The Biggest Issues With the GPU Market (feat. Daniel Owen)
The Biggest Issues With the GPU Market (feat. Daniel Owen)  
Podcast: The Hardware Unboxed Podcast
Published On: Fri Aug 01 2025
Description: Episode 79: We chat with Daniel Owen about all sorts of stuff affecting PC gaming right now. His thoughts on the worst parts of the GPU market, plus opinions on upscaling and frame generation (including Optiscaler and driver-based frame gen), game optimization and misleading marketing. We round it out with some listener questions submitted by Patreon members.DANIEL OWENCheck out Daniel's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@danielowentech CHAPTERS00:00 - Welcome to the Podcast: Daniel Owen10:03 - Current State of the GPU Market22:04 - How Good is Optiscaler?29:58 - Thoughts on DLSS 4 and FSR 4 Upscaling39:02 - Frame Generation, Does Daniel Use It?55:07 - Are Gamers Buying the Marketing?1:05:19 - Game Optimization: Developers vs Hardware Makers1:16:38 - Listener QuestionsSUBSCRIBE 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.