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Rated: 83.64% (11 votes)
Loading ...Episode 11 - CPC is 50 and Intel vs AMD heats up
Alex Watson
We’re back! In our eleventh podcast the panel look back over four years and fifty issues of Custom PC. The big news this time round centres on Intel and AMD. Intel has bought Havok and AMD has announced triple-core CPUs; we mull that over and Ben reports live from IDF. The top 10 games chart and the competition return as well.
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Rated: 96% (15 votes)
Loading ...Episode 10 - Gaming special: i31, LAN gaming and Crysis
Alex Watson
The CPC podcast is 10 and we’ve got a gaming special to celebrate. Alex, James, Clive and Chris have Crysis to discuss, along with immersive gaming, the i31 LAN party and the launch of the Omega Sektor. The top 10 games chart and the competition return as well.
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Rated: 98.46% (13 votes)
Loading ...Episode 9 - 3GHz Phenom, GRAW 2, Dell vs DIY and Wangtec
Alex Watson
In this episode, Gareth calls on Alex, Ben and Phil to discuss, among other things, AMD’s demo of a 3GHz Phenom chip and Quad CrossFire. The team mulls over Mark Rein’s claim consoles are holding back PCs, and give a sneak peak into our upcoming new benchmark suite. Phil gets stuck into GRAW 2, and we discuss the merits of buying a PC versus building it yourself.
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Rated: 100% (14 votes)
Loading ...Episode 8 discussion: ways to save AMD?
Alex Watson
In the most recent episode of our podcast, we ended by discussing AMD’s recent troubles - Intel is piling on the pressure with its cheap and fast Core 2s, while on the graphics front, Nvidia’s 8-series have the upper hand against the Radeon HD 2000 series. As fans of the red guys, we racked our brains to think of a cunning plan: CPC editor Gareth maintained they simply need some time to get their quad core chips out and to tune the HD 2000 architecture, while Clive thinks its time for some radical thinking and AMD should make its own games console. During the discussion we asked for your suggestions and we’ve had quite a few interesting emails…
Rated: 87.14% (14 votes)
Loading ...Episode 8 - Mid-range Radeon HDs, GTA IV and trouble for the music industry
Alex Watson
The CPC panel is back, and in this episode, we turn our attention to ATi’s new mid-range Radeon HD 2600XT, which is unfortunately a little underwhelming. We also mull over our first glimpse of Grand Theft Auto IV, discuss the continued troubles of the music industry and try and come up with some ideas to help AMD out.
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Rated: 97.78% (9 votes)
Loading ...Episode 7 - Computex, DX10 games arrive and the CPC awards 2007
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In this long awaited seventh episode, Deputy Editor James is joined by the regular team (some of whom have new job titles), and new CPC Deputy Reviews Editor, Clive Webster. The panel discuss the highlights of Computex , including a game controller from OCZ that uses brainwaves. We also go behind the scenes of the massive GPU test in the current issue and look at how well older graphics cards have aged in comparison to the new DX10 cards. Speaking of which, the first DX10 games are out - how does the hardware fare?
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Rated: 92.5% (8 votes)
Loading ...Episode 6 - Radeon HD 2000 series, AMD Phenom and LOTR Online
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This time round News Editor Ben is back on the panel with James, Alex and editor Gareth. In this episode the Custom PC team discuss the new Radeon HD 2900XT, along with Phenom, the new and slightly ridiculous name for forthcoming Athlon chips from AMD. We also have copies of Defcon to give away.
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Rated: 100% (3 votes)
Loading ...Episode 5 - GeForce 8600, new nForce6 boards and gaming laptops
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In this episode, Alex, Chris and Phil are on the panel with CPC editor Gareth; up for discussion is the GeForce 8600, new nForce 6 boards, along with gaming laptops and the games chart. The team also debate what technical marvels they are currently lusting after.
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Rated: 100% (3 votes)
Loading ...Episode 4 - Nehalem Core 2s, PCs vs next gen consoles and Vista
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James, Alex and regular CPC contributor Phil join editor Gareth to chat about Penryn and Nehalem, the upcoming revised Core 2s from Intel, along with how the PC fits into the next gen console battle. The team also debate whether Vista offers anything for the enthusiast.
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Rated: 100% (2 votes)
Loading ...Episode 3 - STALKER, 3GHz Athlon 64 X2s, and bargain PCs
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James and Alex join CPC editor Gareth for more PC discussion, including debate about STALKER, a game six years in the making. The team also get to grips with the first 3GHz Athlon 64 chip, discuss the upcoming build a perfect PC feature, and, as usual round up the games charts. www.custompc.co.uk