PC Perspective Podcast #29 - 05/07/08

This week we talk about the new 3DMark Vantage software, a 1GB Radeon HD 3870 card, EVGA's new UV Plus+ USB VGA adapter, NVIDIA's 780a SLI chipset with Hybrid SLI technology, a couple of interesting forums threads, a Larrabee team member speaking out about rasterization, and potential probolems with AMD's 780G chipset.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length: 1:19:56
Program schedule:

• 00:40 Introduction
• 02:15 OCZ Technology 64GB SATA-I Solid State Disk Review
• 04:23 Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Benchmark Preview
• 15:46 Diamond Radeon HD 3870 1GB Graphics Card Review
• 20:05 Aqua Computer Aquaduct 360 XT Water Cooling System
• 23:29 EVGA UV Plus+ External USB VGA Adapter Review
• 29:47 NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI ASUS M3N-HT Review - NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI
  
• 53:45 Forums: Surprising number of people with the X4 9850
• 56:07 Forums: Will summer bring another GPU war?
• 58:05 Larrabee team member speaks on rasterization for the future
• 1:04:03 Host of upcoming AMD processors discussed
• 1:09:29 AMD has problems with Phenom X4s and 780G
• 1:18:06 Closing
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #28 - 04/25/08

This week we talk about the Western Digital VelociRaptor hard drive and a 64GB OCZ solid state drive, the AMD X3 Triple-core processors, ASUS' new HD 3850 X2 1GB card, Sapphire and VisionTek HD 3000-series GPU reviews, the Isaiah and Atom performance debate, VIA's processors making it into HP systems, potential Radeon HD 4800 specs being leaked out and even a brief preview of Futuremark's 3DMark Vantage benchmark.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length: 1:23:28
Program schedule:

• 00:45 Introduction
• 01:35 Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 GDDR3 512MB Review
• 08:31 Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB WD3000GLFS Review - Evolution
• 18:31 VisionTek Radeon HD 3870 GDDR4 512 MB Review
• 25:19 AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz Triple-Core Processor Review
• 39:44 ASUS Radeon HD 3850 X2 1GB hits PCPer
• 44:45 OCZ 64GB SSD Review - coming tomorrow sometime
• 47:43 Reader mail and voice mail!! 1-888-38-PCPER or podcast@pcper.com
  
• 55:29 AMD Loses a boat load of Executives
• 58:39 Isaiah and Atom battle it out
• 1:01:31 Intel's new processor prices
• 1:04:36 HP purchases 100,000 VIA CPUs for low-cost systems
• 1:08:48 AMD Radeon HD 4800-series details appear to have leaked
• 1:12:45 Quick Discussion on the upcoming 3DMark Vantage
• 1:23:28 Closing
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #27 - 04/11/08

This week we talk about NVIDIA's new 9800 GTX graphics cards, Intel's Atom processor, ASUS' new Eee PC with Windows XP pre-installed, Crytek's comments on the ray tracing and rasterization debate as well as lots of coverage of NVIDIA's recently analyst day including talk of how IGP graphics will change in 10 years, a $45 platform from VIA and NVIDIA as well as NVIDIA's system-on-a-chip design.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length: 1:31:50
Program schedule:

• 00:40 Introduction
• 01:55 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB Review - 3-Way SLI makes a return
• 11:03 BFG GeForce 9800 GTX OCX Review - G92 at its finest
• 16:20 Intel Atom Processor Officially Announced - More from IDF
• 23:48 BFG Tech ES-800 Power Supply Review - Frequency Conversion
• 25:50 ASUS Eee PC 4G-X Windows XP Review - Eee PC for All
• 29:43 Crytek's Cevat Yerli Speaks on Rasterization and Ray Tracing
• 37:02 Voice mail and Email from Listeners!
• 46:39 AMD splitting off design from manufacturing business theory
• 51:26 IDF: Larrabee to sell through add-in card vendors
• 55:44 IDF: Intel shows Nehalem at 3.2 GHz
• 56:35 AMD to cut workforce, pulls back revenue expectations
• 1:00:52 ASUS and Creative battle over sound cards
• 1:05:45 NVIDIA CEO: "We're Going to Open a Can of Whoop Ass"
• 1:18:54 NVIDIA Promises Powerful, Sub-$45 Processing Platform to Counter Intel
• 1:21:15 More Details on NVIDIA APX 2500 system-on-a-chip
• 1:29:37 Closing
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #26 - 03/28/08

This week we talk about Intel's preview of Nehalem and Larrabee, NVIDIA's GX2, Quad SLI and nForce 790i chipset, the AMD Phenom X4 9850 processor, rumors about a 3-GPU AMD graphics card, an updated Eee PC with a touch screen and GPS and $29 processors based on Intel's Atom technology.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length: 1:22:15
Program schedule:

