2.5 Geeks 11/22/18: Intel GPUs, CPUs, Radeon RX 590, ThinkPad X1 Extreme, HP Envy X2, And More

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, November 22, 2018, 11:18 AM EDT

On this episode of HotHardware’s Two And Half Geeks, Marco, Chris and Dave chat about our upcoming Intel GPU news, beastly 18-core Intel Core i9 CPUs, lots of AMD news including our Radeon RX 590 review, Lenovo's swank and powerful ThinkPad X1 Extreme, HP's Always-Connected Envy X2 convertible, and a whole lot more!

Show Notes:
03:15 - Intel Core i9-9980XE CPU Review: Supercharged, Many-Core Skylake-X
20:26 - Round Table: Intel Ready To Talk GPUs
35:52 - AMD Radeon RX 590 Review: Benchmarks And Overclocking 12nm Polaris
44:44 - AMD Unveils Zen 2 EPYC 7nm CPU With 2X Performance Per Socket, Zen 3 Set For 2020
53:08 - AMD Announces Radeon Instinct MI60: World's First 7nm PCIe 4.0 GPU Shipping Late 2018
55:14 - Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Review: A Workhorse That's Got Game
59:46 - HP Envy X2 Review: A Satisfying Intel-Powered Always Connected PC

Tags: AMD, Intel, Lenovo, GPU, CPU, HP, podcast, Geeks, webcast, arctic sound

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com