We have an inside scoop on Nvidia Rubin, and we discuss PS6 and the future of RADEON & Intel.
0:00 The end of Beer Reader Mail (We know there's an Audio Glitch)
5:11 RTX 5090 Effective Bandwidth (Corrections)
6:51 (NEW Leak) NVIDIA Unveils Rubin CPX – is it the RTX 6090?
18:46 How would an AI Crash affect Nvidia?
22:42 Nvidia to Make Future Intel iGPU Tiles
32:54 Will Nvidia end up buying Intel? Is N1X Dead?
42:00 Battlemage B770 L...
2025-09-22 20:16:25 +0000 UTC
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We analyze Borderlands 4 performance, stupid tweets from Randy Pitchford, and discuss what it means for a game to be “demanding”. It's not just Borderlands 4 - past games that come to mind with debates over their performance "being worth it" are Crysis, Minecraft, ARK, DayZ, Arkham Knight, and MANY more! When is it worth? When is it not? What went WRONG?!
0:00 Beards and Moustaches (Intro Banter)
5:50 Our Favorite Games of All Time!
15:10 Hyperbole &a...
2025-09-18 08:49:15 +0000 UTC
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We analyze Borderlands 4 performance, stupid tweets from Randy Pitchford, and discuss what it means for a game to be “demanding”. It's not just Borderlands 4 - past games that come to mind with debates over their performance "being worth it" are Crysis, Minecraft, ARK, DayZ, Arkham Knight, and MANY more! When is it worth? When is it not? What went WRONG?!
0:00 Beards and Moustaches (Intro Banter)
5:50 Our Favorite Games of All Time!
15:10 Hyperbole &a...
2025-09-18 08:47:50 +0000 UTC
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Well, it seems Borderlands 4 freakout videos are the latest easy clickbait for talking head YouTubers - so let's talk about it! Although actually we are going to go beyond the clickbait and specifically talk about our thoughts on what it means for a game to be "demanding", "unoptimized", or hard to run for what you arguably get back in image quality.
It's not just Borderlands 4 btw - past games that come time mind with debates over their performance "being worth it" are...
2025-09-16 20:31:41 +0000 UTC
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A game dev joins to discuss PlayStation 6 Handheld Specs, XBOX Magnus, and GeForce!
0:00 Bryan's Game Development History
4:26 Bryan is making a Game! (Radiant Starlets)
8:28 Borderlands 4 & UE5 Performance Analysis
42:23 PlayStation 6 Specs Analysis
1:10:44 What will XBOX Magnus & PS6 be capable of?
1:30:01 Comparing PS4-PS5 to PS5-PS6
1:37:13 (Cool ways) AI could be used Next-Gen
1:46:11 AMD RDNA 5 & RADEON's Upcoming...
2025-09-15 19:33:17 +0000 UTC
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A game dev joins to discuss PlayStation 6 Handheld Specs, XBOX Magnus, and GeForce!
0:00 Bryan's Game Development History
4:26 Bryan is making a Game! (Radiant Starlets)
8:28 Borderlands 4 & UE5 Performance Analysis
42:23 PlayStation 6 Specs Analysis
1:10:44 What will XBOX Magnus & PS6 be capable of?
1:30:01 Comparing PS4-PS5 to PS5-PS6
1:37:13 (Cool ways) AI could be used Next-Gen
1:46:11 AMD RDNA 5 & RADEON's Upcoming...
2025-09-15 19:31:59 +0000 UTC
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The next episode of Broken Silicon will see us once again joined by Bryan Heemskerk - Art Director at Massive Damage, Inc! For those who missed his other episodes - he can speak to ANYTHING regarding game development, computer hardware, and scaling performance! Obviously we plan to talk about Next-Gen consoles, GPUs, and CPUs - but remember that he can discuss anything you would want a guest to discuss on this show, so please don't hesitate to submit whatever you want for considerati...
2025-09-12 21:23:27 +0000 UTC
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Panther Lake is having major issues…and we discuss the latest RADEON, GeForce, and PlayStation news!
0:00 What do Dan & Tom look like? (Intro Banter)
6:02 RX 9070 GRE 16GB Leaked
13:25 AMD RPX vs AI Branding
19:56 Nvidia RTX 50 SUPER Specs Leaked
33:12 Was the RTX 5090 nerfed by CPU Overhead?