• 00:30 Introduction
• 01:53 Intel IDF Preview: Tukwilla, Dunnington, Nehalem and Larrabee
• 22:57 XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB Review - Dual G92 is Sexy
• 32:03 EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard and Chipset Review
• 37:11 NVIDIA Quad SLI Take Two - 9800 GX2 up to bat
• 42:40 Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Motherboard Review - DDR2 X48 Solution
• 45:40 Thermaltake SwordM Full-Tower Case Review - Part 1
• 49:10 AMD Phenom X4 9850 B3 Stepping
• 55:23 Reader email and voicemail
• 1:07:31 AMD responds to Intel's tech announcements
• 1:08:20 S3 launches DX10.1 card...does anyone care?
• 1:11:34 NVIDIA and Intel on collision course
• 1:12:36 ASUS developing 3-GPU 3850 card
• 1:14:31 Eee PC with touch screen, GPS
• 1:16:29 Intel Atom CPU prices as low as $29
• 1:18:03 AMD releases stuttering patch for 2000 and 3000 series GPUs 
• 1:22:15 Closing
• Music credits - Sixx AM "Life is Beautiful"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #25 - 03/17/08

This week we talk with John Carmack and share some of his comments in audio form in the podcast.  You'll also get the

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Program length: 1:15:32
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• None really - we talk with John Carmack
• What more do you want?
• You will probably want to read the full, text article as well that discusses even more topics that mentioned in the show
• Really, read that article
  
• Music credits - Doom 1 Level 1
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #24 - 03/13/08

This week we talk about a couple of ultra-mobile notebooks, AMD's 780G chipset launch, NVIDIA's comments on the ray tracing and rasterization debate, high end case and cooling products, a chipset fan that is powered by its own heat, Intel's Atom family of processors, changes and competitors to the ASUS Eee PC line, AMD 45nm and B3-stepping updates and Intel's move into the solid-state disk market.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length: 1:10:15
Program schedule:

• 00:25 Introduction
• 01:00 ASUS U6S 12.1" Ultra-mobile Notebook Review
• 04:00 ASUS U2E 11" Ultra-mobile Notebook Review - In a class of its own
• 11:05 AMD 780G Chipset Preview - Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H Evaluated
• 19:50 NVIDIA Comments on Ray Tracing and Rasterization Debate
• 27:20 Cooler Master Cosmos S Full-Tower Case Review
• 29:10 PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 860W PSU Review
• 30:55 Calls!!! 1-888-38-PCPER or now podcast@pcper.com
• 33:20 MSI is going to power chipset fans with...chipset heat
• 36:50 Intel Announces Intel Atom Brand for New Family of Low-Power Processors
• 40:15 ASUS and the new 9" Eee PC
• 43:00 CeBit 2008: ASUS Eee PC gets competition from ECS
• 43:50 OCZ Enters Mass Production and Imminent Delivery of the Neural Impulse Actuator
• 47:25 AMD Shows off 45 nm Shanghai at CeBIT
• 51:40 AMD Catalyst 8.3 Drivers drop - CrossFireX now available
• 54:40 XFX Drops bomb on NVIDIA GPU prices
• 57:10 NVIDA preparing a benchmark to counter CPU performance claims
• 1:00:55 Could a dual-GPU Radeon HD 3850 X2 be around the corner?
• 1:03:40 AMD ships TLB-fixed B3 Opterons
• 1:05:40 Intel to ship 160GB solid-state drive in Q2
• 1:09:35 Closing
• Music credits - Paramore "Misery Business"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #23 - 02/28/08

This week we talk about AMD Quad-CrossFireX technology, the new NVIDIA 9600 GT, a handy little SATA dock from Thermaltake, the upcoming Asus U2E notebook, 9800 GX2 information, the death of HD-DVD, upcoming Intel 6-core processors and Intel's plans going forward for ray tracing, Havok's physics engine and the Project Offset game engine. 

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length: 1:19:35 
Program schedule:

• 00:25 Introduction
  
• 00:55 Alienware m9750 Notebook Review - SLI, RAID and Gaming on the Go
• 06:40 AMD Quad-CrossFire - CrossFireX Performance Preview
• 16:20 BFG GeForce 9600 GT 512MB Review - NVIDIA G94 Tested
• 27:20 Thermaltake BlacX SATA Hard Drive USB Docking Station Review
• 31:00 Zalman ZM1000-HP 1,000W Power Supply Review
• 33:30 Asus U2E Notebook Unboxing - Review coming soon
• 35:25 Calls!!! 1-888-38-PCPER or now podcasts@pcper.com
  
• 37:00 NV 9800 GX2 clocks revealed?
• 40:50 HD-DVD is dead
• 45:35 Asus to make an Eee (desktop) PC
• 49:20 Playing with Mac Leopard on the PC
• 51:00 Asus 9600 GT with multimedia features
• 53:50 Intel Hexa-core CPUs coming
• 58:00 Former AMD CTO promises 4x the memory
• 1:02:25 Intel demonstrates ray tracing on UMPC
• 1:10:25 Intel buys Project Offset for Offset Engine
• 1:18:10 Closing
• Music credits - Van Halen "Love Comes Walking In"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #22 - 02/17/08

This week we talk about Intel's Skulltrail platform, NVIDIA buying AGEIA, our first van-puter, the 9600 GT, mixed GPU CrossFire modes, AMD merger talk and more!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length: 1:16:12 
Program schedule:

• ** Yes, we had a couple of slight technical difficulties this time around - mainly on my mic having an odd, under-water warbling sound.  Apologies!!! We'll have it fixed for next week!
  
