The Biggest Issues With the GPU Market (feat. Daniel Owen)

Episode 79: We chat with Daniel Owen about all sorts of stuff affecting PC gaming right now. His thoughts on the worst parts of the GPU market, plus opinions on upscaling and frame generation (including Optiscaler and driver-based frame gen), game optimization and misleading marketing. We round it out with some listener questions submitted by Patreon members.

DANIEL OWEN
Check out Daniel's channel: youtube.com/@danielowentech

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Welcome to the Podcast: Daniel Owen
10:03 - Current State of the GPU Market
22:04 - How Good is Optiscaler?
29:58 - Thoughts on DLSS 4 and FSR 4 Upscaling
39:02 - Frame Generation, Does Daniel Use It?
55:07 - Are Gamers Buying the Marketing?
1:05:19 - Game Optimization: Developers vs Hardware Makers
1:16:38 - Listener Questions

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST
Audio: shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast
Video: youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw

SUPPORT US DIRECTLY
Patreon: patreon.com/hardwareunboxed

LINKS
YouTube: youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed
Twitter: twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.