Episode 85: We chat about Battlefield 6 testing and explore the difficulties with testing one-click overclocking features in benchmarks, such as PBO and 200S Boost. We also discuss the latest Intel graphics announcements including Xe3 and XeSS 3, as well as motherboard vendors beginning to say Zen 6 will be supported on AM5SOURCEShttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intels-xe3-graphics-architecture-breaks-cover-panther-lakes-12-xe-core-igpu-promises-50-percent-better-performance-than-lunar-lakehttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-takes-the-wraps-off-panther-lake-first-18a-client-processor-brings-the-best-of-lunar-lake-and-arrow-lake-together-in-one-packagehttps://videocardz.com/newz/intel-confirms-xe3p-will-mark-arc-naming-switch-to-c-serieshttps://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/intel-announces-xess-3-with-multi-frame-generation-putting-it-ahead-of-amd-in-the-ai-powered-graphics-performance-race/https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-confirms-b850-motherboards-to-directly-support-future-zen-6-cpushttps://videocardz.com/newz/asus-officially-confirms-zen6-desktop-support-for-am5-based-b850-motherboardCHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:43 - Battlefield 6 testing thoughts09:11 - Battlefield 6 VRAM leak11:31 - Questionable Battlefield 6 CPU benchmarks?20:49 - Issues with overclocking CPUs29:59 - Why we don't test with PBO or 200S Boost, but do test with XMP40:45 - Overclock tweaking can be a grift50:34 - Intel graphics updates, Xe3 and XeSS 358:32 - Motherboard makers confirm Zen 6 on AM5 publicly1:09:10 - Updates from our boring livesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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