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 OWEN

Check out Daniel's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@danielowentech

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Welcome to the Podcast: Daniel Owen

10:03 - Current State of the GPU Market

22:04 - How Good is Optiscaler?

29:58 - Thoughts on DLSS 4 and FSR 4 Upscaling

39:02 - Frame Generation, Does Daniel Use It?

55:07 - Are Gamers Buying the Marketing?

1:05:19 - Game Optimization: Developers vs Hardware Makers

1:16:38 - Listener Questions

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