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Every time we do a $5,000 AMD Ultimate

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Tech upgrade for a member of our team, it's totally different. But there's one

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thing that they all have in common. There's too much darn random stuff. But

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not this day. John, lab senior test

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technician extraordinaire. He knows how to keep things focused.

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He's going to be improving both his gaming and home theater experiences in

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ways that really matter with major enhancements to his VR, racing, and

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couch setups that might inspire some tried and trueue upgrades for all of

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you. Zero fufu, zero BS. There's lots of

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fru, but it's just not part of the upgrade.

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>> Oh yeah, I see that. Oh my god,

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this is as bad as Brian the electrician. [laughter]

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That's a lot of coolers. >> Yes, I'm I'm aware.

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>> I went through a thermal right phase for a little while. >> What does that even mean? Okay, we're

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going to Oh my god. Oh, no way. [gasps]

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You still have a shield. NVIDIA would like to convince you that a shield is a

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media box that you hook up to your TV. No, dog. This is a shield. This I get

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keeping, but why all these boxes? They have motherboards in them. That's really

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not answering the question. [laughter] Why do you still have them?

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>> Because I like having a junkyard. >> I'm almost afraid to see what else we're

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gonna find around here. But hey, you know what they say. If you find a job

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doing what you love, you never work a day in your life. Clearly testing

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hardware is what he would be doing anyway if he wasn't at work. So like

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even his garbage is all tech. What the heck?

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>> [music]

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[laughter] >> Wow, this AMD upgrade, it's pretty awesome. But not as awesome is this AMD

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workloads a breeze. You think like editing, streaming, and rendering? It's

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trivial. Trivial Jeopardy trivia. Pair

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that with a Radeon AI Pro R9700 GPU plus

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a matching motherboard and you've got a doozy of a giveaway. Enter using our

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link in the description. Do it now or just wait and watch the rest of the

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video. And then you do it. But don't forget. Wait, you have an Odyssey arc.

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This is Is this in here? >> Yep. That's from the Christmas party.

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>> Christmas was 10 and 1/2 months ago. >> Yeah.

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>> You haven't opened it? Oh, I've opened it. I just don't use it. [snorts]

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[laughter] Wow, you were overdue for a TV upgrade.

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Insignia quality. That Odyssey Arc would

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have gone great there. But the new LG 77

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in is going to be dynamite or C4 rather.

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It's a C4 model OLED. Woo! >> Oh my. What doesn't need an upgrade is

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this [music] sick cable management system. Dude, did you do this yourself?

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>> Yeah. >> Yeah, I know. [laughter]

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>> But it's still cool. >> I got new cables FOR IT, THOUGH. >> OH, NOW THIS is a console that I can get

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into. A man of good taste. Donkey Kong

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Country 3. Donkey Kong Country 2. Donkey

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Kong Country. How much of the game collection is

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collection versus how much of it is just yours that you used to play and you

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still play or don't still play? >> Half and half. A lot of the NES stuff is

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newer, [music] actually. >> Oh, sucks. That's what happens when we

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do 4 days of painting and cleaning. >> Wait, [snorts]

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you were cleaning this place for 4 days before I came in?

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>> Yeah. You should have seen it before.

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>> No, I should not. >> David knows what it looks like. He's

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done a lot of work. These walls, this is

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basically what the entire house looked like up until a few days ago,

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>> right? This is really exciting. This may

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be the highest [music] price to weight ratio of anything anyone has ever bought

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for an AMD ultimate tech upgrade. How stoked are you?

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>> Pretty good. Like, like compared to my CV1, it should be amazing.

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>> Oh, you haven't even broken the seal on this. You didn't cheat. >> No.

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>> So, you have no idea what this looks like even? >> No. Everyone opens it ahead of time

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because they're like, "Oh, I'm so excited to try it." How do you have this

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kind of discipline? The Big Screen Beyond 2 is arguably the Halo headset

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right now. Dual 2560x 2560 OLED displays

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at up to 90 Hz, 116° field of view,

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fully custom gasket. Like, go ahead. No,

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no, no. Put Put it on your eyes for a sec. Put on your eyes for a second. Like, John, would you be able to tell if

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I was like moving around like a wild man? only because of the wind.

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>> You use an iPhone to scan your face and

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then they make a perfect match for your face. Total weight of this $107 g. So,

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you must be thinking there's got to be a downside, right?

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>> No. >> Well,

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$1,200. >> I mean, true.

