Although the last week has been a little quiet, February actually saw quite a bit of news, including:
The Lead Art Director at Massive Damage joins to discuss Console Ports & the latest architectures.
0:00 Who is Bryan? Will future Gamers appreciate their hardware?
12:35 Why do so many recent releases on PC have performance issues?
24:37 Should PlayStation & X...
2023-03-06 20:09:56 +0000 UTC View PostBroken Silicon's next guest will be Bryan Heemskerk, a developer at Massive Damage Studios! He has been on before multiple times, and has become a fan favorite due to his excellent knowledge not just in game development - but also in GPU architectures!
Tom and Dan burn the midnight oil discussing Zen 4 X3D and the latest Nvidia & RADEON News!
0:00 Tom got Norovirus, Slow News Month (Intro Banter)
3:36 R9 7950X3D Reviewed & Launched
18:21 Should AMD have not launched the RX 7950X3D?
32:45 Zen 4 Threadri...
2023-02-28 19:55:28 +0000 UTC View Post
With all of the hullabaloo regarding recent releases requiring tons of VRAM, we're now sure it's the right time to finally have a talk about what VRAM requirements used to be, and then based on that what we expect them to be in a few years from now!
This has been a Die Shrink Subject we've wanted to do for a few months now...and with all of the hullabaloo regarding recent releases requiring tons of VRAM, we're now sure it's the right time - let's talk about what VRAM requirements used to be, and then based on that what we expect them to be i...
2023-02-23 06:24:59 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss the Sony’s new VR Device, Next Gen Consoles, Nintendo, and exclusive rumors…
0:00 Dead Space Remake –VRS, FSR, and Dynamic Res have Limitations
8:54 PS5 Geometry Engine vs XSX Variable Rate Shading
16:14 Are recent "bad console ports" in reality a sig...
2023-02-21 19:46:11 +0000 UTC View PostBroken Silicon's next guest will see another return of NX Gamer! After largely ignoring the console space in 2022, we now plan to heavily discuss consoles again:
We saved up some NEW Nvidia & Intel Leaks for this episode!
0:00 Dan's Return, Long-term Phone Support (Intro Banter)
7:55 RTX 4060 & 4070 Performance Leak, AD106 & AD107 Leak by MLID
20:55 RTX “4090” and “4080” Laptops Reviewed
31...
2023-02-13 20:05:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Tom and Dan open up the Mail Bag once again to discuss an eclectic set of Xeon, EPYC, Laptop, and gaming questions stored from submissions by you all over the past few months!
0:00 Intro Banter, Genoa SDCI & SDXI, Intel’s Server “Comeback”
12:42 Dragon Range, Raph...
2023-02-10 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss RADEON Navi 33, Lovelace RTX 4060 Laptops, and the Server Engineer joins in as well!
0:00 Last Minute Guest Change
4:29 RX 7600 XT 8GB Performance - The next RX 480?
17:32 1000w GPU Cooling
23:28 AMD Risk Aversion, Employee Counts, Intel's Low Cost No...
2023-02-06 20:51:43 +0000 UTC View PostBroken Silicon's next guest will see the return of the Anonymous Server Engineer. We plan to heavily discuss AMD's place in the market, Intel Foundries, TSMC's future, Professional RADEON Cards (or lack thereof), and Intel's Evolving place in the market.
The point of this epi...
Tom answers LIVE Q&A Regarding the R9 7950X3D, ARC, Lovelace, Q1 Sales, and more!
0:00 Intro Rambling
2:59 AD106, AD107, Nvidia Laptops
12:14 Intel Granite Rapids & Sierra Forest Thoughts
16:00 Zen 4 X3D Pricing & Segmentation
30:20 The Future ...
2023-02-04 03:04:49 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time of the month...Loose Ends Livestream time! Tom plans to heavily discuss:
We discuss AMD 7900 XT Price Drops, Intel Sierra Forrest, Granite Rapids, and more!
0:00 Sundance Recommendations, Possessor on Christmas (Intro Banter)
4:18 PS5 Liquid Metal, AMD in ASUS G14, Phoenix Design Wins (Corrections)
13:15 AMD Lowers RX 6950 XT to $699 – I...