37:56 RTX 5060 & 5060 Ti 8GB Supply Cut
44:58 FSR 4 on RDNA 3 Update
49:34 PS6 Handheld Fully Leaked
1:01:58 Did the Streamin...
2025-09-08 20:19:07 +0000 UTC
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Panther Lake is having major issues…and we discuss the latest RADEON, GeForce, and PlayStation news!
0:00 What do Dan & Tom look like? (Intro Banter)
6:02 RX 9070 GRE 16GB Leaked
13:25 AMD RPX vs AI Branding
19:56 Nvidia RTX 50 SUPER Specs Leaked
33:12 Was the RTX 5090 nerfed by CPU Overhead?
37:56 RTX 5060 & 5060 Ti 8GB Supply Cut
44:58 FSR 4 on RDNA 3 Update
49:34 PS6 Handheld Fully Leaked
1:01:58 Did the Streaming Games...
2025-09-08 20:19:05 +0000 UTC
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AMD’s preparing an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB killer, and I know when FSR 4 should come to RDNA 3!
0:00 Why does YouTube have to do me so dirty? (Intro Rambling)
2:34 (New Leak) RX 9070 GRE 16GB Specs Leak
6:05 (New Leak) RX 9070 GRE Summary
7:20 (New Leak) FSR 4 on RDNA 3 Release Date Leak
9:20 (New Leak) RDNA 2 won't get FSR 4
12:20 RTX 50 SUPER & RDNA 4 Refresh Q&A
25:00 Why is AMD using LPDDR for dGPUs now...and not before?
48:...
2025-09-06 01:24:46 +0000 UTC
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AMD’s preparing an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB killer, and I know when FSR 4 should come to RDNA 3!
0:00 Why does YouTube have to do me so dirty? (Intro Rambling)
2:34 (New Leak) RX 9070 GRE 16GB Specs Leak
6:05 (New Leak) RX 9070 GRE Summary
7:20 (New Leak) FSR 4 on RDNA 3 Release Date Leak
9:20 (New Leak) RDNA 2 won't get FSR 4
12:20 RTX 50 SUPER & RDNA 4 Refresh Q&A
25:00 Why is AMD using LPDDR for dGPUs now...and not before?
48:40 AMD ...
2025-09-06 01:24:43 +0000 UTC
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Yep - August is already over! As such, Tom will be conducting his month livestream, and within said stream you expect some decent RADEON updates, and also some details about FSR 4 on RDNA 3. Also for those who don't remember, all of this has happened over the past few weeks:
Further confirmation that Zen 7 is coming to AM5
RADEON AT3 & AT4 Specs Leaked
AMD Zen 6 Medusa Specs Leaked
Arrow Lake Refresh Rumors
2025-09-04 23:45:34 +0000 UTC
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Steve from Hardware Unboxed joins to discuss the future of RADEON, GeForce, and CPU competition!
0:00 Frustrations with Benchmarking, DLSS 4 vs FSR 4
17:21 Nvidia CPU Overhead in BF6 & Low-Resolution CPU Testing
37:59 Can we recommend Nvidia for Battlefield 6?
41:59 Is the RTX 6090 Pre-Bottlenecked?
53:10 AMD RDNA 5 solves Low-End VRAM, RTX 6060 VRAM Capacity
1:13:10 Behind-The-Scenes RDNA 4 Stories, Nvidia Software Issues
1:34:51 Wh...
2025-09-01 19:32:47 +0000 UTC
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Steve from Hardware Unboxed joins to discuss the future of RADEON, GeForce, and CPU competition!
0:00 Frustrations with Benchmarking, DLSS 4 vs FSR 4
17:21 Nvidia CPU Overhead in BF6 & Low-Resolution CPU Testing
37:59 Can we recommend Nvidia for Battlefield 6?
41:59 Is the RTX 6090 Pre-Bottlenecked?
53:10 AMD RDNA 5 solves Low-End VRAM, RTX 6060 VRAM Capacity
1:13:10 Behind-The-Scenes RDNA 4 Stories, Nvidia Software Issues
1:34:51 What shou...
2025-09-01 19:32:44 +0000 UTC
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Yep, it's Steve! What do I need to say? Check out his recent videos, check out MLID's recent videos, and ask us about anything! You have ~48 hours to submit below!
