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00:00 Daylight Saving Time, Tom's Annoying Month, UserBenchmark (Intro Banter)
10:37 Nvidia Preps RTX 5050 9GB, 5060 12GB, 5070 12GB Laptop, 3060 12GB
25:49 Valve “Hopes” Steam Machine Launches in 2026
33:34 AMD Zen 7 Pictured in Renders
38:45 Will AMD Phase out Ryzen 5 like Ryzen 3?
49:16 AMD FSR 4.1 Tested
55:56 “PSSR 2” Launches to PS5 Pro
1:04:56 Is PlayStation in a bad place before PS6?
1:23:37 PlayStation’s Pivot Back to Exclusives
1:29:15 XBOX "Helix" Confirmed as an Expensive, Hybrid, Next-Gen Console
1:40:01 Nintendo and FedEx Sue US government for a Refund of Trump’s Illegal Tariffs
1:42:39 Gorgon Point AM5, Intel Sued, Nvidia's Garbage Drivers, Microslop (Wrap-Up)
1:52:17 PS6 Handheld's Formfactor (Final RM)

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https://www.techspot.com/news/111580-nvidia-reportedly-developing-rtx-5050-9gb-vram-revised.html
https://x.com/Zed__Wang/status/2029240918474408342
https://x.com/94G8LA/status/2028818093435486211
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-5070-mobile-gpu-looks-set-to-get-more-vram-despite-global-memory-crisis-8gb-could-be-boosted-to-12gb-according-to-new-listings
https://www.techpowerup.com/347059/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-could-return-mid-march
https://x.com/geoffkeighley/status/2030034475485385060
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/valve-still-hopes-to-ship-steam-machines-in-2026-but-a-delay-into-2027-is-starting-to-look-like-a-real-possibility-memory-and-storage-shortages-have-created-challenges-for-us/
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/valve-quickly-updates-its-own-steam-machine-update-recommitting-to-a-2026-launch-despite-ai-woes-nothings-really-changed-on-our-end/
https://www.theverge.com/games/890986/valve-steam-machine-frame-controller-delay-ram-memory
https://youtu.be/huRWonnGiCo
https://youtu.be/tfOu6XE-ElQ?si=YVesHC7O1siTV5FX
https://blog.playstation.com/2026/02/27/upgraded-pssr-upscaler-is-coming-to-ps5-pro/
https://youtu.be/I77_RuylLtk
https://youtu.be/Mk5QtqsSj8Y
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-04/sony-pulls-back-from-playstation-games-on-pc
https://x.com/asha_shar/status/2029645713962156149
https://www.theverge.com/games/890861/nintendo-lawsuit-tariffs-donald-trump
https://www.guru3d.com/story/amd-readies-ryzen-ai-400-gorgon-point-for-am5-desktops-in-q2/
https://x.com/shinobi602/status/2027477729705111902
https://www.techpowerup.com/346814/intel-foundry-manager-kevin-obuckley-departs-for-qualcomm
https://www.techpowerup.com/347130/intel-arrow-lake-refresh-core-ultra-7-270k-plus-appears-in-hp-desktop-pc
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/intel-ceo-lutnick-commerce-sued-over-10-stake-sale-to-us
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-financial-results-for-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-2026
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/nvidia-releases-new-geforce-595-71-driver-to-fix-serious-fan-control-bug-new-update-resolves-issues-for-rtx-30-40-and-50-series-gpus-that-reportedly-stopped-some-fans-from-working
https://www.techspot.com/news/111588-nvidia-investments-openai-anthropic-likely-last.html
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/microsoft-gets-tired-of-microslop-bans-the-word-on-its-discord-then-locks-the-server-after-backlash/

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1:20:54 RDNA 5 Performance & RADEON Software
1:29:22 PS6 Ray Tracing, FSR 4 on RDNA 3, PSSR 2 & RE9
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