• 00:35 Introduction and PCPer PHONE number!!
  
• 08:50 Intel Skulltrail and Multi-GPU Graphics: Mixed Results
• 10:00 Intel Skulltrail Platform Review - Eight Cores, SLI and CrossFire
• 17:00 NVIDIA Buys AGEIA: How it affects you
• 25:15 ABS/Tagan BZ800 800W Power Supply Review
• 27:55 VisionTek Radeon HD 3850 Review
• 33:00 Forum Mod: Electric Bill's Van-Puter: Computing goes mobile!
• 36:45 Ultra m998 Mid-Tower ATX Case Review
• 39:40 1-888-38-PCPER Calls
• 45:10 GeForce 9600 GT Info
• 50:00 Intel Price cuts...in April
• 51:45 Mixed CrossFire mode with Catalyst 8.3 drivers
• 55:45 Dell drops AMD from online site...and then shows new AMD systems
• 58:50 AMD merger talk with NVIDIA?  IBM?
• 1:02:40 GeForce 9800 GX2 rumors and delays
• 1:07:20 HD-DVD and Blu-ray war is over...
  
• 1:13:50 Closing
• Music credits - Foo Fighters "DOA"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #21 - 01/31/08

This week we talk about AMD's Q4 financial report, NVIDIA ESA reviews, VIA's new x86 architecture, AMD's 3870 X2 GPU, the chances AMD ditches Dozer for Fusion, and more!!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length: 1:16:37 
Program schedule:

• 00:24 Introduction and PCPer PHONE number!!
  
• 01:20 AMD Q4 2007 Analysis
• 11:20 NVIDIA ESA: Enthusiast System Architecture Review
• 28:30 VIA Isaiah Processor Architecture Preview - Low Power CPU
• 38:20 Asus AMD Radeon HD 3870 X2 - AMD R680 Dual GPU Arrives
• 52:55 Listener calls - cheap laptop and P35 motherboards and their Gigabit networks
• 1:04:45 NVIDIA 9600 GT arrives early...
• 1:06:30 ...but is delayed
• 1:08:30 Gigabyte and MSI announce X48 motherboards
• 1:10:00 AMD Ditching Dozer for existing GPU designs for Fusion
• 1:11:30 AMD loses major Asian super computing deal with Sun
• 1:13:05 Intel Wolfdale E8400 showing up and is impressive!
  
• 1:14:55 Closing
• Music credits - Blink 182 "Mutt"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #20 - 01/17/08

This week we talk about overclocking DDR3 memory, Asus Xonar sound cards, the nForce 780i chipset and LOTS of information from CES.  This includes talk about NVIDIA upcoming AMD chipsets, Dell notebooks and displays, AMD's upcoming mobile and desktop GPUs, Skulltrail, EVGA's new monitor, Alienware's curved 2880x900 monitor and more!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length: 1:39:06 
Program schedule:

• 00:15 Introduction and PCPer PHONE number!!
  
• 01:05 Corsair Dominator DDR3 1800MHz Intel XMP Memory Review
• 10:10 NVIDIA at CES 2008
• 32:45 ASUS Xonar D2 Sound Card and U1 USB Audio Station Reviews
• 42:15 XFX nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Review
• 49:00 Reader messages!! (call 1-888-38-PCPER to send in your own!!)
  
• 52:30 Antec chassis and power supply information
  
• 58:10 Dell XPS M1730 notebook
• 1:00:25 Dell Crystal Display
• 1:02:20 AMD R680 HD 3870 X2 graphics card
• 1:03:15 AMD mobility GPUs and upcoming Puma platform
• 1:06:25 Thermaltake power supplies, chassis and more
• 1:09:30 Intel Skulltrail on display at 4.0 GHz
• 1:11:00 EVGA dual-slot 8800 GT card
• 1:12:15 EVGA innovative products including a dual-display monitor
• 1:16:00 Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 followup
• 1:17:10 OCZ, PC Power and Cooling showcase
• 1:20:25 Alienware curved 2880x900 display
• 1:23:30 CoolIt water cooling products for GPUs and CPUs
• 1:25:28 Asus notebooks including U2E and G70
• 1:28:35 Possible Intel 45nm Penryn delays
  
• 1:35:00 Closing
• Music credits - Van Halen "Top of the World" (I just picked this compilation up on Amazon MP3 - highly recommend0
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #19 - 01/04/08

This week we talk about a couple of gaming systems including the HP Blackbird 002, AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition overclocking, Phenom TLB fix and triple-core processors, the end of VIA chipsets, AMD R700 and GeForce 9-series specs from mid-range to high-end.

