Broken Silicon 115: Why PC Gaming is Expensive Again, Intel Arc, RTX | Josh Walrath, PC Perspective
Added 2021-08-23 22:25:14 +0000 UTCJosh Walrath from PC Perspective joins Tom to recap eras where PC Gaming was far more expensive than now…and why the market is starting to look like those old eras again. Intel Xe Arc DG2, the future of Ray Tracing, RDNA 3, and even 3dfx Interactive are all discussed.
0:00 Who is Josh Walrath? What got jim into PC Gaming?
9:50 A low end PC used to cost $4000 in today's money!
16:05 How did Josh see cheap consoles in the 1990s?
18:09 3dfx & Voodoo Graphics Cards Impact on the Market…and why they failed…
29:15 When the PC Gaming market change to become cheaper and more approachable?
37:13 What was it like to cover the years of Intel stagnation?
42:50 Discussing how much "worse" PC Gaming prices used to be...
48:21 Did the death of Moore's Law make PC Gaming dirt cheap? What's raising prices?
58:17 Is Ray Tracing the future of gaming graphics? Are graphics getting that much better?
1:15:27 What's going to happen to PC Gaming Prices? Are budget builds dead?
1:23:25 What would happen if TSMC was eliminated?
1:29:30 Will Intel succeed at becoming an IDM?
1:33:16 Intel Xe Arc - How strong will it be? Will it help the market?
1:50:37 What was the biggest leap in the last 20 years? Was it Ampere?
https://twitter.com/JoshDWalrath
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Any Excellent blast from the past: https://web.archive.org/web/20120325155847/http://www.penstarsys.com/editor/tech/process/sl_pc_mg/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3dfx_Interactive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_64
https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-ati-radeon-hd-4870-1024mb-review,1.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenom_II
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-hd-5870.c253
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
Comments
Been watching since PCper # 30. Thanks for the great show guys, please have Josh back on very soon
Julian Licht (jmasta111)
2021-08-26 06:48:43 +0000 UTCThis was awesome! Thank you so much, Tom, and special guest, Josh Walrath. You took me back talking about EGA, 386's, 486's, and especially the early "Need for Speed" game you mentioned. In that era of the late eighties or early nineties that would have been "Test Drive" or "Test Drive II" published by Accolade. I used to play it at my best friend's house on his parents' NEC running a 386. I'll never forget those days. I really enjoyed this episode.
Mark Smith
2021-08-24 06:08:51 +0000 UTC
