: Steve had a melting incident with his RTX 5090, and we chat about the re-announcement and release of DLSS 5 technology. CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:48 - Steve had a 5090 melting incident42:41 - DLSS 5 initial impressions1:14:44 - Updates from our boring livesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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