1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:06,720 Where's our Switch 2, Nintendo? We tried asking nicely. We tried asking not so 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:10,559 nicely. The Switch 2 is coming out tomorrow, and I still haven't played on 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:15,280 it yet. How am I supposed to wait any longer? Anyway, welcome to Techl. People 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:19,680 worldwide are posting unboxing videos of their Nintendo Switch 2Os, and content 5 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:24,160 creators like Sirloin and AllOut Gaming are live streaming games on Nintendo's 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:28,640 hot new handheld. All I've seen so far is Cyberpunk 2077 and Mario Kart World. 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:32,960 But with the console launching tomorrow, there's going to be a lot more coming. 8 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:37,600 And for all of us who can look but not yet touch, here are some morsels to get 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:41,920 you through the next couple of days or months as you fail to beat online 10 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:45,920 scalpers. Well, there's this expanded list of games that will receive free 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:51,760 performance boosting updates. Thanks, Nintendo. And this nugget that Fortnite 12 00:00:48,559 --> 00:00:54,800 will in fact support game chat and mouse 13 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:57,559 controls. Eh, also the tidbit that 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:01:01,600 Switch 2 can store up to 30,000 screenshots. 30,000, you say. Wow, 15 00:01:00,239 --> 00:01:06,240 that's going to be enough for me because the only time I ever take them is when I accidentally hit the button. But if you 16 00:01:04,799 --> 00:01:10,479 want to know my favorite part, that Switch 2 welcome tour that you have to 17 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:16,159 pay for, it's only 100%able if you're playing on a 4K display and also pay for 18 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:19,759 the Switch 2's USB camera and either a Pro Controller or Joy-Con 2 charging 19 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:24,720 grip. At least you've probably already got a 4K TV if you can afford a Switch 20 00:01:22,479 --> 00:01:32,159 to. But what you probably don't have yet is AMD's RX9060 XT. Reviews are out and 21 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:34,479 the news is mostly good. The 16 gig card 22 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:39,600 is solid and offers a reasonable uplift in performance over its predecessor, but 23 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:45,040 it looks like AMD has been trying to avoid comparisons to their 8 gig variant 24 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:50,079 by not seeding it to most reviewers. You can check out our full review on LT of 25 00:01:47,119 --> 00:01:55,119 the 16 gig card um after complaining to Team Red. We did manage to get an 8 gig 26 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:57,200 card, but it arrived less than 24 hours 27 00:01:55,119 --> 00:02:01,920 before the embargo lift. So, we can't tell you just how much performance is 28 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:06,079 hindered even at 1080p due to the memory being cut in half. We feel that may have 29 00:02:04,399 --> 00:02:10,080 been AMD's plan all along. So, if you're shopping for one of these soon, maybe 30 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:15,360 check out Brazilian reviews. They didn't have any trouble getting their hands on 31 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:17,280 the 960 XT 8 gig. Also, be sure not to 32 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:21,599 spend a lot more than MSRP on this thing. We had no idea how to evaluate 33 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:24,879 the value of it. So, uh, good luck everybody. 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But 68 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:03,280 they've allegedly been in full production for like 7 months really. 69 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:07,759 Yesterday at Unreal Fest, they teased us all with Siri, Kelpy, and a brief look 70 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:12,560 at Kovier. It was allegedly running at 4K 60fps with ray tracing enabled thanks 71 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:16,800 to new tech like multic character motion matching, nanite foliage, and a new 72 00:05:15,039 --> 00:05:21,360 Unreal animation framework. But remember, no pre-orders, not even once, 73 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:28,400 even if it's really tempting. No clicking weird links either because a new malware named Crocodilus is so good 74 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:33,600 that it can change contacts in your phone. So, if you're infected, oh my 75 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:37,360 god, the next spam call you get could actually display the name of someone you 76 00:05:35,199 --> 00:05:41,840 might actually answer, like bank support or a funeral home or your mom. It can 77 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:45,280 also monitor what you're doing and create a fraudulent login overlay when 78 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:49,360 you go to access something like a banking app. The scammers just keep 79 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:52,880 getting more and more sophisticated. This is the problem is there's more 80 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:56,720 money in ripping people off than defending people. 81 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:02,960 Something nobody expected to get any better though is the now ancient GTX 82 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:05,680 960. And yet YouTuber Trashbench has 83 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:10,479 proven that you can turn trash into better trash. They grabbed a CPU tower 84 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:15,680 cooler 3D printed a mount and stuck it directly to the GPU die to improve temps 85 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:19,919 and even rack up a cool 184 extra points in 3D Mark Fire Strike, setting a new 86 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:23,199 record. Heck yeah. Bring on the eight slot cards. I say you were going to use 87 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:27,120 that space anyway. What are you going to do? put a sound card in there. Speaking 88 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:30,400 of space, it turns out you maybe don't need to worry about the Milky Way and 89 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:33,120 Andromeda galaxies colliding in the future. I don't know about you guys, but 90 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,759 ever since hearing that was going to happen 10 billion years from now, 91 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:41,759 crippling anxiety gripped me. I I just couldn't let it go. That is until now. 92 00:06:39,759 --> 00:06:45,440 Scientists have run about a 100,000 simulations, and it turns out it's more 93 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:49,680 like only a 50/50 chance that our theoretical multilanetary descendants 94 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:56,520 face certain doom. That's right, friends. The fate of our galaxy hinges 95 00:06:52,639 --> 00:06:58,840 on a coin flip. Let's see. Call 96 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:02,319 it. We die. Subscribe to Techling. See you 97 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,800 later. Okay.