Our Dave is just back from San Francisco with flowers in his hair and a laptop under his arm. Jacob discusses the new Nvidia RTX Spark laptop release with his very ill, very jet-lagged co-host to try and get to the bottom of what the new Arm-based SoC offers and whether PC gamers should sit up and take notice.
00:00 – Introduction & Nvidia Arctic Spark overview
00:49 – Specs: GPU, CPU, and power target
02:13 – Windows on ARM & the emulation layer
04:03 – Real-world ARM experience & daily usability
06:03 – Anti-cheat compatibility & Linux comparison
07:18 – Local AI focus & unified memory architecture
11:10 – Pricing breakdown & high cost of memory
15:15 – Testing local AI agents & workflows
20:32 – Battery life concerns during heavy local AI & gaming
21:51 – Gaming performance & benchmarks (Black Myth: Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077)
24:08 – CPU core performance & Cinebench benchmarks
26:30 – CPU limitations in gaming (Baldur’s Gate 3)
30:42 – Final Verdict: Should gamers buy this?
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