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Intel's Battle Matrix Benchmarks and Review

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The Level1 Show August 28 2024: Insert Coin to Rockabye Baby

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0:00 - Intro
0:18 - GoPro to cut 15% of workforce in restructuring push
0:47 - GM cuts 1,000 software jobs as it prioritizes quality and AI
2:03 - Nvidia is ditching dedicated G-Sync modules to push back against FreeSync’s ubiquity
3:11 - AMD's Ryzen 3000 CPUs to get SinkClose patch after all
4:00 - Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel
5:32 - Apple's Custom 5G Modem Could 'Change the Way iPhone Looks and Works' in the Long Term
7:02 - Apple Pushes Ahead With Tabletop Robot in Search of New Revenue
8:35 - Second Human to Receive Neuralink Brain Chip Uses It to Play Counter-Strike 2
9:55 - Parents Outraged as Maker of Snoo Smart Bassinet Debuts New Fee
10:55 - Peloton to charge $95 activation fee for used bikes
12:53 - Hyundai Will Lock Some In-Car Features Behind a Paywall
13:54 - Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app
14:48 - Apple to update EU browser options, make more apps deletable
15:43 - Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October
16:47 - Google agrees to America’s first newsroom funding deal. It’s already unpopular.
17:44 - “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update
18:59 - Sonos CEO says the old app can’t be rereleased
20:03 - X is closing its operations in Brazil immediately, but its service will remain live for users
21:10 - Meta Has New Web-Crawling Bots That Sneakily Get Around Robots.txt
22:41 - Judge Finds RFK Jr. Can Bring Censorship Lawsuit Against Biden Admin After Supreme Court Rejects States’ Challenge

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A Laptop With No Screen? Checking out the MinisForum AtomMan G7 Ti

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A mini pc with a laptop form factor? That's weird! Let's take a look!

https://store.minisforum.com/products/atomman-g7-ti

0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Unboxing and overview
3:47 - Thermal and cpu/memory benchmarks
5:46 - Hardware considerations
8:28 - Gaming benchmarks
8:52 - Outro

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Zen5 Gaming: Where's my 5%? Windows vs "Patch" Windows vs Linux & The "Lost" Performance Ramble

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So you noticed some discrepancies in some of the Ryzen 9000s reviews eh? We noticed too. Here is Wendell's take.

0:00 Intro
0:25 Things You Need to Understand
1:24 What is Virtualization Based Security
2:09 Cyberpunk 2077 7700x
2:19 Showcasing the Problem with Cyberpunk 2077 and VBS
5:55 Educated Guess
6:13 The Other Thing to Understand with VBS
7:29 Shadow of the Tomb Raider is Different
8:38 Admin Mode Thing
10:29 How Do You Know You're Running VBS?
11:23 Wendell Ramble Time
13:47 Let's Talk About Linux
14:42 DO NOT TAKE THIS OUT OF CONTEXT!!!
15:13 Far Cry 6 and Honesty
16:34 Generally on Linux
17:59 Core Parking and Game Mode
19:17 F1 2023 Windows and Linux
20:42 I'm Doing Benchmarking Wrong
24:35 It Comes Back to Cyberpunk
26:11 The Other Problem with Benchmarking on Linux
30:47 Borderlands 3
31:36 The Importance of This Video
31:57 Bios Settings
36:59 Windows May be the Issue?
37:42 Windows May NOT be the Issue?
38:31 How's the Non-Gaming Stuff?
38:58 Conclusion

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The Level1 Show August 21 2024: Disbarment+

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Bay Area's Cisco reveals $10.3B yearly profit, thousands of layoffs
2:05 - Sonos lays off 100 employees as its app crisis continues
3:27 - Paramount Global to lay off 15% of U.S. workforce and close TV studio
5:25 - Video of Eric Schmidt blaming remote work for Google's woes mysteriously vanishes
7:47 - Disney+ streaming terms mean lawsuit after LI doc Kanokporn Tangsuan's food allergy death must be tossed, Disney says
11:28 - Intel sells stake in Arm, estimated to raise $147 million as part of business turnaround
12:29 - AMD’s new Zen 5 CPUs fail to impress during early reviews
13:40 - Redbox app axed, dashing people’s hopes of keeping purchased content
15:41 - New AI tool enables real-time face swapping on webcams, raising fraud concerns
17:27 - Apple says Patreon must switch to its billing system or risk removal from App Store
18:40 - Google Chrome drops support for the most popular ad blocker, leaving over 30 million users stranded
20:11 - Valve confirms it'll support the ROG Ally with its Steam Deck operating system
21:01 - We played Valve’s secret new shooter, Deadlock
21:24 - Valve banned The Verge from its secret Deadlock playtest for leaking information on the game

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Is Gaming On The Ryzen 9 9950X Better On Linux Than On Windows?