2023-01-31 20:05:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Tom and Dan sit down to answer and debate intentionally probing questions attempting to get at things we may disagree over. Does Tom want cheaper cards or stronger cards next gen? Would Dan pay more for the 7900 XTX if it had DLSS support? Who would survive a body swapping better?
For the next Die Shrink we thought it might be good to do something fun - submit questions, topics, or even just general subjects below that you want Tom and Dan to discuss disagreements on...
Examples could be:
Wendell joins to discuss Xeon, EPYC, 13th Gen Releases, Threadripper, and more!
0:00 Who is Wendell? What is a “Computer Janitor”?
9:57 i9-13900KS, i5-13500, and DDR5-7200 Thoughts
16:00 Does Intel have anything they to counter Zen 4 X3D & Ryzen non-X? 2023-01-23 21:12:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Broken Silicon's next guest will be Wendell from Level1Techs. We plan to discuss:
We discuss the RADEON, Nvidia, and Intel news from the past few weeks!
0:00 There's a lot of news to cover in this episode... (Intro Banter)
3:05 Intel 4 readiness, PCMR Mentalities, 4080 manufacturing costs (Corrections)
18:15 RX 7900 XTX Reference Cooler Thermal Iss...
2023-01-16 20:56:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Many PC Gamers seem to have an expectation that AMD should be getting more design wins with laptop OEMs relative to Intel than they seem to be so far this year…and we want to talk about it! What do we want, and what should we expect out of AMD Competition in laptops over the next few years?
... 2023-01-13 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTom and Dan have been somewhat surprised by a frequent sentiment spotted in the comments over the past couple of weeks...Many PC Gamers seem to have an expectation that AMD should be getting more design wins with laptop OEMs relative to Intel than they seem to be so far this year.
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2023-01-11 22:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Jarrod'sTech joins to discuss Nvidia, AMD, and Intel announcements from CES 2023!
0:00 Who is Jarrod? Why does he focus on Laptops?
3:16 What happened to gaming on battery?
6:54 Did AMD take Market Share in 2022? Where were their laptops?
18:00 Nvidia's Ada Love...
2023-01-09 19:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I discuss the latest RADEON & GeForce sales info, CES 2023 news, and take LIVE questions!
0:00 Intro Rambling
3:00 4070 Ti Sales Update - Arguably worse than the 4080 launch!!!
9:45 RX 7900 XTX Recall
13:20 Nintendo Switch 2, GPU Eras, Nvidia Laptop Pricing,...
2023-01-07 02:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostBroken Silicon's next episode will see the return of Jarrod's Tech! We will be heavily discussing:
Well December (and 2022) are over - time for the end of month live stream!
Keep in mind that Tom was off work for over weeks before coming back, so he may have missed something. Feel free to ask about ANYTHING, but expect heavy discussion:
We discuss 2023 Nvidia, RADEON, and Intel releases! (RECORDED 12/13)
0:00 Tariffs, RTX 4070 Ti, GPU Pricing Expectations for 2023
11:10 Nvidia Titan Ada Pricing
15:20 i9-13900KS vs Zen 4 X3D - Does Intel have a chance?
20:11 Phoenix & Dragon Range-X vs Meteo...
2022-12-31 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Which example of Nvidia naming different GPUs the same name was the most dishonest? The most Anti-Consumer?
0:00 GTX 970 3.5GB, Rebranding, GT 1030 DDR4, Laptop Naming
19:15 Recap - 460 768MB, 1060 3GB, 2060 12GB, 3080 12GB, 3060 8GB, 4080 12GB
30:58 Tom and Da...
2022-12-29 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Dawid joins to recap releases from 2022, and discuss hopes for 2023. (RECORDED 12/13)
0:00 Dawid & Tom's Accent, Japanese Gaming Culture
10:40 Looking back at the RX 6500 XT Launch
18:00 Intel's Alchemist in Early 2022
27:25 The State of ARC going into 2023 ...
2022-12-23 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss the latest RADEON, Ryzen X3D, and Intel news – and also look back at early 2022!
0:00 Exhausted by 2022, Explaining this Episode, Tom’s Stolen 3090 (Intro Banter)
6:37 i5-13600K vs R5 7600X, RDNA 3 Specification Rumors (Corrections)
14:23 AMD RX 7900 XT...
2022-12-18 14:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post