Last Time Steve was on: https://youtu.be/36Av5pvgYX0?si=sHzCo4mG0K_zG7Dj
Check out HUB!!! https://www.youtube.com/c...
2025-08-29 22:00:54 +0000 UTC
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That's right - the yearly Hot Chips episode is here! That means Tom & KarbinCry will be discussing everything unveiled at said conference, and answering your corresponding questions regarding the subjects involved!
0:00 What was the major theme this year? (Yep, AI again)
6:09 GeForce Neural Rendering, AMD catching Nvidia in AI
16:06 Blackwell & Nvidia’s CPU Overhead Issue
18:10 Could RADEON catch up to Nvidia next gen?
26:33 GB10 & Nvi...
2025-08-29 19:57:29 +0000 UTC
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That's right - the yearly Hot Chips episode is here! That means Tom & KarbinCry will be discussing everything unveiled at said conference, and answering your corresponding questions regarding the subjects involved!
0:00 What was the major theme this year? (Yep, AI again)
6:09 GeForce Neural Rendering, AMD catching Nvidia in AI
16:06 Blackwell & Nvidia’s CPU Overhead Issue
18:10 Could RADEON catch up to Nvidia next gen?
26:33 GB10 & Nvi...
2025-08-29 19:57:28 +0000 UTC
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That's right - the yearly Hot Chips episode is here! That means Tom & KarbinCry will be discussing everything unveiled at said conference, and answering your corresponding questions regarding the subjects involved! Obviously we expect a lot of AMD and Nvidia stuff...but feel free to ask anything that was part of Hot Chips!
Presentations in PDF form are attached so you can read up, and you have ~24 hours to submit below!
2025-08-27 23:49:44 +0000 UTC
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We break down the next chiplet generation of RADEON & Ryzen gaming monsters!
0:00 Going European, Hot Chips PSA, Pilsner Truther (Intro Banter)
9:32 Valve Fremont Console Surfaces on Geekbench
18:21 AMD Zen 6 Medusa Halo & Budget RDNA 5 Specs Leaked
32:57 AM5 support for Halo APUs, RPX 1060 XT Pricing
45:43 XBOX ROG Xbox Ally X Release Date & Pricing
57:52 Sony Raises PS5 Pricing
1:03:49 Nvidia CPU Overhead Hits a Break...
2025-08-25 21:08:37 +0000 UTC
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We break down the next chiplet generation of RADEON & Ryzen gaming monsters!
0:00 Going European, Hot Chips PSA, Pilsner Truther (Intro Banter)
9:32 Valve Fremont Console Surfaces on Geekbench
18:21 AMD Zen 6 Medusa Halo & Budget RDNA 5 Specs Leaked
32:57 AM5 support for Halo APUs, RPX 1060 XT Pricing
45:43 XBOX ROG Xbox Ally X Release Date & Pricing
57:52 Sony Raises PS5 Pricing
1:03:49 Nvidia CPU Overhead Hits a Breaking Poi...
2025-08-25 21:08:32 +0000 UTC
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Over the past week Tom has done extensive BF6 testing! This includes gaming on Strix Halo, PS5 Pro, RTX 9070 XT, and RTX 4090! In doing said testing - quite a few discoveries were made about performance in modern games...
0:00 BF6 has taken over online discourse
5:50 BF6 Gameplay Analysis
10:48 Is Battlefield 6 “playing it too safe”?
17:55 BF6 Technical Analysis
29:26 Nvidia’s CPU Overhead Issue
39:46 Graphical Settings, FSR 4 w...
2025-08-20 00:16:09 +0000 UTC
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Over the past week Tom has done extensive BF6 testing! This includes gaming on Strix Halo, PS5 Pro, RTX 9070 XT, and RTX 4090! In doing said testing - quite a few discoveries were made about performance in modern games...
0:00 BF6 has taken over online discourse
5:50 BF6 Gameplay Analysis
10:48 Is Battlefield 6 “playing it too safe”?
17:55 BF6 Technical Analysis
29:26 Nvidia’s CPU Overhead Issue
39:46 Graphical Settings, FSR 4 w...
2025-08-20 00:16:07 +0000 UTC
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We confirm Zen 5 Refresh, Nvidia N1X, and Panther Lake details!
