The TR Podcast 105: Eye candy and SSD scaling

	Date: February 5, 2012 Time: 1:13:20 Hosted by Jordan Drake Co-Hosts: Scott Wasson, Geoff Gasior, and Cyril Kowaliski Download: MP3 (52.9MB) | M4A (72.1MB) Subscribe: RSS (MP3) | RSS (M4A) iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (M4A)
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We've got a short and sweet episode of tech reporting this week, featuring Scott's scratchy Bluetooth headset, Jordan's favorite podcasts, and Geoff's sexy SSD roundup. We also answer some listener mail, pore over Scott's review of the Radeon HD 7950, and hear Cyril's critique of the two leading stereo 3D solutions from AMD and Nvidia.

Send in listener mail, and we'll answer on the podcast. - jdrake@techreport.com

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Listener mail/tweets:

What's after SATA III??(0:04:17) - from Admiral Winstel Greelanx:

"It seems SSDs have, for some time, been pushing the limits of SATA III's bandwidth. Did you see or hear anything at CES about a replacement in development?quot;

Podcasts and a new system (0:01:11) - from Phil:

"I have two questions for the next podcast. First: thank you for mentioning the Totally Rad Show a few podcasts ago. I have been watching ever since - it's great! Could you and the team recommend a few more podcasts that you enjoy?

Second: I'm looking at purchasing a new system this year (likely just after ME3 ships). I have a 6950 2GB with flashed rom (it thinks it is a 6970) in my current machine, but I have started to notice slow down in games like BF3 at 1920x1200. I'm wondering if this is due to my aging Core 2 Duo E7200 from 2008 (it’s overclocked to 3.5GHz) and 4GB of ram? If I purchased an Ivy Bridge i5 CPU would you buy a second 6950 2GB to crossfire or a new 7950? I may purchase a 30” Dell or HP to go with my existing two 24”s. I have never run dual monitors for gaming due to the thick IPS bezels, so I'm not sure if the 30" is the best decision (I have one at work and it is awesome) or if a third 24" would make more sense."

Tech discussion:

Jordan's favorite podcasts - (0:01:29) - Adam Carolla - Dinner Party Download - Macbreak Weekly - Planet Money - This American Life - This Week in Tech

AMD's Radeon HD 7950 graphics processor - (0:14:22) - Read more

PC gaming in 3D stereo: 3D Vision 2 vs. HD3D- (0:30:38) - Read more

SSD performance scaling across the spectrum - (0:40:39) - Read more

That's all, folks! We'll see you on the next episode.