Today's show is all about CES 2018 news including: the unholy matrimony of Intel and AMD in Kaby Lake G, the dump truck of AMD announcements like Threadripper 2, Nvidia's gaming focused BFGD, and our staffs top CES picks!
Jan 11, 2018•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 38
We made some bold predictions for how 2017 would turn out for the PC and here's just how wrong and how right we were. And to show we haven't learned anything, we predict exactly what will happen in 2018 because we have detailed files.
Dec 19, 2017•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 37
It's the end of the year, so it's time for The Full Nerd Awards! In this episode Gordon, Brad, Adam, and special guest Alaina debate our picks for the best PC hardware of 2017. The topics include best CPU, GPU, laptops, and much much more.
Dec 05, 2017•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 36
Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics! Today we cover Intel and AMD joining forces in one chip, Raja Koduri leaving AMD to join Intel and make discrete graphics cards, and we dive deep into your burning questions!
Nov 10, 2017•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 35
Join the Full Nerd gang as they tell you about Nvidia's Vega killer, and get all hot about the Xbox One X vs. PC. Gordon then details Intel's 8th gen laptop CPU and Ryzen 7 mobile. Intel's enthusiast Optane drive finally drops.
Nov 03, 2017•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 34
Join the Full Nerd Gang as they talk about the CPU Intel hopes can stem the horde of AMD Ryzen chips: its first mainstream 6-core CPU called Coffee Lake. Hayden Dingman than catches us up on the coming deluge of fall PC Games.
Oct 06, 2017•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 33
Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics! It's an all Intel show today with the review of Core i9 7980X 18-core processor, a live head to head 16-core Core i9 vs 16-core Ryzen Threadripper benchmarking showdown, and coverage of all the Coffee Lake news.
Sep 25, 2017•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 32
Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics! This week we go over a couple of the biggest stories on PCWorld right now including an article written by our own Brad Chacos about the state of 4k gaming. After that we cover Intel's crazy 4 player VR PC that they brought by to let us play Star Trek: Bridge Crew on. And then we wrap up with some talk about upcoming builds and you're burning questions!
Sep 11, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 31
Gordon, Dan, Alaina and Brad tell you if Vega was a miss or hit and then try to unspool Intel's new "8th gen" CPUs. And oh yeah, ultrabooks will soon get quad-cores. Finally, the crew talks about the planned 1920x1080 live build.
Aug 28, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 30
PCWorld's Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and special guest Alaina Yee go over all the charts and graphs from AMD's Ryzen Threadripper review. After that they detail the full list of Intel's Core i9 chips and finish up covering the 8th Gen Great American Eclipse party! For audio listeners, don't forget you can tune in live on PCWorld's YouTube or Facebook in order to chat along with us.
Aug 10, 2017•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 29
Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, and Adam Patrick Murray are joined by PCWorld's Executive Editor Melissa Riofrio to discuss Ryzen 3, solve Threadripper's core mystery, and answer your questions!
Jul 28, 2017•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 27
This week the crew goes Full Nerd on AMD's shocking Threadripper pricing and wonders if Ryzen 3 is a Core i5 killer. Finally, does Vega Frontier Edition mean storm clouds are coming for RX?
Jul 18, 2017•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 26
Gordon, Brad, and Adam are joined once again by special guest Alaina Yee to go over some of the hottest news stories of the week. Including Gordon's Skylake X review, a brand new 32 bit Sound Blaster, and Alaina's Xbox One X PC build.
Jun 20, 2017•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 25
Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and special guest Alaina Yee cover all the hot news out of Computex and more! Don't bother watching Apple's 2017 WWDC keynote, your real PC talk is here.
Jun 05, 2017•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 24
PCWorld's Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and special guest Alaina Yee get together to talk about the weeks big PC hardware announcements. Topics include AMD's Radeon Vega, Threadripper - the 16-core CPU, and the rumors of Intel's Core i9 aka Skylake X. We finish it off with a bunch of audience questions!
May 19, 2017•1 hr 24 min
This week Gordon, Alaina, Adam and Brad talk: Microsoft's new Surface Laptop and what Windows 10 S portends, AMD puts an add in its drivers and AIB vs. Stock GPU Coolers.
