PC Perspective Podcast #210 – 07/19/2012
Join us this week as we talk about Cheap 1440P Monitors, 11" Gaming Notebooks, Windows 8, and more!
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath and Allyn Malvantano
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Program length: 1:02:09
Program Schedule:
- 0:00:30 Introduction
- 0:01:30 PC Per moving to pcper.com/live
- 1-888-38-PCPER or podcast@pcper.com
- https://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- 0:03:10 Quakecon – Hardware Workshop @ pcper.com/workshop (August 4th, 2012 time TBD)
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0:04:50 Join me next weekend at Fry's!!
- Fry's Electronics, 1077 East Arques Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Podcast topics of discussion:
- Week in Reviews:
- 0:20:10 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
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News items of interest:
- 0:22:00 New Radeon HD 7000-series pricing
- 0:25:30 GPU Stock Update for July 17th
- 0:32:15 6GB Sapphire TOXIC Edition 7970 GHz – 1200 MHz boost speed
- 0:36:55 PoV launches overclocked GT 640
- 0:37:35 Microsoft Office 2013 (aka Office 15) Customer Preview,
- 0:41:30 Blue Prolimatech Megahalems HSF prototype
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SSD Stuff
- 0:42:40 Intel adds 240GB 330-series SSD, lowers prices
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0:44:00 Possible MSI SandForce SSD
- Allyn believes this may just mean the company will integrate a mSATA SSD with it's mobos.
- 0:44:30: New OCZ/Indilinx Barefoot 3 SSD Controller
- 0:47:50 Retina MacBook Pro from a PC Perspective
- 0:53:00 Desktop Trinity APUs delayed
- 0:57:15 Microsoft Releasing Upgrade/OEM Editions for sale on October 26, 2012
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Closing:
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0:58:30 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
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Ryan: Vertex 4 special tease!!
- VTX4-25SAT3-64G – $69.99
- VTX4-25SAT3-128G – $104.99
- VTX4-25SAT3-256G – $199.99
- VTX4-25SAT3-512G – $529.99
- Jeremy: I really dislike installing heatsinks
- Josh: A kickin card for cheap
- Tim: Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, in the steam sale today!
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Ryan: Vertex 4 special tease!!
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0:58:30 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- 01:02:10 1-888-38-PCPER or podcast@pcper.com
- 01:02:55 https://pcper.com/podcast
- 01:03:00 http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- 01:03:30 Quakecon coverage at pcper.com/workshop. Hope to see you there!
- 01:04:15 Closing/outro
Wow, AND the video is up?
I
Wow, AND the video is up?
I must be in the Twilight Zone
You totally are! 😉
You totally are! 😉
You can get a 7970 right now
You can get a 7970 right now from Tiger Direct for $370 and it comes with 5 new release games. Is that a deal or what. 3 year warranty too.
You just can’t beat a $370 7970 + 5 games.
Yeah, that does sound like a
Yeah, that does sound like a good deal.
Trinity is now available in
Trinity is now available in HP desktops. How is this if they are changing the chip???
You can purchase Trinity desktops right now from Best Buy.
Any thoughts? Can anyone explain why these are available if Trinity has not been released and doesn’t plan to release for a couple more months????
Also, Trinitys GPU is running VLIW4 from 6900 series cards. They are using the decoder from GCN cards or something like that.
Ack, I was mixing Trinity
Ack, I was mixing Trinity with Kaveria when talking about the GPU being GCN. Confusion sometimes reigns in my head.
I think Trinity is being pushed out to the really big OEMs as we speak for desktop, but AMD is trying to hold off on general availability until they get rid of all those Llano chips.
Jeremy,
You got me all
Jeremy,
You got me all excited about that thermal interface sheet, only to learn it it is not something I can purchase. Kind of mean, which is not like you at all.
Maybe it’s just me but you
Maybe it’s just me but you guys all went in to helium mode after the ad (on the RSS podcast version). It doesn’t seem sped up or anything, just off pitch.
The video works fine though.
You know I had the exact same
You know I had the exact same issue with the audio podcast download from iTunes. Everything was fine up until the ad then boom, helium in the headphones. Normal playback speed, higher pitched voices.
Jeremy, I too share your
Jeremy, I too share your angst with heat sinks. Thermal paste in sheets would spread joy not paste on my repairs. If Sony doesn’t want to sell these guys, hopefully, surely someone else will come up with their version for the marketplace.
Sins of a Solar Empire!!! thx
Sins of a Solar Empire!!! thx
Sins of a Solar Empire!!! thx
Sins of a Solar Empire!!! thx