PC Perspective Podcast #338 - 02/26/2015

Join us this week as we discuss more USB 3.1 Devices, Broadwell NUC, another 840 Evo fix and more!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Allyn Malventano, and Sebastian Peak


Program length: 1:46:04



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Week in Review:



0:06:40 ASUS STRIX TACTIC PRO Mechanical Keyboard Review: Cherry MX Brown and Premium Design


0:14:30 ASUS Previews USB 3.1 Performance - Motherboards and Add-in Card Incoming



List of Upcoming USB 3.1 Devices Expected by Mid-2015




0:25:30 Intel NUC5i5RYK SFF System Review - Broadwell NUC


0:36:00 AMD Releases more Carrizo Details: AMD's ISSCC 2015 Presentation


0:41:40 Interview with Bohemia Interactive, ArmA 3 Developer: Expansion, Optimization, Roadmap




News item of interest:



0:43:30 Amazon, Newegg and others offering partial refunds on GTX 970 purchases


0:49:25 NVIDIA Recants: Overclocking Returning to Mobile GPUs


0:52:30 Samsung Promises Another Fix for 840 EVO Slow Down Issue


1:04:55 GPU Market sees 20-point swing in 2014: NVIDIA gains, AMD falls


1:12:45 Windows Update Installs GeForce 349.65 with WDDM 2.0


1:14:30 Seemingly Out of Spec AC Cables Could Be a Fire Hazard


1:18:45 NVIDIA Faces Class Action Lawsuit for the GeForce GTX 970




Question: Alex from Sydney



Just a quick question regarding DirectX 12. I’m planning to buy a new graphics card soon but I want a DirectX 12 card for all the fancy new features so I’m considering either the GTX 970 or 980, the question I have is are these real DirectX 12 cards? Since DirectX 12 development is still ongoing how can these cards be fully DirectX 12 complaint?




Hardware/Software Picks of the Week:



Ryan: Prime95


Jeremy: Not SSL anyways; old become new is much more pleasant


Allyn: Lenovo Superfish removal tool (once their site is back online, that is)


Sebastian: Moto E 2nd Edition




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