{"podcast":{"title":"The Hardware Unboxed Podcast","slug":"the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188","podcast_index_feed_id":6574188,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/64db275277fd79001173cfd5","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1692083731574-4d58d6eeb2db7814395e50608e294b95.jpeg","author":"Hardware Unboxed","episode_count":107,"summary":"Steve and Tim from the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed bring to you a weekly show discussing all the latest news and interesting topics in the PC hardware and gaming scene. With our decades of experience testing and benchmarking hardware, you'll be sure to enjoy various insights into tech and the occasional guest, especially if you love building PCs and playing PC games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T20:19:48.468444+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188"},"episode":{"title":"Are We Wrong About Ray Tracing?","slug":"are-we-wrong-about-ray-tracing","published_at":"2026-05-09T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188/are-we-wrong-about-ray-tracing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast/episodes/are-we-wrong-about-ray-tracing","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64db275277fd79001173cfd5/e/69fee836c117aa79bfd25417/media.mp3","summary":"Episode 103: Some people got upset that we claimed Nvidia didn't deliver on their promised ray tracing future. So we discuss that, the RTX 20 series, how ray tracing was marketed, and whether we think it's lived up to the original hype CHAPTERS 00:00 - Chat About Ray Tracing 55:12 - Updates From Our Boring Lives 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.","meta_description":"Episode 103: Some people got upset that we claimed Nvidia didn't deliver on their promised ray tracing future. So we discuss that, the RTX 20 series, how…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3798,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188/episodes/are-we-wrong-about-ray-tracing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188/are-we-wrong-about-ray-tracing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}