How Are Game Developers THIS Stupid?
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The video opens with a rapid montage of looming tech issues and a Halloween-themed intro, then dives into graphics cards and processor news. First, it covers the rumored AMD Radeon RX 590, detailing that it would likely use a 12-nanometer Polaris GPU, expected to sit between the RX 580 and the GTX 1060 in performance, and anticipated to launch in mid November around Black Friday. The hosts discuss the pattern of leaks and what that could mean for pricing and competing with Nvidia’s offerings, noting that official AMD details were still scarce at the time. The segment then pivots to Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Ti concerns, including reports of overheating GDDR6 memory and requests from GamersNexus for hardware loaners to test affected cards, framing a broader trend of reliability questions in high-end GPUs. A separate thread introduces a severe SMT side-channel vulnerability dubbed PortSmash, explaining how it could leak encrypted data when malicious processes run alongside legitimate ones on multi-threaded CPUs. The hosts then move through quick updates on software and hardware news, including a beta mishap for Fallout 76 that allowed speed hacks linked to the game’s framerate, and Apple’s vintage repair program expansion for older devices. The video closes with a sardonic note on the October Windows 10 update fiasco, a glimpse at ongoing repair and security concerns, and a lighthearted aside on Hyundai and Kia adding solar panels to car roofs, tying the show together with a blend of skepticism and humor about modern tech culture.
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Questions answered
- What are the expected specs and launch timing of AMD’s RX 590 according to the video?
- The RX 590 is expected to use a 12 nanometer Polaris GPU, with a 10 to 15 percent performance increase over the RX 580, putting it in competition with the GTX 1060, and a launch anticipated in mid November around Black Friday.
- What is PortSmash and why does it matter for CPUs with SMT?
- PortSmash is a side channel attack that can leak encrypted data from memory when malicious processes run next to legitimate ones on CPUs that use simultaneous multi-threading, or SMT, and it could affect multi-threaded AMD and Intel processors; the guidance is to move away from SMT due to inherent insecurity.
- What Fallout 76 issue was highlighted in the beta, and what was the impact?
- The beta showed bugs including a feature that could delete the entire game, and players discovered that in-game physics could be speeded up because it is tied to framerate, which Bethesda indicated would not be fixed until the game's launch.