Josh Walrath | PC Perspective

AMD Radeon RX 7600XT 16GB Launch and XFX QICK 309 Review

Josh Walrath — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:49:39 +0000

The past several weeks have seen new CPU and GPU launches from multiple vendors, but this is expected after a rather busy CES this year. AMD is part of that with a…

Loupedeck Live S Review – More Than a Streaming Sidekick

Josh Walrath — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:18:35 +0000

I must admit that I was previously unaware of Loupedeck the company until they contacted me about reviewing one of their parts. This is not entirely surprising as I am not heavy…

XFX Speedster QICK 319 AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Black Edition Review

Josh Walrath — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:52:18 +0000

It has been a while since we last saw our friends from XFX. Some time back I did a review of the XFX Speedster MERC 319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT…

Monoprice Dark Matter GT Foldable Racing Wheel Stand

Josh Walrath — Tue, 30 May 2023 14:21:10 +0000

Monoprice has been a stalwart in the computer scene for ages. Originally a spot to buy inexpensive, but good quality cables and basic supplies, they are now offering far more options in…

Next Level Racing F-GT Simulator Cockpit Review

Josh Walrath — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:34:16 +0000

We visited NLR some weeks ago when I reviewed their standalone TV stand. It was a solid product at a reasonable price that could handle up to 55” TVs for those…

Next Level Racing Lite Free Standing Monitor Stand

Josh Walrath — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:25:19 +0000

The growth of sim racing over the past three years has been nothing less than astounding. COVID turned into a pretty big motivation for people who were bored at home and wanted…

Icy Dock ToughArmor MB834M2K-B Review

Josh Walrath — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:41:26 +0000

Icy Dock is a company that has been around for about 24 years and has focused exclusively on removable storage devices. Their aim is to provide storage devices…

OnLogic Announces AMD Server Offerings

Josh Walrath — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:31:30 +0000

Server announcements are usually a little boring. All the big players try to move as many units as possible and embrace new technologies that could give them an edge against the competition. AMD is…

Arm Introduces Cortex-A78, Cortex-X1, Cortex-X Custom

Josh Walrath — Wed, 27 May 2020 10:00:14 +0000

Another year and another Arm Tech Day. These things seem to follow a pattern, but one that was slightly disrupted by the current pandemic that we are experiencing. Instead of heading down…

Video Review: ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming X Motherboard

Josh Walrath — Fri, 08 May 2020 00:22:59 +0000

Join Josh in this Quick Look video review of the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming X, a $330 motherboard with all the features and power to handle the complete range of Ryzen 3000…

EasySMX VIP002S RGB Gaming Headset Review

Josh Walrath — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 22:54:00 +0000

The world of headphones has exploded. It turns out that nearly anyone can release a set of decent headphones with a wide variety of features. It used to be the land of…

ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 2060 O6G Graphics Card Review

Josh Walrath — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 01:05:04 +0000

Asus hardly needs an introduction these days. They have been essentially the largest motherboard and graphics card manufacturer for decades, and they have branched out into other products that cover…

ARM Introduces Cortex-A77, Mali-G77, and New ML Unit

Josh Walrath — Mon, 27 May 2019 05:18:13 +0000

It can be generally said that most humans have a bad tendency to slow down or to delay innovation when they are at the pinnacle of their success and not challenged by…

NVIDIA Acquires Mellanox: Beyond the Numbers

Josh Walrath — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:14:35 +0000

In a bit of a surprise this past weekend NVIDIA announced that it is purchasing the networking company Mellanox for approximately $6.9 billion US. NVIDIA and Intel were engaged in a bidding war…

AMD Announces Q4 and 2018 Earnings

Josh Walrath — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:19:19 +0000

Today AMD announced their earnings for Q4 as well as the annual results of 2018. The company had revenue of $6.48 B and a net income of $337 M. This is a…

Logitech G29 Wheel Review: Taking a Second Look

Josh Walrath — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 07:06:00 +0000

Better With Age Logitech’s G29 improves its position with price Logitech has been around since 1981 and has produced well over a billion mice during that time. As most companies have found…

AMD Releases Q3 2018 Financial Results

Josh Walrath — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 05:13:14 +0000

This evening AMD announced their Q3 2018 results. Things were at the lower end of the guidance scale from last quarter, but the company still had some solid results. Q3 revenue was…

ARM Unveils “Neoverse” Infrastructure

Josh Walrath — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:44:18 +0000

This morning ARM is announcing their new design and technology push called "ARM Neoverse". Neoverse is aimed at providing scalable solutions utilizing ARM technology from the edge to the core datacenter. ARM…

ARM Reveals First Public CPU Roadmap – Targeting Intel Performance

Josh Walrath — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 22:25:39 +0000

Aggressively Pursuing New Markets ARM gives us a glimpse of upcoming products and their performance. ARM has had a pretty fascinating history, but for most of its time on this Earth it…

AMD Releases B450 Chipset for Ryzen

Josh Walrath — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:50:56 +0000

Today AMD is launching their latest chipset product supporting Ryzen CPUs and APUs. When Ryzen was launched we had a pretty robust selection of boards based on the A320, B350, and X370…