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[laughter and gasps] >> Okay. Should we get it set up? >> Yeah. >> One small problem. It doesn't come

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[music] with trackers. It doesn't come with controllers for that price. So,

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when we showed you guys the pile of John's upgrade, the vast majority of it

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was base station 2.0's and I assume these

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are Knuckles controllers. >> Yep. >> You mentioned that power in this place

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is a little bit [clears throat] built in the 1960s. Do you have a plan for

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running 12vt for your three base stations? >> Yep. Those extensions that we got

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>> um those will be able to run to the power under there.

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>> Cool. And then the idea is to have two in the front and one in the back to

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handle any just occlusions. >> Yep. >> And what's your primary use for VR?

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>> A bit of everything. Uh sim racing, you

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>> You know, you don't have to say it. >> Definitely [laughter] not. >> You don't have to say it. You don't have

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to say it. We're going to need to upgrade your PC because you're running

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VR on >> 3070. >> Oh, okay. That's not too bad.

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>> But this will be a very substantial upgrade. >> Oh, yeah. >> Going to a 9070 XT. AMD's top of the

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line right now. >> That's plus 6,000. >> Well, not quite how it works, but thank

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you, David. >> Why don't I start with the headset then,

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and you can start with the base stations. >> Sure. >> Are these O-rings?

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>> Uh, I think so. [laughter] It was actually really cheap, too. It

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was like 15 bucks for that whole setup. >> It's Is it designed for this?

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>> Yeah. >> Huh. >> Yeah. It's a kit. I saw the box for it somewhere. >> Do you want the step ladder?

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>> You should probably use the step. >> Yeah. This doesn't feel like the world's

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strongest couch. >> Let's test it out. >> How set and forget are these guys? Cuz

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compared to the Oculuses where you have to fuss around with a lot, is it just

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kind of aim in a general direction, you're good? >> Yeah. They're not the most reliable

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things in the world. I've had a couple of them die over the years cuz there's

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mechanical parts like it's spinning while it scans the room. But

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>> are these third party mounts? >> Yes. >> Oh, are these just the ones you were using before?

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>> Yes. >> Oh, brilliant. >> Yeah. So, you can actually undo them and

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orient them however you want. >> Brilliant. I can't believe as someone who uses VR a lot, you're still rocking

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CV1 and then [music] stepping all the way up to this is like a multiple

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generation leap like >> Yeah. I mean, CB1's been working just

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fine for what I do. >> I know, but how are you so chill about this? You're gonna be less chill when

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you turn it on. I can say that much. >> Is this magnetic or

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>> No, they're screwed in. >> It's moving. >> One out of three screws.

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>> Yeah. On those two, I only put one in because the front ones were so

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temperamental with getting the alignment proper that I just was like, I'm not

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even going to bother doing the other screws and just kept doing this until it worked.

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>> Should I just get this TV off the wall? Like, do we just >> do we just go for it at this point?

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Yeah, we can full send it. >> Just be careful with the all the extra

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cables. >> Yeah, I'm working on it. I'm cooking. Should we unbox the new TV?

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>> Yeah. >> I guess this is a good time for us to talk about his TV choice. John, what

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made you choose the 77in C4? >> Uh, it was nice and cheap and it's

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>> Surely, there must have been a little bit more thought process. >> The generation of the panel is pretty

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[music] decent, >> right? This is just the last generation panel, which is not quite as bright

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[music] as the newest one, but dude,

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very bright. And let's face it, you never draw those blinds.

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>> What are the odds that the threading of the new vase amount is the same as the

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threading of the old vase amount? >> M6 is pretty common for these. >> Yeah, it's either M6 or M8. Usually,

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it's more of like if the length is correct.

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Um, wow. This is a much larger TV than what you had, and that space is not any

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larger than it was before. Um, >> it should just fit. >> This is going to be very awkward. Not

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the most awkward thing I've ever done while upgrading someone's space. Roll

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the Kyle Bitw thing. >> So, I can't see what I'm doing at all.

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>> You're You got to go down. >> I got to go down. I'm on, though. I

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don't think I can move. >> I just got to go down here. >> Okay.

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>> Now, we just got to angle it. >> Yeah. >> Well, hold on. We probably want to center it. That looks pretty close.

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>> Now, I know you're a man who owns at least 11 tape measures.

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>> Yes. >> So, you're not going to use one? >> Yeah, I'll deal with it later.

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>> If you want to get to know John a little bit more, maybe check out his meet the team where we ask him personal questions

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over at LMG.gg/flatplane.

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>> It's from the office. >> What? >> Yeah, it's from the office. This is from

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the office. >> This is from the office. That's from the office. >> That's from the office.