0:00 What are the most boring things to Review? (Intro Banter)
5:48 (NEW Leak) R9 9955X6D, Zen 5 Refresh, BF6 CPU Performance
30:40 Ultra 9 385K & Arrow Lake Refresh
44:16 (NEW Leak) Panther Lake Whispers, Intel 18A
58:51 Intel Nova Lake Specs, Pricing, Performance
1:13:15 AMD AM5 vs Intel LGA 1954 Platform Longevity
1:25:13 Zen 5 Threadripper and the Future of HED...
2025-08-18 20:58:23 +0000 UTC
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We confirm Zen 5 Refresh, Nvidia N1X, and Panther Lake details!
0:00 What are the most boring things to Review? (Intro Banter)
5:48 (NEW Leak) R9 9955X6D, Zen 5 Refresh, BF6 CPU Performance
30:40 Ultra 9 385K & Arrow Lake Refresh
44:16 (NEW Leak) Panther Lake Whispers, Intel 18A
58:51 Intel Nova Lake Specs, Pricing, Performance
1:13:15 AMD AM5 vs Intel LGA 1954 Platform Longevity
1:25:13 Zen 5 Threadripper and the Future of HED...
2025-08-18 20:58:19 +0000 UTC
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Over the past week Tom, Dan, and their friends have done extensive BF6 testing! This includes gaming on Strix Halo, PS5, PS5 Pro, RTX 9070 XT, and RTX 4090! In doing said testing quite a few discoveries were made about performance in modern games...so let's talk about it!
Feel free to write in below regarding subjects related to BF6, RADEON, console performance, or Nvidia! You have ~4 hours to submit below!
2025-08-18 20:25:25 +0000 UTC
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The next episode of Broken Silicon will see us be joined by Leo from KitGuru once again! Needless to say - he can speak to anything having to do with AMD, Nvidia, Intel, or gaming hardware...but at a minimum we plan to discuss:
AMD’s AM5 platform might set longevity records, and I know Ultra 9 385K performance!
0:00 Intro Rambling
1:45 (NEW Leak) Intel Arrow Lake Refresh Performance
6:42 (NEW Leak) AMD Zen 5 Refresh Whispers
8:52 (NEW Leak) AMD 32 Core Zen 7 on AM5!!!
15:14 Will DDR5 bottleneck Zen 7? (No)
24:00 Zen 5 Refresh vs Arrow Lake 2.0
28:00 Zen 6 vs Nova Lake, APO+ vs Game Devs
35:00 (NEW Leak) AMD Zen 6 APUs are coming to AM5!
41:52 RDNA 5, RDN...
2025-08-15 01:35:14 +0000 UTC
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AMD’s AM5 platform might set longevity records, and I know Ultra 9 385K performance!
0:00 Intro Rambling
1:45 (NEW Leak) Intel Arrow Lake Refresh Performance
6:42 (NEW Leak) AMD Zen 5 Refresh Whispers
8:52 (NEW Leak) AMD 32 Core Zen 7 on AM5!!!
15:14 Will DDR5 bottleneck Zen 7? (No)
24:00 Zen 5 Refresh vs Arrow Lake 2.0
28:00 Zen 6 vs Nova Lake, APO+ vs Game Devs
35:00 (NEW Leak) AMD Zen 6 APUs are coming to AM5!
41:52 RDNA...
2025-08-15 01:35:13 +0000 UTC
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Tom will FINALLY be conducting the "End of July" (LOL) Loose Ends tomorrow evening! Expect new info on Zen 5 Refresh, Arrow Lake Refresh, and Zen 7...but also of course feel free to submit questions about anything you want below regarding recent and upcoming stories. After all, it has been a BIG month that saw:
We discuss Intel's Ultra 9 385K, AMD's new Zen 5 Flagship, and PS6's secret weapon...
0:00 Tomato Fest & Battlefield 6 Thoughts (Intro Banter)
12:35 AMD RX 9060 8GB & RX 7400 Quietly Announced
18:58 Zen 5 Threadripper Reviews
26:18 Zen 5 “Double-X3D” Allegedly being Prepared for Launch!
34:33 AM5 Longevity
35:56 Intel Nova Lake Specs & Performance Leaked
57:04 Why exactly did Intel cancel Royal Core?
59:53 Could AM...
2025-08-11 20:54:45 +0000 UTC
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