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Program schedule:

• 00:20 Introduction and PCPer PHONE number!!
  
• 02:50 Digital Storm Twister Extreme 3-Way SLI System Review
• 14:45 Zalman VF1000 LED & RHS88 Coolers for the GeForce 8800
• 16:55 AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition Review and Overclocking Test
• 26:00 XFX GeForce 8800 GT 256MB Graphics Card Review
• 32:05 Blackbird 002 LC Gaming System Review
• 46:10 Phenom Fix pushed to Q2?
• 51:20 Triple-core Phenoms to debut in March
• 55:50 Phenom motherboard upgrades not as smooth as hoped
• 59:45 End of an era: VIA chipsets kick proverbial bucket
• 1:04:35 GeForce 8800 GS details emerge
• 1:07:15 AMD R700 taped out
• 1:08:40 GeForce 9 to debut as mid-range
  
• 1:12:40 GeForce 9800 GX2 information revealed
• 1:21:00 NVIDIA GPU 2008 roadmap data
  
• 1:25:15 Closing
• Music credits - Metallica - "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #18 - 12/20/07

This week we talk about the G92 8800 GTS card, 3-Way SLI, AMD Hybrid CrossFire, the AMD 770 and NVIDIA 780i chipset releases, possible delays of Intel's 45nm CPUs and X48 chipset as well as AMD's R700 GPU technology. We finish up with talk about low sales of Crysis and UT3 and unlocked Phenom Black Edition processors.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Josh Walrath

Program length:  1:10:30
Program schedule:

• 00:16 Introduction
• 00:45 G92 Take Two - BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Review
• 09:50 NVIDIA 3-Way SLI Technology Review - 8800 Ultra x 3!
• 18:05 AMD Hybrid CrossFire Technology Preview
• 24:08 Hiper Type R Mk II 880W Power Supply Review
• 25:40 Cool Your 8800 GT - The Duorb and HR-03 GT Reviewed
• 36:00 Puzzling existense of amd 770 chipset
• 42:00 NV 780i Chipset release
• 48:05 Intel 45nm Yorkfield CPU Delayed?
• 52:35 Intel X48 Chipset pushed back as well?
• 55:20 AMD Moves towards multi-GPU cards - is R700 delayed??
• 58:25 Crysis and UT3 sales very low
• 1:02:15 Phenom Black Edition processors are here!
  
• 1:08:30 Closing
• Music credits - Jimmy Eat World "Let It Happen"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #17 - 12/06/07

This week we talk about AMD's new Phenom processors and the trouble it faces both from a marketing and performance basis, Intel's future roadmaps including a preview of the Nehalem architecture, the UT3 PhysX mod, new G92 GTS specs and 3-way SLI information, AMD tri-core processors, the Phenom TLB errata and finally why AMD will keep the K8 cores churning out of its fabs.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Josh Walrath

Program length:  1:09:15
Program schedule:

• 00:25 Introduction
• 01:10 Peer into Intel’s Future: 2008 Roadmaps
• 12:30 Ultra Products X3 600W Modular Power Supply Review and Thermalright Inferno IFX-14 CPU Cooler Review
• 13:45 Clashing Cultures: Marketing at AMD
• 20:50 Unreal Tournament 3 PhysX Mod - AGEIA's Savior?
• 30:50 EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GT KO Review - Overclocked G92 Goodness
• 36:00 Operation: Water Cool - A Look at the Swiftech H2O-120 Compact
• 36:25 Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H mATX Motherboard Review
• 38:00 Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1,250W Power Supply Review
• 39:40 PCPer Forums: Favorite Linux Distro
• 42:00 NVIDIA lets G92-based GTS specs slip
• 46:25 No 3-way SLI love for G92 cards
• 48:05 Rumored GeForce 9-series specs - Forum Link
• 49:40 AMD Tri-core processor information
• 53:15 The Phenom TLB Errata issue
• 59:15 The end of Quad FX
• 1:02:34 AMD falls out of Top 10 chip makers
• 1:03:15 AMD keeps K8 CPUs around a bit longer
• 1:07:10 Closing
• Music credits - Mighty Might Bosstones "The Impression That I Get"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #16 - 11/20/07

This week we talk about the Enthusiast System Architecture, the NVIDIA 8800 GT and AMD HD 3800 series of graphics cards, AMD's new Phenom processor and Intel's latest Core 2 CPU.  Did we mention that GPU physics might finally be dead as well??