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>> There's There's asset tags on your PS3. Wait, >> this is from the office.

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>> Wait. Okay, hold on. No,

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>> you guys. You guys put asset tags on

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everything and this is the first upgrade that I don't go around and look for all

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the stolen stuff. >> I didn't put anything on anything. So, >> no, wait.

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>> No one in this room threw anything on anything. And I promise you that. >> What? These are all from the office. No,

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cuz we would never put the asset tag there. >> Why not? >> Because it's on the front of the case.

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They don't do that. >> You think you work in logistics? [music] You think you know where we put the stickers? What are you talking about?

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>> I think I wrote I worked in logistics. I wrote the guidelines for where they're

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supposed to go. >> Oh, well, we don't read those. I'm sorry. >> Okay. Where did all these inventory

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stickers come from? >> They're just a meme. >> You should try and find all of them.

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>> I saw one on the floor earlier. >> That one's actually a real one.

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>> Yeah, the floor belongs to the office.

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>> Linus sized. Regular sized.

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>> Actually, that might be the height of Linus. [laughter]

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>> You [music] are perfectly adequate.

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>> Yeah, this side's [music] higher. No, >> wait. >> I think you're opposite.

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>> Well, that side's higher. >> There you go. [laughter]

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>> Are we level? No. >> How far off is it? I mean, it's closer

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than it was. >> It's pointed at the ceiling now, [music]

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though. That's the problem. >> Is it on? >> Oh god, >> that looks tilted down nicely.

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>> And it looks so level. Wow. Don't even use the level. It looks amazing.

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>> IT'S PERFECTLY LEVEL. >> WOW. >> OKAY, so that was a lie. Like, do you

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care if it's level? >> No, it's not a lie. It's perfect. And that's the facts.

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>> Oh, David's already walking away. >> Oh, it's pretty bad, guys. How are we so

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bad at this? [laughter] >> I mean, this was just a shot in the

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dark. >> This What DO YOU MEAN? >> DON'T POINT AT ME, BRO. >> You made the adjustment.

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>> That's insanity. >> The problem with this mount is that after I tighten it, it completely moves.

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>> Yeah. Carpenter blames his tools recent. Shut the [laughter]

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All right. Good. >> That looks pretty good. That looks

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really good. And what do you know? It's perfect. If you're happy, I'm happy.

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figure out how we're going to power the VR headset and this TV.

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Wow, that's a lot of dust. >> Yeah, that's what happens when you sand

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for 4 days. >> CPU, I guess, is fine. If it was

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[music] to do is >> pump this guy. 16 gigs of VRAM, RDNA4 architecture. I

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mean, you work in the lab. You can tell them about it better than I can.

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>> I'd rather not. I like it when you say it. >> You [laughter]

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>> Why did you choose this particular card from Gigabyte? >> Um, it's a little bit lower profile on

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the heat sink. Uh, because we have a little bit of clearance problems with

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that case. >> So, you're saying being a little bit on the short side can be an advantage

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>> on rare occasions? Yes. >> Nice. I'm going to need a different

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screwdriver. This is one of those rare cases, pun intended, where the bit

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holder makes it so you can't get through the thing. >> I've got a prototype screwdriver we

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could try. >> A prototype screwdriver. >> Yes. I got this from Robert about a year

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ago. >> Oh, yeah. This is never going to see the light of day.

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>> Yeah. >> Nice. [music] It should just fit.

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>> She's toy like a toy. It really speaks

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to the longevity of these X3D chips that you can have one that's now [music] a

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few generations old and still just like Yeah. Okay. Yeah. modern VR gaming.

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Definitely. >> Yeah. >> Handle it. No problem. >> She's in. >> There we go. She's looking beautiful. Do

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>> see how See how close that is, though? Like [snorts] barely fits.

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>> Oh, wow. That's really tight. Yeah. You did not have any margin to go with

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Short King GPU. >> Do you have an air compressor or

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>> All right. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

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chair stuff as part of this. What is this? >> It's a direct drive wheelbase.

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>> How much better is this than what you had before? It it'll try to snap your

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wrists, I guess. >> Is that good? >> Yeah. You get more um direct feel of the

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car. >> Right. Right. Right. Right. >> So when you go over curbs and stuff, you

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actually get a lot more shift. >> It's time for a montage of putting everything plugged in.

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>> Oh yeah. Sick.

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>> What do you want to try first? VR couch.

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other VR >> or other more different VR but with a wheel. >> I mean, technically you could just use

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the TV for that, too. >> Yeah. Well, what would you do? Show us

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what John would do. >> I mean, we could watch some movies or something.