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Y'all like Linux? Of course you do, that's why you're here! Wendell gives you the scoop on the more powerful half of AMD's Ryzen 9000 offerings, and makes a strange discovery about gaming on linux.

0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Overview of the CPUs
2:26 - How about performance?
3:42 - A word on memory
4:47 - Are desktop CPUs still important?
6:57 - What's this about gaming?
8:41 - Closing thoughts

Check out the main channel vid here: https://youtu.be/NSQGcB9zoPM

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Ryzen 9900X and 9950X Benchmark and Review: Is it Time to Upgrade?

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It's time for the second half of the Ryzen 9000 launch, so sit back and enjoy these not zoomed-in graphs!

Thank you Puget Systems for helping us with some of our benchmarks! https://www.pugetsystems.com/

Linux Video Here: https://youtu.be/l8W2JB4nJzY

Previous Videos Here:
Main Channel - https://youtu.be/JZuV35LgjxU
Linux Channel - https://youtu.be/A9wulvhU1Ls

0:00 Intro
1:19 Benchmarks
6:55 Cyberpunk Specifically
10:10 Potential Windows Issues Maybe?
11:04 Memory Situation
14:03 DDR5 8000 Specifically
16:00 Back to the Benchmarks
21:38 Conclusion

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The Level1 Show August 14 2024: uBlock'd

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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Asus, MSI Release Motherboard BIOS Updates to Address Intel CPU Bug
2:33 - Intel Foundry Achieves Major Milestones
3:24 - The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X Review: Zen 5 is Alive
5:07 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
8:29 - Netflix suffers "the biggest leaking disaster in anime history" as significant chunk of its 2024 slate appears online
9:03 - Crunchyroll Passes 15 Million Monthly Paid Subscribers
9:40 - Delta to CrowdStrike: Don't Blame Us for Tech Problems
12:18 - Video game actors are officially on strike over AI
14:28 - Why Sonos's biggest fans turned against it
18:32 - Apple revises DMA compliance for App Store link-outs, applying fewer restrictions and a new fee structure
21:41 - A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
22:11 - Dell lays off thousands of workers in sales reorganization
23:44 - Logitech’s ‘forever’ mouse isn’t happening
24:14 - Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line
26:07 - Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled
27:55 - Hyundai and Kia's new anti-theft software is showing results
29:00 - Cyberattack knocks Mobile Guardian MDM offline and wipes thousands of student devices

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The Level1 Show August 13 2024: A Monopoly Flaps Its Wings and A Browser Is Blown Away

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0:00 - Intro
1:34 - Kamala Picking Governor Walz for VP Is a Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement
5:45 - Google loses anti-trust case: What that means to Canadians
7:36 - Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox?
10:01 - Leak Reveals Israeli Government Interfered With WhatsApp's Lawsuit Against Spyware Company
12:01 - FTX to pay $12.7B to victims of Sam Bankman-Fried’s massive scheme
14:07 - Mass YouTube outage hits Russia amid escalating official criticism
15:01 - China Launches Satellites For Major Network to Rival Elon Musk's Starlink
16:24 - USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation
17:34 - Palantir jumps on Microsoft tie-up to sell AI to U.S. defense, intel
19:47 - See the new Harris-Walz campaign logo
21:23 - World's largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas
25:49 - Trump Media & Technology Group Launches Truth+ Streaming TV Platform
26:18 - Reddit CEO teases AI search features and paid subreddits

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Zen 5 Is Here! But How's The Linux Support?

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Wendell walks you through the linux support on two of AMD's new Zen 5 CPUs! Woo!

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Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X Review and Benchmarks

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AMD has released their newest Desktop Class CPUs and Wendell is here to show you what's up!

Check out the Linux Video here: https://youtu.be/A9wulvhU1Ls
Check out our article for USB flash updating your motherboard BIOS to support the 9000 series: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/how-to-usb-bios-flash-motherboards-for-…

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