Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Episode 2: It's a news episode! We talk about Nvidia's new DLSS 3.5 technology; our early thoughts and how this impacts AMD and benchmarking. We also revisit some difficulties with VRAM benchmarking, give our thoughts on new PresentMon features, Nvidia's BIOS signature check being bypassed and more.

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
2:56 - Nvidia DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction
25:25 - Benchmarking is Getting More Difficult, VRAM Discussion
37:49 - DLSS 3 is Coming to Fortnite, Latency Testing
42:30 - GPU Busy Metric in PresentMon
48:28 - Nvidia BIOS Signature Lock Bypassed
58:41 - Insights into Steve's Boring Life

NEWS LINKS
Nvidia DLSS 3.5: nvidia.com/en-au/geforce/news/nvidia-dlss-3-5-ray-reconstruction
TechPowerUp Nvidia BIOS Lock Bypass: techpowerup.com/312631/nvidia-bios-signature-lock-broken-vbios-modding-and-crossflash-enabled-by-groundbreaking-new-tools

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