# The Biggest Issues With the GPU Market (feat. Daniel Owen)

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Podcast: [The Hardware Unboxed Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188)
Published: 2025-08-01T11:00:00+00:00
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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 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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