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>> It was so much better,

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>> I feel like the only proper movie to watch is, of course, pure ownage.

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>> You don't have a Blu-ray of total pwnage or whatever.

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>> Excuse me. What did you just call it? Pwnage is [laughter] how you pronounce it if you're a

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>> if you're opposing. [snorts] >> No, I know that it's supposed to be

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onage. It's based on a typo, but the typo happened. When ever has P been

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pronounced as O in the English language, sir, >> it's not English. It's Le speak.

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>> Are you Wait, hold on. Were you telling me that I said pwnage wrong?

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>> No, he's saying you're supposed to ownage. You're insane. >> Onage. You're insane.

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>> It's not. It says who, dude. >> Did you say GIF or GIF? >> Well, GIF, obviously.

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>> What the [ __ ] [ __ ] sicko. John,

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>> what time am I living? >> As the actual owner of the movie

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pronounced >> pure own it. >> Thank you.

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>> Boomers. Dude, >> you need to actively get this. >> Yeah, I wouldn't say it's the prettiest

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movie I've ever seen. >> Then in editing, >> can we watch something in 4K?

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>> I guess this is such a big upgrade.

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>> This may be the single largest leap in TV performance that anyone has ever

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gotten in one of these upgrades. Of course, that TV isn't even the best

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looking display in this room. That award goes to

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>> No, I want to see you do it. You put it up there.

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>> Yeah, I had the couch and the step stool. >> You can do it. I believe in you. Just

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don't scratch lenses. >> Well, yeah. No, I really don't want to do that. Yeah, you should get it. Oh, we

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didn't take the peels off, John. >> Maybe I want to return it. >> What? [laughter] What are the odds,

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dude? This thing is incredible. But also he does want to return it because we

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meant to order the eyetracking version and didn't get that one. What do you

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need eyetracking for? You big VR chat guy. >> No, it's for fiated rendering.

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>> What PC applications support that? >> A lot of games are starting to do that

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because VR got really picked up. It's slowly becoming more of a thing. You can

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also do it through certain apps that do translation [music] layers. And we also

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have super highresolution VR headsets

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that are at the point now where even top tier GPUs are going to struggle if

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you're not using foviated rendering. So if you're not familiar, foviated [music]

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rendering takes the part of the image that you're looking at renders it at

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full resolution so it looks sharp to your eyes and then everywhere else

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renders it at with a little bit less fidelity to save on some of the uh GPU

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overhead. Big screen includes a handful of useful settings you can tune. You can

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adjust the overall display brightness. So, they'll let you overdrive it.

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[music] Just understand it is an OLED, so that can have consequences, including

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making the fans in the VR headset work a little bit harder. And you can also

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adjust the maximum refresh rate. So, at 75 Hz, you're able to run without

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display stream compression, [music] but at 90 Hz, you're going to need some DSC.

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Personally, I don't notice a difference, and I would much rather have the

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additional smoothness, but your mileage [music] may vary. You can also update

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the firmware. Uh, we should probably do that. While we're waiting for the firmware to update, we can check out

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John's new controllers.

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Wow, these feel a lot nicer when they're new. The big innovation with Valve's

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Knuckles controllers was this strap that appropriately goes over your knuckles.

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to grasp objects, operate tools and

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weaponry and that kind of cool stuff. And uh I also really liked how much

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lighter they were and the difference in their weight distribution for a Beat Saber, which is my big VR killer app.

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Here we go. [snorts] Huge moment. We've

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worked hard for this. Oh yeah, that looks way nicer.

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>> I should hope so. He seems perfectly happy to just like play with his VR and

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we all just get the out of his house. But we have to do one more thing, John.

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Then we'll leave you alone. >> That's fine. John, you're going to have to come out

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of there. >> You know, for someone who's not that

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excited about it, he sure doesn't want to take it off. How's the wheel feel?

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>> Nice and tight. I probably going to have to adjust like the um

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the angle and stuff a little bit. >> I bet we could just leave

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and he wouldn't notice.

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He doesn't show the excitement on the outside, but Buddy's like locked in.

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This is what excitement looks like for John.

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Focus. He's got the focus. Now is focused on making this a pretty sick

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tech upgrade. We got the TV. We got the VR upgrade. We got the freaking racing

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wheel upgrade and that was it.

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But look how happy he is.

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Thanks AMD for making this series possible, dude. Seriously

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making gamer dreams come true. If you guys enjoyed this video, check out

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Robert's upgrade. It was a lot more off

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topic, but funny. >> Maybe the opposite of this one.

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>> Yeah.