We discuss Intel Nova Lake leaks, RTX 5000 issues, and AMD’s upcoming RDNA 4 & Zen 6 products!
0:00 Subtle Torture, Building a Shed (Intro Banter)
4:48 Fury Nano Ranking, Amiibos (Corrections)
10:31 Nvidia RTX 5090 Instability, Blackwell Supply is a JOKE!
19:39 Nvidia vs AMD Drivers
24:38 RTX 5070 Ti & RTX 5070 Performance Leaked (again)
34:14 Blackwell is really "Lovelace 2.0", Re-segmenting the Lineup
39:06 RDNA 4 Confirmed to be La...
2025-02-10 18:54:49 +0000 UTC
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You know the drill! January was an absurdly business month of RTX 5000 Releases, bizarre & exciting RDNA 4 developments, Arrow Lake Mobile details, and leaks about Nvidia APUs! Write in below with your thoughts and questions regarding all of these subjects, and upcoming products! Tom will discuss anything you submit...and also has some stuff to disclose about the RTX 5070 series...
You have ~16 hours to submit!
2025-02-07 01:08:20 +0000 UTC
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So far the RTX 5000 launch is a disaster, Battlemage has faceplanted, the RDNA 4 rollout has been very sloppy (although hope remains!), and last gen GPU prices are exploding on eBay. We discuss how we all feel about the state of GPU in 2025, and go over things Tom noticed redoing the GPU Chart.
0:00 Will DLSS 5 come with a hammer?
7:30 GPU Hierarchy Chart Deep Dive
10:14 VRAM Issues are Rampant, Some Generations aged BADLY
32:45 What about Ray Trac...
2025-02-06 19:07:47 +0000 UTC
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So far the RTX 5000 launch is a disaster, Battlemage has faceplanted, the RDNA 4 rollout has been very sloppy (although hope remains!), and last gen GPU prices are exploding on eBay. We discuss how we all feel about the state of GPU in 2025, and go over things Tom noticed redoing the GPU Chart.
0:00 Will DLSS 5 come with a hammer?
7:30 GPU Hierarchy Chart Deep Dive
10:14 VRAM Issues are Rampant, Some Generations aged BADLY
32:45 What about Ray Trac...
2025-02-06 19:07:47 +0000 UTC
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Maybe it's just because we finished overhauling the GPU hierarchy chart again (see below), or maybe it's because Tom noticed you were all endless discussing GPU generations and value today (2/5/205) - but how about we just talk about our feelings on the state of the GPU market today?
So far the RTX 5000 launch is a disaster, Battlemage has faceplanted, the RDNA 4 rollout has been very sloppy (although hope remains!), and last gen GPU prices are exploding on eBay. ...
2025-02-05 21:53:53 +0000 UTC
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Nvidia is not happy with the press they are getting according to our sources…
0:00 RDNA 4, Blackwell, and RDNA 4 Rollouts have been WEIRD
11:50 RX 9070 XT Benchmarks PROVE AMD has an Opportunity
19:40 Is the GPU market permanently damaged? What's AMD's strategy?
27:48 Was it a good idea to delay RDNA 4?
30:47 Nvidia’s (latest) Intentional Paper Launch & Pricing Manipulation
40:18 Nvidia Employee Outrage Leak – They aren’t happy ei...
2025-02-03 16:02:08 +0000 UTC
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Nvidia is not happy with the press they are getting according to our sources…
0:00 RDNA 4, Blackwell, and RDNA 4 Rollouts have been WEIRD
11:50 RX 9070 XT Benchmarks PROVE AMD has an Opportunity
19:40 Is the GPU market permanently damaged? What's AMD's strategy?
27:48 Was it a good idea to delay RDNA 4?
30:47 Nvidia’s (latest) Intentional Paper Launch & Pricing Manipulation
40:18 Nvidia Employee Outrage Leak – They aren’t happy ei...
2025-02-03 16:02:06 +0000 UTC
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The next episode of Broken Silicon will see the return of Vex! This will be a very open-ended discussion about recent gaming hardware news, and upcoming releases. So, please feel free to ask about ANYTHING having to do with Nvidia, AMD, Intel, PlayStation, XBOX, Nintendo, etc!
