PC Perspective Podcast #292 – 03/20/2014

Join us this week as we discuss Haswell-E, Iris Pro in Broadwell, our 750 Ti Roundup and more!

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

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Program length: 1:32:09
 
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  2. We have our winners! Win a GeForce GTX 750 Ti by Showing Off Your Upgrade-Worthy Rig!
  3. March Madness: Join the PC Perspective Bracket Challenge!!
  4. Set your calendar! PC Perspective GDC 14 DirectX 12 Live Blog is Coming!
  5. Week in Review:
    1. 0:06:20 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Roundup: EVGA, Galaxy and PNY Overclocked
    2. 0:13:37 Corsair Hydro Series H75 Liquid CPU Cooler Review
    3. 0:19:30 Using the NZXT Kraken G10 to Watercool a Radeon R9 290
    4. 0:26:30 ASUS Maximus VI Impact Motherboard Review
    5. 0:31:30 Kingston HyperX Predator 2666MHz DDR3 Memory Review
  6. 0:34:44 This podcast is brought to you by Coolermaster, and the CM Storm Pulse-R Gaming Headset
  7. News items of interest:
    1. 0:38:40 MSI Unveils Next-Gen Gaming Series Board Line
    2. 0:40:25 An SSD Supercomputer?
    3. 0:48:25 Intel Confirms Haswell-E, 8-core Extreme Edition with DDR4 Memory
    4. 0:48:40 GDC 14: Intel Ready Mode offers low power, always connected desktops
    5. 0:50:52 Intel brings Iris Pro Graphics to Broadwell in LGA Sockets
      1. Intel Devil's Canyon Offers Haswell with Improved TIM, 9-series Chipsets
    6. 0:57:00 Busy week to be a GPU-accelerated software developer
      1. GDC 14: OpenGL ES 3.1 Spec Released by Khronos Group
      2. GDC 14: SYCL 1.2 Provisional Spec Released by Khronos
      3. GDC 14: EGL 1.5 Specification Released by Khronos
      4. GDC 14: WebCL 1.0 Specification is Released by Khronos
    7. 0:59:30 Ray Tracing is back? That's Wizard!
    8. 1:05:33 Just Delivered: MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning
    9. 1:07:15 GDC 14: CRYENGINE To Support Mantle, AMD Gets Another Endorsement
      1. GDC 14: Unreal Engine 4 Launches with Radical Changes
    10. 1:16:00 AMD Radeon R9 Graphics Stock Friday Night Update
      1. Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD for $469, 750GB for $388
    11. 1:19:10 Corsair Expands PC Case Line with a Trio of Carbide Series SPEC Gaming Case
  8. Hardware/Software Picks of the Week:
    1. Ryan: Pappy Van Winkle
    2. Jeremy: Windows Mobile SSLChainSaver
    3. Josh: Awfully good deal for IPS 24" Monitor
    4. Allyn: Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0
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  12. Closing/outro

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