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Jeremy Hellstrom

Program length:  1:10:45
Program schedule:

• 00:25 Introduction
• 01:45 ESA Enthusiast System Architecture - Help or Hype?
• 08:05 XFX GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Card Review - G92 Revealed
• 13:25 AMD Radeon HD 3870 and HD 3850 Review - RV670 at 55nm
• 30:00 AMD Phenom 9600 and 9900 Review: Barcelona on the Desktop
• 47:33 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 - An Early Performance Preview
• 54:50 Intel X48 chipset is a horrible idea
• 57:10 GPU Physics is Dead
• 59:45 UT3 and AGEIA PHysX Patch tomorrow and $99 prices
  
• 67:10 Closing
• Music credits - Red Hot Chili Peppers "Californication"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #15 - 11/02/07

This week we talk about our reviews of a Viewsonic VA2226w monitor, PCMark Vantage, Crysis Demo Performance, the Yorkfield QX9650, the Asus Eee PC 4G notebook and the Corsair TX750W power supply.  We also touch on rumors about the AMD RV670 graphics card in comparison to the new NVIDIA 8800 GT card and how the quietly released Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition might overclock.  We sum up the tech news with information Nehalem's time frame for launch, how the GPU market increased 20% last quarter and the future AMD 790FX motherboards.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Jeremy Hellstrom

Program length:  1:04:28
Program schedule:

• 00:19 Introduction
• 00:50 Viewsonic VA2226w 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor Review
• 05:15 Futuremark PCMark Vantage Benchmark Overview
• 10:45 Crysis Single Player Demo Performance Preview
• 17:45 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield Processor Review
• 25:30 AMD RV670 Details Leak Out: 55nm, Quad-GPU and DX10.1
• 30:45 Asus Eee PC 4G Review - Ultramobile Notebook with Linux
• 36:35 Corsair TX750W Power Supply Review
• 39:10 PCPer Forums: Can the Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition be the best deal in processors?
• 43:10 PCPer Forums: Anticipating the arrival of the 8800 GT cards
• 44:40 NVIDIA 8800 GT Launch - Review from Tech Report
• 50:28 GPU Market Grows 20% in Q3
• 53:05 Intel Slates Nehalem CPU for Q4 2008
• 54:15 Asus and Gigabyte AMD 790FX motherboards show up
• 55:45 Upcoming review products: 8800GT, RV670, RD790, Phenom, 3-way SLI, Quad CrossFire, Crysis, more!!
  
• Closing
• Music credits - Gin Blossoms "Found Out About You"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #14 - 10/18/07

This week we talk about some 1000 watt power supplies, new Intel X38 motherboards, gaming performance with DX10 and in the new Unreal Tournament 3 demo, news about NVIDIA's G92 and AMD's RV670 graphics cards, rumors of 3-way SLI and CrossFire X and even some urgings to pick up a copy of Valve's Portal game.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Lee Garbutt

Program length:  1:04:35
Program schedule:

• 00:25 Introduction
• 01:15 Overclocking the Athlon: Pedal to the Metal
• 05:02 Zalman Reserator XT Hybrid Liquid Cooling
• 09:30 PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1200W PSU
• 13:00 Gigabyte X38-DQ6 Motherboard Review - Intel X38 Arrives
• 18:35 DX10 Gaming Performance Review
• 22:15 Unreal Tournament 3 Performance Preview
• 27:55 Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W PSU
• 32:00 Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi X38 Motherboard
• 40:30 Forums: Re-capping a power supply
• 44:45 Forums: Hardware Leaderboard Forum opens!
• 45:45 Forums: Gaming Demo madness!!!! - CoD4, UT3, Painkiller, Timeshift, Fear, More!
  
• 48:45 G92 Performance and information
• 50:10 RV670 Information
• 50:50 3-way SLI and CrossFire X rumors
• 54:25 Intel X48 Chipset
• 57:30 Intel Skulltrail specific CPU to cost $1499
• 61:00 Gaming update: Portal is AWESOME
  
• 63:20 Closing
• Music Credits - A New Found Glory "King of Wishful Thinking"
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #13 - 9/27/07

This week we talk about high end DDR3 memory, a new sweet case from Zalman, raytracing in your PC games, the AMD HD 2900 Pro and LOTS of information from this past week's IDF (Intel Developer Forum).  The IDF coverage includes details on the upcoming Penryn processors, the architecture change in the Nehalem CPUs and even news on Larrabee, Intel's entry into the high end graphics market.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Lee Garbutt

Program length: 59:59
Program schedule:

• 00:16 Introduction
• 01:00 Corsair and Super Talent: Is DDR3 Ready for the Enthusiast?
• 07:00 Rendering Games with Raytracing Will Revolutionize Graphics
• 16:15 Zalman Z-Machine GT1000 High End Computer Enclosure Review
• 23:15 IDF Fall 2007 Keynote - Penryn, Nehalem, Larrabee
• 33:40 IDF Fall 2007: PCI Express 3.0, Intel's new Interconnect and Skulltrail
• 37:45 IDF Fall 2007: Skulltrail Performance Benchmarks
• 41:15 IDF Fall 2007: Terascale Computing Updates and more
• 44:20 Forums: Amazon selling DRM free MP3 files
• 47:25 Forums: Crysis Demo pushed back until next month!!
• 51:20 AMD HD 2900 Pro Quietly Launches
• 55:15 Intel 45nm Stoakley Platform Tested
• 58:40 Closing
• Music Credits - Fall Out Boy "The Take Over, the Breaks Over"

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PC Perspective Podcast #12 - 9/14/07

This week we talk about This week we talk about AMD's Barcelona processor launch (a lot) and whether or not it lived up to the hype after years of build up. We also cover the great new Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 case, a new Asus Blitz motherboard that brings the P35 to its highest levels yet and finally we look at various AMD GPGPU news such as enhanced virus scanning that just might impress!

