Episode 423: Zen 6/6c Details, Steam Breaks Free From The PC & More

Join The Full Nerd podcast as they offer level-headed takes about the latest PC news. In this episode the gang is joined by special guest Jake Roach from Tom's Hardware to dive into the details around Zen 6 and how the EPYC news relates to Ryzen, how Valve broke free from Windows and how Steam is breaking free from it's traditional PC ecosystem, and much more. And of course we answer questions live!

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:09 - Zen 6 details

00:50:43 - Steam free from X86

01:09:12 - Q&A

Links:

- Zen 6 details with Craft Computing: https://youtu.be/E3RtB3GC4jc\

- EPYC Venice breakdown: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-zen-6-epyc-venice-deep-dive-and-benchmarking-dual-epyc-9996-with-1-024-threads-delivers-up-to-93-percent-performance-gain-gen-on-gen-9686f-outclasses-nvidias-vera

- Steam breaks free: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3266419/valve-escaped-windows-now-steam-is-breaking-free-from-the-pc-itself.html

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