2.5 Geeks: Epic Games Launcher Bug, MSI GeForce RTX 3080, Yoga i7, Cyberpunk 2077, Giveaways & More!

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, December 31, 2020, 11:46 AM EDT

In this episode of HotHardware's 2.5 Geeks we'll be talking about that piggish little Epic Games Launcher that was just patched, MSI's BEASTLY custom GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X, Lenovo's sweet and economical Yoga 7i laptop with Tiger Lake, Cyberpunk 2077 multithreading fixes and CPU/GPU performance, and details of TWO active GIVEAWAYS we have going on right now...

Show Notes:
05:43 - Nokia 8 V 5G UW Review: Too Little, Too Late
06:30 - Realme 7 5G Review: A Great 5G Phone That’s Also Affordable
07:44 - Epic Games Launcher For Windows Caught Spiking Ryzen CPU Temps, Phoning Home Even When Idle
10:41 - Epic Games Launcher Receives Partial Hotfix For High CPU Utilization Bug
16:21 - Cyberpunk 2077 V1.05 Post-Patch CPU And GPU Performance Explored
26:30 - Lenovo Yoga 7i Review: Premium Intel Evo Laptop On A Budget
38:12 - MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X Review: Big, Bad And Bold
49:48 - HotHardware's Triple-A Holiday Giveaway With AMD, Asetek And ADATA!
50:31 - HotHardware And EVGA 'Capture The Holidays' Giveaway!

Tags: Lenovo, MSI, evga, podcast, Geeks, webcast

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