You have ~36 hours to submit below (Until Sunday Morning).
Last Episode Vex was on: https://youtu.b...
2025-01-31 22:36:57 +0000 UTC
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We have new information on the future of RADEON, and discuss Nvidia Blackwell!
0:00 AI thinks Dan is Steve & Jensen's Jacket looks CHEAP (Intro Banter)
4:49 Does Intel really want to minimize Battlemage Production? (Corrections)
9:10 Nvidia RTX 5090 Reviews – Why it’s Underwhelming
15:50 How isn’t the 5090 better at Raster, RT, OR AI?!
25:52 Nvidia DLSS 4 Multi-Framegen Reviewed
38:37 RTX 5090 & 5080 Launch sounds like “another...
2025-01-27 19:09:09 +0000 UTC
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We have new information on the future of RADEON, and discuss Nvidia Blackwell!
0:00 AI thinks Dan is Steve & Jensen's Jacket looks CHEAP (Intro Banter)
4:49 Does Intel really want to minimize Battlemage Production? (Corrections)
9:10 Nvidia RTX 5090 Reviews – Why it’s Underwhelming
15:50 How isn’t the 5090 better at Raster, RT, OR AI?!
25:52 Nvidia DLSS 4 Multi-Framegen Reviewed
38:37 RTX 5090 & 5080 Launch sounds like “another Ampere...
2025-01-27 19:08:45 +0000 UTC
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We break down our initial thoughts on the RTX 5090, and explain why RTX 5090 performance seems to have not lived up to its specs…
0:00 Immediate RTX 5090 Reactions
11:00 AI & Ray Tracing Performance Disappoints
21:13 Is the RTX 5090 even for professionals?
28:35 Could the RTX 5080 & 5070 be even WORSE?
34:42 Clues that Blackwell is Imbalanced
43:19 Will any of this hurt Nvidia?
2025-01-24 08:50:30 +0000 UTC
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We break down our initial thoughts on the RTX 5090, and explain why RTX 5090 performance seems to have not lived up to its specs…
0:00 Immediate RTX 5090 Reactions
11:00 AI & Ray Tracing Performance Disappoints
21:13 Is the RTX 5090 even for professionals?
28:35 Could the RTX 5080 & 5070 be even WORSE?
34:42 Clues that Blackwell is Imbalanced
43:19 Will any of this hurt Nvidia?
2025-01-24 08:50:08 +0000 UTC
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As we prepare enough links for an entire podcast...for just the first story of Broken Silicon 294, it is becoming clear that we should get some of the 5090 discussion out of the way in a Die Shrink! So, let's save some of the more technical talk for the coming BS, and just ask you all are you impressed by the RTX 5090? What do you think based on the initial reviews?
You have ~2-3 hours to submit! Sorry for the short notice!
2025-01-23 21:45:09 +0000 UTC
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New Blackwell & RDNA 4 Leaks w/ Jon!
0:00 How well has Taiwan recovered from the 2024 Earthquakes?
5:05 Intel Quality Control Issues
9:57 TSMC 2nm Manufacturing Coming to the USA
23:36 Can RDNA 4 get branded “Made in USA”
25:37 (NEW Leak) RX 9070 XT & 9070 Supply – At Micro Center NOW!
32:05 (NEW Leak) Nvidia RTX 5000 AIB Pricing
38:25 Has TSMC built TOO MUCH Capacity?
42:21 Nintendo Switch 2 - SAMSUNG 8nm a mistake?<...
2025-01-20 19:46:11 +0000 UTC
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New Blackwell & RDNA 4 Leaks w/ Jon!
0:00 How well has Taiwan recovered from the 2024 Earthquakes?
5:05 Intel Quality Control Issues
9:57 TSMC 2nm Manufacturing Coming to the USA
23:36 Can RDNA 4 get branded “Made in USA”
25:37 (NEW Leak) RX 9070 XT & 9070 Supply – At Micro Center NOW!
32:05 (NEW Leak) Nvidia RTX 5000 AIB Pricing
38:25 Has TSMC built TOO MUCH Capacity?
42:21 Nintendo Switch 2 - SAMSUNG 8nm a mistake?<...
