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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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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

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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/

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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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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!

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Turbostat.c: Let's Add a Voltage Monitor Patch for Intel CPUs

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Join Wendell as he walks you through his custom Linux patch for the Intel Voltage Problem.
Check Out our First Video on the Subject Here: https://youtu.be/QzHcrbT5D_Y

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The Level1 Show July 31 2024: ✖️🚫🔫💦

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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Indie Game Publisher Humble Games Reportedly Lays Off All Staff
1:56 - Verizon hit by prepaid subscriber exodus after internet subsidy ends
2:40 - Tesla profit falls 45% to $1.48 billion on weak EV sales in Q2
3:35 - Not a Defect: Intel Blames 13th, 14th Gen CPU Crashes on Software Bug
4:22 - Intel says its desktop Core crashes don't extend to mobile chips
5:04 - VFX studio's Unreal Engine supervisor reports 50% failure rate for Intel Raptor Lake CPUs, prompting switch to AMD
6:08 - Nvidia's third-party RTX 40-series GPUs are losing performance over time thanks to rubbish factory-installed thermal paste
7:06 - AMD claims its top-tier Ryzen AI chip is faster than Apple’s M3 Pro
8:41 - Huawei plans tri-fold smartphone as Apple weighs foldable iPhone, reports say
9:37 - Apple loses top 5 spot in China smartphone market as domestic brands dominate
10:29 - Lawsuit: T-Mobile must pay for breaking lifetime price guarantee
11:04 - T-Mobile expands fiber footprint with Metronet acquisition
12:20 - Chinese researchers create four-gram drone
12:41 - CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage
13:34 - AT&T February wireless outage blocked more than 92 million calls, agency says
14:08 - Microsoft: Our licensing terms don't raise rivals' costs
14:45 - Microsoft: Linux Is the Top Operating System on Azure Today
15:19 - Windows 11 strikes again with irritating pop-up that can't be disabled
16:45 - World of Warcraft developers form Blizzard’s largest and most inclusive union
17:56 - More flight cancellations are expected as airlines gradually recover from global tech outage
18:59 - After years of uncertainty, Google says it won't be 'deprecating third-party cookies' in Chrome
19:46 - Max-Hulu-Disney+ Bundle Pricing Revealed
20:52 - Google defends itself in proposed class action, says it never collected users’ personal information
22:00 - Google's Exclusive Reddit Access
22:58 - X swapped its water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason
23:48 - Florida sheriff apologizes after posting photo of dead body on Instagram

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The Level1 Show July 30 2024: Nice Flight, Shame If It Were Cancelled

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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - FTC launches probe into 'surveillance pricing'
1:24 - FCC blasts T-Mobile’s 365-day phone locking, proposes 60-day unlock rule
2:33 - Congress Wants To Let Private Companies Own The Law
4:15 - Wyden secures KOSA win, but will vote no
4:56 - AOC’s Deepfake AI Porn Bill Unanimously Passes the Senate
6:06 - US Urges Vigilance by Tech Startups, VC Firms on Foreign Funds
7:09 - DHS Has a DoS Robot to Disable Internet of Things ‘Booby Traps’ Inside Homes
9:00 - US Prepares Jamming Devices Targeting Russia, China Satellites
10:20 - CrowdStrike CEO to testify about massive outage that halted flights and hospitals
10:52 - US opens investigation into Delta after airline cancels thousands of flights
12:03 - Judge in SolarWinds case rejects SEC oversight of cybersecurity controls
13:02 - Social media platforms that mine user data aren’t shielded by federal communications law, California court says
13:54 - Digital tax talks in G20 spotlight as US tariff threat looms
15:29 - US judge will not block Biden administration ban on worker 'noncompete' agreements
16:41 - EU to investigate Delivery Hero and Glovo over food delivery cartel concerns
18:16 - Meta risks sanctions over “sneaky” ad-free plans confusing users, EU says
19:57 - Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source
20:42 - China Is Getting Secretive About Its Supercomputers
21:24 - Crowdstrike: How China swerved worst of global tech meltdown
22:07 - Malaysia asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike to consider covering losses from global outage
22:53 - Japanese media say AI search infringes copyright, urge legal reform
23:29 - Bangladesh is experiencing a ‘near-total’ internet shutdown amid student protests
24:20 - Philippines shutters its online gambling industry amid tax evasion, human trafficking concerns
25:15 - The Kremlin Jails the Father of Russia’s Internet
27:15 - Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws
28:02 - Hackers leak documents from Pentagon IT services provider Leidos, Bloomberg News reports
28:35 - Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice
29:43 - A Hacker ‘Ghost’ Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub
30:45 - Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say
31:52 - Cyber firm KnowBe4 hired a fake IT worker from North Korea
32:43 - Telegram zero-day for Android allowed malicious files to masquerade as videos
33:48 - California officials say largest trial court in US victim of ransomware attack

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The Level1 Show July 5 2024: Literal Robot Skin Suits