May 02, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 22
This week Gordon, Adam, Alaina, and Brad give you the details on AMD's new Radeon 500 (aka Refreshion) as well as how much Ryzen 5 stomps Core i5. Finally Brad busts out the gourmet stuff with EVGA's wicked GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, finishing off with a really old Q&A segment.
Apr 21, 2017•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 21
This week Gordon, Adam, Alaina and Brad wonder just how many damned GPUs Nvidia has up it sleeves, tell you just how and why Ryzen performance got better and just wonder what the point of Optane is. Finally, an all out war breaks out over Xbox Scorpio.
Apr 07, 2017•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 20
This week Gordon, Adam and Brad tell you why the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti might be a great deal, spill on AMD's Ryzen 5 lineup and talk Optane.
Mar 21, 2017•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 19
This week Gordon, Adam and Brad talk what's right and what's wrong with Ryzen. Brad busts out the gourmet stuff with the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and we do an extended question and answer period.
Mar 03, 2017•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 18
This week Gordon, Adam, Hayden and Brad talk rumors of Vega and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, Gordon breaks down leaks and leaked performance of Ryzen vs. Kaby Lake and Hayden gives us the low-down on what to expect at this year's Game Developer Conference.
Feb 17, 2017•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 17
This week Gordon, Adam and Brad host Creative Lab's Ryan Schlieper for some in-depth nerding about PC audio, the API wars and whether your computer will have a soundcard or not again. Tune in every other Tuesday on PCWorld's YouTube or Facebook for the live show and don't forget to leave a review!
Feb 07, 2017•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 16
This week Gordon, Alaina, Adam and Brad talk Shield, GeForce Now vs. GeForce Now and ponder whether the Core i5 is dead or not. In the bonus round, the crew talks about just how much the PC gaming hardware market is worth.
Jan 24, 2017•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 15
And we're back. This week Gordon, Hayden, Adam and Brad give you the latest on Ryzen and detail: HDR G-sync monitors, USB 3.1 headers, GeForce Now, backpack VR and more. Finally did they go too far? Acer shows off a $9,000 gaming laptop while Razer puts three 4K panels on a Razer Blade Pro.
Jan 10, 2017•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 14
This week, Gordon, Alaina, Adam and Brad predict what will happen in 2017 and vow to literally eat their words if wrong. When will GTX 1080 ti come? What will happen with Ryzen? Will Vega be faster? Will Marty make it back in time to save Doc Brown? (Pardon this late post. The holidays.)
Jan 10, 2017•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 13
This week Gordon, Hayden, Brad and Adam award the totally not real Full Nerd Prize to the best hardware and games of the year. And yes, the best CPU of the Year is a shocker!
Nov 30, 2016•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 12
Gordon Mah Ung, Alaina Yee, Brad Chacos and Adam Patrick Murray break out the tips on how to get PC hardware on the cheap. The crew then pours cold water on rumors that you'll be able to get an 8-core AMD Zen for $300. Finally, Brad breaks down the PlayStation 4 Pro's 4K capabilities vs. a cheap PC.
Nov 16, 2016•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 11
This week Nvidia's Tom Petersen stopped by to give Gordon, Brad and Adam a frank talk on why G-sync is mo' better than AMD's FreeSync. Tom also tells us why Nvidia killed SLI on budget cards, gives us his opinion on the future of PC gaming, VR and answered every question you threw at him.
Nov 01, 2016•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 10
Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Hayden Dingman and Adam Patrick Murray talk about Nvidia's new hunnert dollar GeForce GTX 1050 and Razer's super thin and super fast Razer Blade Pro. Hayden gives us the details on Battlefield 1 and why it might be the game of the year. Finally, Hayden takes the Pepsi-challenge on a stack of keyboards to see if anyone can really tell the difference between different color Cherry keyboards.
Oct 21, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 9
Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, Adam Patrick Murray and Gordon Mah Ung show off the latest in monster gaming laptops and discuss why they're awesome. Brad also gives his advice on what you need to run 4K gaming and why you do and don't need it. The crew then show off four different $500 builds configs and argue over who made the best PC (Hint: Gordon's is the best because he wrote this.)
Sep 29, 2016•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 8