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** Note: I want to apologize for the semi-random background noise that appears in this episode.  We used some new recording software that will obviously not be around next week.  :)

Program length: 67:03
Program schedule:

• 00:30 Introduction
• 01:40 Western Digital 750GB hard drive
• 08:35 Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 case review
• 13:45 AMD Barcelona Opteron CPU launch article
• 20:55 Seasonic S12 500 watt power supply review
• 23:25 Asus Blitz Formula P35 motherboard review
• 30:40 AMD Barcelona news - Tech Report - Anandtech - Dailytech (pricing)
• 39:20 Get Orange Box Preorder and TF2 Beta access!
• 42:30 No More Designed by NVIDIA Motherboards?
• 48:00 HP Voodoo Blackbird 002 gaming system
• 53:40 AMD Opens Drivers
• 58:55 R600 Firestream parts get new details
• 60:55 GPGPU Can Accelerate your virus scans
• 63:30 Closing
• Music Credits - Blues Traveler "Run Around"

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PC Perspective Podcast #11 - 8/29/07

This week we talk about our recent reviews including the updated Ghost Recon: AW 2 with AGEIA PhysX support, a mid-range Enermax PSU, XFX's 680i SLI motherboard supporting 1333 MHz FSB processors and even Jeremy's PC gaming editorial that drove people insane!  Our tech news looks at the upcoming Crysis demo as well as AGEIA making it into Dell notebooks, some AMD processor benchmarks as well as rumors for upcoming mid-range graphics card options based on the HD 2900 GPU.  We look at HardOCP's article on Call of Juarez -- the first title to show improvements with DX10!

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Program length: 59:40
Program schedule:

• 00:32 Introduction
• 01:15 Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 with AGEIA PhysX support
• 07:15 Enermax Libery DXX 500w PSU
• 10:05 XFX nForce 680i SLI MB supports 1333 MHz FSB processors
• 14:35 Toshiba Satellite P205 notebook review - a good, but basic laptop
• 18:10 PC Gaming Editorial - Jeremy shocks the world!
• 24:10 PCPer Forums: Do you want AHCI enabled?
• 27:37 PCPer Forums: Where to start with a new HTPC build?
• 29:32 PCPer Forums: Will PC gaming's drop off help Linux?
• 31:25 Crysis demo set for Sept 25th - same day as Halo 3
• 32:38 AGEIA PhysX PPU heads to Dell notebooks
• 35:15 PhysX in Unreal Tournament 3 looks good, but is a "mod" now
• 37:59 AMD790 chipset motherboards nearly ready - Tweaktown pics
• 39:50 AMD K10 CPU breaks 30,000 3DMark06 score?
• 42:10 Why have AMD's 65nm parts been so lackluster?
• 45:15 AMD working on new HD 2900 cards for the $200-ish price range
• 48:55 HardOCP tests Call of Juarez and DX10 Finally Makes a Difference
• 53:10 DX10 for Windows XP Project
• 53:40 Valve's Gabe Newell says DX10 was "a terrible mistake" by Microsoft
• 55:16 Quick and Dirty Penryn benchmarks
• 57:30 Closing
• Music Credits - My Chemical Romance "I'm Not Okay"

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PC Perspective Podcast #10 - 8/15/07

This week we talk about a several motherboard reviews we have posted recently, a review I wrote of the 1GB Diamond Radeon HD 2900 XT graphics card and even a pair of USB flash drives that are meant for super heroes and spies....really.  We also cover a lot of tech news this time including a look at the upcoming titles BioShock and Crysis, and then wonder why there aren't any good PC games anymore!  Both Intel and AMD have new architecture CPUs coming out soon and we talk about both of them and their newly found release date.  Oh, and we can close on month-long notebook battery life and 0-movement computer cooling.  Enjoy!

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Program length: 1:11:55
Program schedule:

• 00:45 Introduction
• 01:20 Gigabyte nForce 570 SLI motherboard for AM2
• 03:00 Gigabyte AMD690 motherboard - HTPC candidate
• 10:45 ECS KN2 SLI2 nForce 590 SLI motherboard for AM2
• 12:20 Diamond Multimedia Viper Radeon HD 2900 XT - 1GB graphics card
• 19:28 Ultra 850VA Surge protector and UPS - why you should have one
• 22:08 Corsair Survivor and Padlock flash drives - for Super Heroes and Spies
• 26:10 PCPer Forums - are you excited about BioShock?
• 30:50 PCPer Forums - why is there a lack of original PC games?
• 35:30 Crysis gets release date and recommended specs
• 40:25 Intel X38 chipset to offer memory enhancements and system utility
• 44:15 DirectX 10.1 - is your video card already obsolete?
• 46:15 AMD "releases" new Athlon 64 X2 Black Edition CPU
• 49:05 AMD Barcelona only launching at 1.9 GHz? - Digitimes story
• 53:15 Intel shows Penryn launch date and pricing
• 56:13 Nehalem might have memory controller on chipset still
• 61:23 Fuel cell battery for 1 month of notebook battery life
• 64:12 Using ionic coolers for your PC? - InventGeek article - Intel research
• 70:17 Closing
• Music Credits - Dave Mathews Band "Crash"