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0:00 - Intro
0:59 - Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says
2:07 - Open Source LibreChat Offers More Than Just Extra LLMs
2:46 - OpenAI CTO: AI Could Kill Some Creative Jobs That Maybe Shouldn't Exist Anyway
3:39 - Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs
4:43 - OpenAI to pull plug on 'unsupported' nations from July 9
5:17 - Google is bringing Gemini access to teens using their school accounts
5:46 - YouTube Reportedly in Talks With Record Labels to License Songs for AI
6:26 - Major record labels sue AI company behind ‘BBL Drizzy’
8:13 - Opinion: As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it
8:52 - AI dataset licensing companies form trade group
9:37 - Toys “R” Us riles critics with “first-ever” AI-generated commercial using Sora
10:47 - Google AI Uses Enough Electricity in 1 Second to Charge 7 Electric Cars
11:18 - Microsoft: 'Skeleton Key' Jailbreak Can Trick Major Chatbots Into Behaving Badly
12:20 - NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics
13:05 - Company cuts costs by replacing 60-strong writing team with AI
15:21 - An influencer’s AI clone started offering fans ‘mind-blowing sexual experiences’ without her knowledge
16:29 - Zuckerberg disses closed-source AI competitors as trying to 'create God'
17:17 - Scientists Attached Living, Lab-Grown Skin to a Robot's Face and It Looks Like It Craves the Sweet Release of Death
18:26 - Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing service now available to all in San Francisco
18:55 - Apple wants to replace 50% of iPhone final assembly line workers with automation
20:21 - S. Korea administrative robot defunct after apparent suicide
21:47 - China Becomes First Country to Retrieve Rocks From Moon’s Far Side With Chang’e-6
22:51 - Starliner to remain docked to the ISS into July
23:37 - Dark matter: How primordial black holes could explain a long-standing mystery
24:39 - ISS astronauts take shelter in Boeing Starliner and other return spacecraft after June 26 satellite breakup
28:08 - MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offline
29:08 - Wizards Of The Coast Accused Of Using Hillary Clinton As Model For New Dungeons & Dragons Paladin
30:14 - Clothes, cookware, floss: Colorado law to ban everyday products with PFAS
31:13 - FDA warns company selling products with human fecal matter without approval
31:51 - Elon Musk confirms 12th child as he and Shivon Zilis welcomed new baby earlier this year
32:42 - Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors
34:36 - Historic Butler Island Plantation near Darien on fire
35:40 - Pennsylvania porch pirates fight over same package in doorbell camera video
37:13 - Flipkart calls customer after 6 years over pending order: ‘what issue are you facing?’
38:00 - Neom: Saudi forces 'told to kill' to clear land for eco-city
38:57 - Maldives climate minister arrested for performing 'black magic' on President Muizzu
39:43 - Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare birds from extinction
40:33 - Rhinos get radioactive horns, will trigger nuclear alarms if poached
41:26 - Ronaldo the 6ft 'male' snake gives birth to 14 babies in rare 'virgin birth'
42:06 - Liskeard postal workers hampered by dive-bombing seagulls
42:50 - B.C. couple teaches rescued rats to drive tiny cars
44:15 - Llama golf caddies have North Carolina tourism on the upswing
45:18 - A pet donkey disappeared in California five years ago. He's been spotted living with a herd of wild elk

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The Level1 Show July 3 2024: OneDrive Me Crazy

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0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Used EV price crash gets deeper with 'premium' brand idea history
1:39 - Redbox Fails to Pay $4 Million to NBCUniversal As It Fires Its Board
3:22 - 'Great Resignation' enters third year as workers embrace AI, upskilling, PwC says
4:45 - Nordic Online Store Boozt Blocks Thousands of ‘Serial Returners’
6:42 - Activists Disrupt Amazon Conference Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel
7:46 - ‘It’s been hell’: injured Amazon workers turn to GoFundMe to pay bills
9:19 - Apple Pauses Work on Planned North Carolina Campus
10:07 - Ontario Science Centre to close immediately: province
12:29 - Nvidia sees around £339bn wiped off market value in three-day sell-off
12:57 - Microsoft scores high on Surface repairability
14:02 - Microsoft ends Project Natick underwater data center experiment despite success
15:07 - Microsoft makes Copilot less useful on new Copilot Plus PCs
16:06 - Intel launches optical compute interconnect chiplet: Adding 4 Tbps optical connectivity to CPUs or GPUs
17:03 - Framework Laptop 13 is Getting a Drop-In RISC-V Mainboard Option
18:11 - Walmart adopts electronic shelf labels, following other supermarkets. What it means for you
20:08 - 3 recalls for Tesla Cybertruck in as many months
20:58 - Volkswagen's $5 bln investment in Rivian boosts EV maker's shares
21:25 - Apple expands Self Service Repair Diagnostics support to Europe
22:09 - How the Teamsters and a Homegrown Union Plan to Take On Amazon
23:35 - Monster 310-mile automated cargo conveyor will replace 25,000 trucks
25:39 - Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
26:39 - Microsoft Account to local account conversion guide erased from official Windows 11 guide — instructions redacted earlier this week
28:12 - Uber Is Locking Out NYC Drivers Mid-Shift to Lower Minimum Pay
30:01 - Google dropping continuous scroll in search results
30:40 - Streaming execs think TV’s future looks a lot like its past
31:13 - The big streamers have been cutting their original content output
31:39 - Paramount+ Is Hiking Subscription Prices Again
32:22 - Slack Will Begin Deleting Older Content From Free Workspaces
33:34 - Linux in your car: Red Hat’s milestone collaboration with exida
34:16 - Mozilla is trying to push me out because I have cancer, CPO says in bombshell lawsuit
35:21 - Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
36:30 - Amazon plans discount store in bid to fend off Temu and Shein
37:54 - Elden Ring balance update makes the first half of the DLC easier, so you don't have to be as good as games journalists
38:52 - New Jersey man flies to Florida to attack another player over an online gaming dispute, deputies say
41:28 - Telegram says it has 'about 30 engineers'; security experts say that's a red flag
42:15 - Meta is tagging real photos as 'Made with AI,' say photographers
43:26 - Apple might partner with Meta on AI
44:23 - Reddit blocks AI bots from crawling its website

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