Hardware 16 - The RAM Raiders
Posted on 9th Dec 2010 at 14:19 by Podcast with 29 comments
We're back on air with another hardware podcast. This week Paul, James, Harry and Antony get together to discuss some of the latest goings on in the world of computer hardware.
First up on the agenda is the new graphics card releases from Nvidia - the GTX 580 and GTX 570. Harry has spent a lot of time with both cards over the last few weeks, so he walks us through what's new about the two cards.
James also puts Paul on the spot by grilling him on what he's been up to with the Sandy Bridge processors in our labs. Obviously we weren't able to go into too many details as Intel is keeping Sandy Bridge performance numbers top secret at the moment, but we share what we can.
Finally we move on to talk about what is currently happening in the world of RAM as the market has seen a number of high profile launches over the past couple of weeks. We also squeeze in the usual guess the hardware competition and a couple of your questions too.
We'd also just like to mention that we've overhauled the way in which we produce podcasts recently, so we're better set up to actually record and release one per week, as has always been the aim. As a result there will be a lot more airtime to fill and we're looking to you guys to help us with that by emailing your questions or topic requests to podcast@custompc.co.uk.
We'll check the email before every games or hardware podcast and use the suggestions that you've sent in. If there is a certain area or product that you'd like us to discuss, now is your chance to get us to do so.
We'd also just like to apologize for how quiet James is in this podcast. He's been sufficiently reprimanded and promises to sit closer to the microphone next time.
As ever the bit-tech hardware podcast features music by Brad Sucks and was recorded on Shure microphones. You can download the podcast direct, listen in-browser or subscribe through iTunes using the links below - be sure to let us know your thoughts in the forums.
First up on the agenda is the new graphics card releases from Nvidia - the GTX 580 and GTX 570. Harry has spent a lot of time with both cards over the last few weeks, so he walks us through what's new about the two cards.
James also puts Paul on the spot by grilling him on what he's been up to with the Sandy Bridge processors in our labs. Obviously we weren't able to go into too many details as Intel is keeping Sandy Bridge performance numbers top secret at the moment, but we share what we can.
Finally we move on to talk about what is currently happening in the world of RAM as the market has seen a number of high profile launches over the past couple of weeks. We also squeeze in the usual guess the hardware competition and a couple of your questions too.
We'd also just like to mention that we've overhauled the way in which we produce podcasts recently, so we're better set up to actually record and release one per week, as has always been the aim. As a result there will be a lot more airtime to fill and we're looking to you guys to help us with that by emailing your questions or topic requests to podcast@custompc.co.uk.
We'll check the email before every games or hardware podcast and use the suggestions that you've sent in. If there is a certain area or product that you'd like us to discuss, now is your chance to get us to do so.
We'd also just like to apologize for how quiet James is in this podcast. He's been sufficiently reprimanded and promises to sit closer to the microphone next time.
As ever the bit-tech hardware podcast features music by Brad Sucks and was recorded on Shure microphones. You can download the podcast direct, listen in-browser or subscribe through iTunes using the links below - be sure to let us know your thoughts in the forums.
29 Comments
Discuss in the forums Replyon the day i forgot my headphones :( and still got the last gaming podcast to listen.
*Edit*
I honestly didn't realise it was a kind of a lottery with manufacturers regarding graphics cards and cores. Interesting!
Is it because i'm hungarian?
@ DragunovHUN - we pick the person at random, keep plugging away and I'm sure you'll win some day :D
Love the magazine too btw, recently subscribed on zinio. But OMG, the Zinio reader what an awful product - have you ever tried it? Given that I read Custom PC on a top end "crazy but cool" PC, it sure as hell runs slowly, clunkily and stutteringly. I can run Crysis at 2560x1600 more convincingly than I can read your little ol magazine on the zinio reader. Kick Zinio/Adobe's asses for me sometime will you, pretty please?
Clearly you've never owned Fujitsu hard drives!!!
I am going 3 screen gaming, I have the screens setup but not running as I only have a 260GTX as I have been waiting on the release the new Radeon cards so I can do it from a single card. Thing is having seen just how insanely demanding it is I would now much rather go with 2x570GTX cards.
Too keep things simpler (airflow and so I don't have to buy a new PCI-E wifi card because both my PCI slots are taken up) I want to use the very top and very bottom (slower) PCI-E slots on my Asus P6X58D-E motherboard. Would this cause sub-par performance considering the bottom slot is only would only be 8X?
Also I was going to buy a XFX 850 Black PSU, That is sufficient yes?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated *cough* I'm a subscriber*cough*
Might have been because of the idiot who came into the recording studio even though we put up a sign saying 'go away, we're podcasting'. >:(
With the preview over at anandtech.com three month ago I don't really know, why there's this overly agressive NDA still in place tbh.
The only thing still unclear is what desktop-parts will ship with one and which will have two GPU-cores.
:?
Good stuff guys, would like to see these more regularly though, like gaming and hardware on alternating weeks, I'd even consider turning ad-block off form bit-tech...
Whatever you did, excellent, can hear it, much clearer than the last gaming 'cast and could also hear the people further away from the mic.
Bleeping with klaxons was also a good laugh, and best of all, it didn't feel any shorter to listen to despite being 15min shorter, so good editing.
It's announced, that all of the mobile parts will have 12 EUs (e.g. 2 cores) and most of the desktop parts will have 6 EUs (e.g. 1 core), but there will be desktop parts with 12 EUs aswell, as the tested i5 2400 apparently did have 12 EUs.
Reading the words we wrote = win
whit on person whispering wane sounding normal and one screaming.
Do even it was interesting, i just could not tolerate the different sound levels so i tuned out!!
Toss, Didn't read the article, just listened to the podcast via RSS feed :)
+1
Try adding some compression as well... it'll keep everyone talking at the same volume even though Harry is yelling into the microphone in reality.