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PC Perspective Podcast #9 - 8/01/07

This week we talk about a disappointing Zalman fan controller, low cost ECS motherboard, AMD's Analyst day information along with a pair of power supplies for very different segments of the market.  We also hit on a bit of tech news including a potential ATI QA glitch resulting in some 20-30,000 defective Radeon HD 2400/2600 cards, the future of the DisplayPort interface and even upcoming 3800x2400 resolution monitors.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Jeremy Hellstrom

Program length: 65:20
Program schedule:

• 00:30 Introduction
• 01:35 Zalman fan controller with power monitor feature
• 07:30 ECS NF650iSLIT-A motherboard is low cost but high performing
• 15:15 AMD Analyst day divulges information on upcoming AMD GPUs and CPU technology
• 35:20 PC Power and Cooling 750 watt CrossFire power supply
• 36:35 Corsair's new 450 watt low cost power supply is impressive
• 39:45 Forum thread: when Windows XP Update fails, we have the fix!
• 42:45 ATI QA glitch allows defective Radeon 2600/2400 cards into the wild
• 46:05 DisplayPort interface analyzed
• 48:50 The Next Windows OS is being called "Windows 7" - wow, exciting!
• 51:00 Windows Vista performance patch is pirated!
• 52:51 NVIDIA wants 3800x2400 resolution displays to push PC gaming forward
• 57:10 DirectX 10.1 to replace DirectSound with XAudio 2
• 60:00 Lost Planet DX9 versus DX10 - HardOCP's take
• 64:10 Closing
• Music Credits - INXS - Need You Tonight
  

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PC Perspective Podcast #8 - 7/19/07

This week we talk about the BFG 8600 GTS OC2 ThermoIntelligence and PNY 8800 GTX XLR8 graphics cards,  Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX6850 CPU, tons of processor price cut news, the first Vista Service Pack starting this week and even an EVGA sponsored scavenger hunt with over $50,000 in prizes!

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Program length: 55:55
Program schedule:

• 00:15 Introduction
• 01:02 BFG GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 ThermoIntelligence
• 08:05 PNY 8800 GTX XLR8 OC Edition
• 14:12 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Processor
• 20:58 Dell XPS M1710 Notebook
• 23:01 Distributed Computing in our Forums!!!
• 27:25 AMD price cuts
• 29:35 Intel price cuts
• 37:45 Intel mobility processor news and roadmaps
• 41:15 Voodoo notebook that uses overclocking mobile Intel CPU
• 43:10 MS Vista Service Pack 1 Beta this week
• 47:50 Sony PS3 price cuts
• 51:20 EVGA scavenger hunt - win dinner with NVIDIA's CEO!
• 54:35 Closing
• Music Credits - The Killers "Smile Like you Meant It"

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PC Perspective Podcast #7 - 7/05/07

This week we talk about the NVIDIA Tesla HPC announcement, Intel's Core 2 Duo E6750 preview and the AMD HD 2600 and HD 2400 graphics card launch.  Of course, how could we call this a podcast without some coverage of the iPhone from Apple?!?  More news from the tech industry is covered as well.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout

Program length: 1:03:51
Program schedule:

• 00:33 Introduction
• 02:05 NVIDIA Tesla high performance computing
• 15:15 Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 1333 MHz FSB processor preview
• 21:05 AMD ATI Radeon HD 2600 and HD 2400 reviews
• 37:22 Apple iPhone - pros
• 43:55 Apple iPhone - cons
• 51:25 AMD Barcelona set for August launch
• 54:40 AMD Barcelona benchmarks questioned heavily
• 59:58 AMD preps Phenom FX-80 and FX-90 processors
• 62:50 Closing
• Music Credits - ytcracker "meganerd"

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PC Perspective Podcast #6 - 6/14/07

This week we talk about a new Thermaltake 1200 watt power supply and a TEC CPU cooler in addition to summarizing all of our week long Computex coverage.

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Jonathan Hung and Lee Garbutt

Program length: 1:01:27
Program schedule:

• 00:20 Introduction
• 01:25 Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w PSU
• 05:20 AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 Processor
• 14:30 Computex 2007 Overview
• 15:45 Computex 07 - Cases, cooling and power supplies
• 27:50 Computex 07 - UMPCs from VIA
• 33:40 Computex 07 - Memory and storage, SSDs
• 38:55 Computex 07 - Asus goes all out with motherboards and SOUND CARDS!
• 53:35 Vigor Monsoon II Lite TEC CPU Cooler
• 59:50 Closing
• Music Credits - Tears for Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

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PC Perspective Podcast #5 - 6/02/07

This week we talk about our huge SD card roundup, a liquid cooler power supply, some notebook bags you can get for only the price of beer and Intel's new "V8" media creation platform.

