PC Perspective Podcast #286 – 02/06/2014

Join us this week as we discuss the release of AMD Mantle, Battlefield 4 Performance, Chromeboxes and more!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath and Allyn Malventano

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Program length: 1:03:08
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  2. Week in Review:
    1. 0:02:00 AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta Driver Brings Mantle Support, Frame Pacing Phase 2, HSA
      1. Battlefield 4 Mantle Early Performance Testing
      2. Core Mantle Questions: Interview with AMD's Guennadi Riguer
    2. 0:29:10 Lenovo ThinkPad T440s Ultrabook Review: The Ultimate Business Ultraportable?
  3. News items of interest:
    1. 0:33:00 Video Perspective: Free to Play Games on the A10-7850K vs. Intel Core i3 + GeForce GT 630
    2. 0:34:20 ASUS Chromebox available in March
    3. 0:40:30 AMD adds open source to their hardware-based video encoder
    4. 0:42:20 NitroWare Tests AMD's Photoshop OpenCL Claims
  4. Hardware/Software Picks of the Week:
    1. Ryan: Crucial M500 960GB SSD for $454
    2. Jeremy: The Cyberith Virtualizer would be nice to go with that Oculus Rift you should buy me
    3. Josh: I still like sound cards.
    4. Allyn: box.com + iOS app (prior to 15 Feb) = 50GB (with limits)
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  7. Closing/outro

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