2025-01-20 19:46:03 +0000 UTC
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The next episode of Broken Silicon will see us be joined by Jon of Asianometry once again! Please feel free to ask any questions involving Nvidia, AMD, Intel, TSMC, or other semiconductor companies you want - especially if they relate to the bigger picture, geopolitics, and manufacturing. Jon is one of those guests that allows for more "business-y" and "technology" oriented subjects. But at a minimum the subjects below are likely candidates:
We leak RDNA 4 Performance, new Nintendo Switch 2 info, and discuss Nvidia Blackwell!
0:00 The Holidays are Over & Tom got a Motorcycle (Intro)
5:04 Nuh-Vidia & Linux User-friendliness (Corrections)
10:06 RTX 5000 Series Specifications (and not really Performance) Revealed
23:39 DLSS 4 Thoughts – Dark Magic or Dark Marketing?
29:23 RTX 5090 Street Pricing Expectations
36:43 Nvidia's Strix Halo Killer & RTX 5060 Pictures Leak!!!
2025-01-13 20:01:37 +0000 UTC
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We leak RDNA 4 Performance, new Nintendo Switch 2 info, and discuss Nvidia Blackwell!
0:00 The Holidays are Over & Tom got a Motorcycle (Intro)
5:04 Nuh-Vidia & Linux User-friendliness (Corrections)
10:06 RTX 5000 Series Specifications (and not really Performance) Revealed
23:39 DLSS 4 Thoughts – Dark Magic or Dark Marketing?
29:23 RTX 5090 Street Pricing Expectations
36:43 Nvidia's Strix Halo Killer & RTX 5060 Pictures Leak!!!
2025-01-13 20:01:34 +0000 UTC
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Today we focus on Intel's conference at CES 2025.
0:00 Walgreens & Intel's Interrupting-Dude
7:33 Breaking down Intel's Claims
20:51 140T Graphics
32:04 Intel's Focus in 2025
36:08 B570 & Intel's "Strategic Investments"
44:15 Intel's Next 5 Years
Intel Conference: https://www.youtube.com/live/S70b06QDjZ4?si=tqhVSU5RvJ5zIJEu
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2025-01-10 08:41:33 +0000 UTC
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Today we focus on Intel's conference at CES 2025.
0:00 Walgreens & Intel's Interrupting-Dude
7:33 Breaking down Intel's Claims
20:51 140T Graphics
32:04 Intel's Focus in 2025
36:08 B570 & Intel's "Strategic Investments"
44:15 Intel's Next 5 Years
Intel Conference: https://www.youtube.com/live/S70b06QDjZ4?si=tqhVSU5RvJ5zIJEu
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2025-01-10 08:41:24 +0000 UTC
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We'll admit it - we missed Intel's press conference! However, since said conference aired we've received some new details about Arrow Lake mobile performance that's worth talking about...and we also just want to remove this blind spot in coverage before next week...
So, what did you guys think of Intel's CES 2025 Press Conference? What Intel-related questions do you have from this past week? You have ~2 hours to submit! (Sorry for the short notice, we reall...
2025-01-09 19:36:49 +0000 UTC
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A Game Dev joins to discuss how realistic Nvidia’s DLSS 4 claims will be, and we have RDNA 4 updates!
0:00 Intel Raptor Lake Failures Update
13:28 Nvidia RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5070 Thoughts
32:31 Will DLSS 4 work as well as stated?
40:43 Will "Neural Compression" actually fix Nvidia's VRAM issues?
46:03 FSR 4 vs DLSS 4 vs XeSS2, Intel Battlemage's Future
1:02:45 Why does Sony’s PSSR references XeSS in Code?
1:07:55 (NEW LEAK) ...
2025-01-08 19:55:00 +0000 UTC
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A Game Dev joins to discuss how realistic Nvidia’s DLSS 4 claims will be, and we have RDNA 4 updates!
0:00 Intel Raptor Lake Failures Update
13:28 Nvidia RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5070 Thoughts
32:31 Will DLSS 4 work as well as stated?
40:43 Will "Neural Compression" actually fix Nvidia's VRAM issues?
46:03 FSR 4 vs DLSS 4 vs XeSS2, Intel Battlemage's Future
1:02:45 Why does Sony’s PSSR references XeSS in Code?