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Program length: 1:05:06
Program schedule:

• 00:15 Introduction
• 02:30 SD card roundup
• 06:55 Liquid cooled power supply from Koolance
• 15:15 Crumpler bags - trade beer for them!
• 19:38 Intel's "V8" Media creation PC with 8 cores
• 32:10 AppleTV gets a new 160GB hard drive
• 34:03 AppleTV gets YouTube support
• 35:45 Apple brings DRM-free music to iTunes
• 40:30 AMD's HD 2900 XT GPU doesn't have HD-decode support?
• 45:55 Microsoft "Surface" interface
• 50:34 Palm Foleo platform
• 54:08 Google Streets takes pictures of urban areas at street level!
• 57:22 Google starts facial recognition program
• 61:38 Closing
• Music Credits - Coldplay "Clocks"

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PC Perspective Podcast #4 - 5/24/07

This week we talk about the new Intel P35 motherboard chipset, my recent editorial on DX10 benchmarks and lots of processor tech news from AMD, Intel and IBM.  Oh, and we end of the best looking human head we've ever laid eyes on!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Jeremy Hellstrom

Program length: 1:09:12
Program schedule:

1. 00:20 Introduction
2. 01:45 Intel P35 Chipset - http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=409 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=410
3. 12:35 DX10 Benchmark Fiasco - http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=408
4. 25:30 Overclocking Xeons with a piece of tape! - http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?p=4069250&postcount=1621
5. 29:10 Best system for $1000 - http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=440481
6. 32:48 Getting your Net+ and A+ certifications - http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=440447
7. 35:30 AMD's 65nm and 45nm transistion schedule - http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2134597,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
8. 41:00 Chip brands failing consumers - http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=I2DUFDRAAMXGAQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=199700671
9. 46:50 AMD Grifin and Puma mobile platform information - http://www.techreport.com/onearticle.x/12495
10. 52:05 IBM Power6 Processor runs at 4.7 GHz! - http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21580.wss
11. 60:00 Dell XPS 720 H2C System kicks ass - http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/dell-xps-720-h2c-gets-official/ and http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=345&type=expert&pid=5
12. 64:40 NVIDIA Human Head Demo - http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_humanhead_downloads.html
13. 68:13 Closing
14. Music Credits - Def Leopard "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

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Program length: 53:40
Program schedule:

1. 00:16 Introduction
2. 00:50 AMD Radeon HD 2900 XT Released - http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=406
3. 14:05 Ultra's 1000w EE Power Supply - http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=405
4. 15:05 AMD Announced Phenom Processor branding - http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=3945
5. 20:31 Core 2 Duo processor temperatures - http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=440145
6. 23:20 Best graphics card fr under $170? - http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=440417
7. 26:38 Lots of HD 2900 XT discussion already - http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=439847
8. 28:16 What headphones / mic combo for gaming? - http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=440190
9. 31:48 Belkin's Network USB Extender - http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/15/belkin-network-usb-hub-gets-official/
10. 34:50 CEA Might make a universal portable media player interconnect? - http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1000001&newsId=20070515005948&newsLang=en
11. 38:01 Price cuts coming early for Intel's quad-core parts - http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Readies+Price+Cuts+For+Quadcore+Desktop+Server+Processors/article7293.htm
12. 43:07 DirectX 10 Benchmarks debate, what are AMD and NVIDIA really doing? - http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39647
13. 52:46 Closing
14. Music Credits - John Williams from Return of the Jedi

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom and Jon Hung

Program length: 59:35
Program schedule:

1. 00:00 Introduction
2. 02:13 CellFactor: Revolution and PhysX discussion http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=403
3. 15:00 Hardware Leaderboard Updates http://www.pcper.com/hwlb.php
4. 20:20 Intel Santa Rosa and NVIDIA GeForce 8M launches http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=404
5. 29:40 Fragging Frogs http://forums.pcper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2
6. 30:55 What is Ryan Folding With? Folding@Home discussion http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=440201
7. 34:20 Greenpeace Report on scoring companies on waste disposal http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-companies-line-up
8. 39:00 The New Dell - offering Linux and Windows XP http://news.com.com/Dell+picks+Ubuntu+for+Linux+PCs/2100-7344_3-6180419.html?tag=newsmap
9. 42:50 Intel's Moorestown UMPC Platform http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=7167
10. 46:28 HP HDX Dragon 20.1" Notebook http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/08/hp-pavilion-hdx-the-dragon-entertainment-laptop-announced/
11. 52:48 Comcast talks 160 Mbps Cable downloads http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070508-160mbps-downloads-move-closer-for-us-cable-customers.html
12. 55:36 HP Offers Blu-ray/HD-DVD combo drive on mid-range system http://www.physorg.com/news97832603.html
13. 57:39 Closing
14. Music Credits - John Williams from Raiders of the Lost Arc