1:07:55 (NEW LEAK) AMD RX ...
2025-01-08 19:54:59 +0000 UTC
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Broken Silicon 291 will see the return of Matt from Alderon Games! Matt was key to breaking the story of Raptor Lake failures, and he has A LOT to say about recent developments in GPU and CPU! We can honestly talk about anything, but at a minimum we plan to discuss:
Battlemage / ARC GPU Drivers
Nvidia & RADEON GPUs
Qualcomm Snapdragon Updates
Unreal Engine 5 Rendering Problems
FSR vs DLSS vs XeSS
Ra...
2025-01-04 02:17:50 +0000 UTC
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I leak new RTX 5000 details, RDNA 4 release dates, and give Battlemage updates…LIVE!
0:00 Intro Rambling
2:20 RX 9070 XT & 9070 Release Date & Performance
11:20 RTX 5060 12GB Performance & RTX 5000 Pricing Leak
24:44 Intel Battlemage B770 Leak
27:55 Nintendo Switch 2 on 5nm (?), RX 9000 Naming
37:00 Next-Gen GPU VRAM – is 8GB ok anymore?
50:00 GPU Pricing Thoughts
57:17 Should you sell your RTX 4090 for a 5090?
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2025-01-04 02:06:51 +0000 UTC
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I leak new RTX 5000 details, RDNA 4 release dates, and give Battlemage updates…LIVE!
0:00 Intro Rambling
2:20 RX 9070 XT & 9070 Release Date & Performance
11:20 RTX 5060 12GB Performance & RTX 5000 Pricing Leak
24:44 Intel Battlemage B770 Leak
27:55 Nintendo Switch 2 on 5nm (?), RX 9000 Naming
37:00 Next-Gen GPU VRAM – is 8GB ok anymore?
50:00 GPU Pricing Thoughts
57:17 Should you sell your RTX 4090 for a 5090?
1:03:...
2025-01-04 02:05:18 +0000 UTC
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We've just gotten back from Christmas break...and WOW there's been A LOT of news dropping over the past couple weeks!!! As such, Tom will be conducting a livestream going over all of the recent news (which will include NEW info received from sources over break), and of course he will also answer your questions LIVE!
Yes, there will be A LOT of RDNA 4 & Blackwell info divulged/confirmed, but please feel free to give input and ask about ANYTHING that comes to mind fro...
2025-01-02 20:20:21 +0000 UTC
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We discuss Sony x AMD Project Amethyst, RDNA 4, RTX 5000, and next-gen CPUs!
0:00 PS5 Pro Sales Update, Sony buying 10% of Kadokawa
9:40 Project Amethyst for PS6 & RADEON
15:17 DRAM Companies are starting to bet on AMD over Intel
17:57 Intel terminates x86S
19:21 What we’re looking forward to in 2025
22:10 Nintendo Switch 2
28:05 PC Handhelds in 2025, ChromeOS vs Windows
31:55 What will happen to XBOX & Game Pass in 2025?<...
2024-12-28 11:00:06 +0000 UTC
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We discuss Sony x AMD Project Amethyst, RDNA 4, RTX 5000, and next-gen CPUs!
0:00 PS5 Pro Sales Update, Sony buying 10% of Kadokawa
9:40 Project Amethyst for PS6 & RADEON
15:17 DRAM Companies are starting to bet on AMD over Intel
17:57 Intel terminates x86S
19:21 What we’re looking forward to in 2025
22:10 Nintendo Switch 2
28:05 PC Handhelds in 2025, ChromeOS vs Windows
31:55 What will happen to XBOX & Game Pass in...
2024-12-28 11:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Tom & Dan take a final look back at the wins and losses of 2024.
0:00 Hawk Point and the Year of Mini PCs
14:48 Strix Point & Laptop Costs
20:50 Nvidia 4000 SUPER’s Legacy
23:57 Zen 7 Prometheus
28:12 AMD Sound Wave
32:35 Looking back on Intel Merger Rumors
37:18 The Fundamental Mistakes Pat made at Intel
43:10 Intel Battlemage
48:51 Worst Launch of the Year, Discussing Window’s Problems
NOVEMBER leak:
2024-12-25 11:00:08 +0000 UTC
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